Example sentences of "[noun pl] was about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abundance of such papers , estimated by the American Geological Institute , was at that time ( 1969 ) between two and five per cent of the geological literature , whereas their impact on readers was about ten times higher . |
| 2 | The abundance of such papers , estimated by the American Geological Institute , was at that time ( 1969 ) between two and five per cent of the geological literature , whereas their impact on readers was about ten times higher . |
| 3 | After the ACE gene was cloned it was shown that this major gene effect is associated with an insertion ( I ) / deletion ( D ) polymorphism situated in intron 16 of the ACE gene ( ACE/ID polymorphism ) ; the mean plasma ACE level in DD subjects was about twice that of II subjects , with ID subjects having intermediate levels . |
| 4 | I try now to remember what that outpouring of words was about , it must have been about something . |
| 5 | The book which contained the fruits of Dr Jaffery 's labours was about to be published . |
| 6 | Was that what all the passion for landscapes and pretty rural images was about — ‘ they love to paint the children who come to meet the tourist with wave-worn pebbles from the sacred isle … ’ |
| 7 | In 1921 the population of the urban districts was about 195,000 , and of these only 5,000 were Poles . |
| 8 | ( At the extremes , a child of professional parents was about 20 times more likely than a child of semi-skilled and unskilled workers to enter full-time higher education . ) |
| 9 | In the examination in public , evidence showed that the threshold size of a viable site in the inner areas was about 5 acres . |
| 10 | The average per capita consumption for all developing countries was about an eighth of the world average . |
| 11 | The volume of pancreatic acini isolated from the saline treated rats was about 2.2 ( 0.3 ) ml per pancreas , whereas that from the rats infused with caerulein and injected with platelet activating factor it was significantly ( p<0.05 ) lower and declined to about 0.8 ( 0.1 ) ml and 0.9 ( 0.2 ) ml , respectively . |
| 12 | A couple of years ago , it seemed that the number of UK robot companies was about to mushroom , but the optimism turned out not to be justified . |
| 13 | The longest march for any of the four columns was about ten miles , which the French foot soldiers could have done in four hours … |
| 14 | An Indian pilot who flies regularly to Katmandu said the rate of descent once the plane cleared the mountains was about 2,000 feet a minute instead of the usual 600 feet a minute . |
| 15 | On the one hand , trade unionists were increasingly confident that the period of post-war wage reductions was about to be halted , even if a battle remained to be fought . |
| 16 | The risk at 23 weeks was about 6 per 1000 , indicating that 1 in 165 pregnant women will subsequently deliver a stillborn infant . |
| 17 | Thus , while the proportion of both male and female non-manual workers in full-time employment covered exceeded 90 per cent , the corresponding proportion for male manual workers was about three-quarters and that for female manual workers was less than 60 per cent . |
| 18 | ( The study also showed that the death rate from heart attacks was about 50% higher for smokers ; this may help to explain Pearl 's high death rates . ) |
| 19 | The proportion of women married below age 20 still childless after 20 years was about 2 per cent for women married in 1951 , 3 per cent for women married in 1956 . |
| 20 | Turnout among the 60,000 registered electors was about 80 per cent . |
| 21 | She who had long since learned the necessary control to hide her feelings was about to suffer the greatest humiliation of all , the fall of angry tears which would betray her sensitivity , leaving her naked and vulnerable before this man whom she had begun to trust … åd his friends … |
| 22 | Around 1900 expectation of life at birth for males was about 48 in Britain compared with 45 in Germany and France , 44 in Italy and 40 in Spain . |
| 23 | So in the Spring of thirteen sixty , and they said that this was much more complicated , most of the timbers dated from about fourteen fifty although there was one that dated from twelve eighty nine and clearly was renewed and one of the roof timbers was about fifteen twenty , perhaps a repair . |
| 24 | The production of consumer goods was about one-quarter of normal . |
| 25 | The average amount owed by individual tenants was about £270 . |
| 26 | In each of these four industries , as in total manufacturing , the share of small Japanese firms was about twice as large as that in the UK , US or West Germany . |
| 27 | No-one in Britain knew yet how Neighbours was about to take hold of the nation , but many also turned down Kylie , telling her management … |
| 28 | In rats of series B receiving daily injection of indomethacin ( 2 mg/kg ) throughout the seven day period after ulcer induction , the area of gastric ulcers was about 50% larger than in animals without indomethacin administration ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 29 | Far from having run its course , the struggle for the emancipation of the serfs was about to enter an even more heated phase than the one it had just been going through . |
| 30 | In 1991 total spending in real terms was about 18 per cent higher than in 1979 . |