Example sentences of "about [num] [noun pl] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank of Thailand issued a circular to all the country 's banks on Feb. 27 ordering them to give financial information about 22 ex-ministers to the AVC . |
| 2 | Kitty spoke of a new lair , a vixen biting the ear of a cub , an owl on a rat , the sound of a wolf although everyone knew the last wolf in England had been killed some years before about forty miles to the south , near the Bay . |
| 3 | Set it , not frontally , but at an angle onto the subject from a position alongside the camera , and aim it downwards at about forty-five degrees to the horizontal . |
| 4 | This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway . |
| 5 | There was a drop of about six feet to the top of the window beneath , and an equal drop to that on the first floor . |
| 6 | So when they do finally get their car it goes about three miles to the gallon , and it , it really |
| 7 | Geomagnetic north is not to be confused with the geographic north pole , at 90N , about 770 miles to the north of both the magnetic and geomagnetic poles . |
| 8 | As I panted into Stranraer Gardens , following the no-hopers rule for cross-country — never run in a straight line — I was flailing my arms left and right and zigzagging at an angle of about ten degrees to the horizontal . |
| 9 | It is quite evident , however , on a cursory examination of this area that it is much larger and there is visual evidence of buildings on the shelf over at least 200 yds and other buildings can be seen about 50 yds to the south . |
| 10 | And , as an example of the caddie who finally got his own back on his player , who had been throwing clubs around in a temper all day : the player said , ‘ I make it about 110 yards to the green ; what club do you think ? ’ |
| 11 | It was a town on the edge of his area , about seventeen miles to the north-west , less than half an hour 's drive each way if he were lucky . |
| 12 | Er I do n't know how deep it is going in the base in the foundation I think it 's about twenty feet to the foundation . |
| 13 | A stock culture of the wild-type flour beetle ( Tribolium castaneum ) and one of the pearl eye type flour beetle ( see address p. 60 ) ; 1.5 kg bag of wholemeal flour ; 80g dried yeast ( Four small 20 g sachets ) ; two containers for the stock cultures ( large jam jars or ice-cream cartons ) ; several small containers for the breeding experiments-the best are 25 mm × 75 mm specimen tubes , but you can use test tubes , old aspirin bottles , or any glass or plastic container of similar size ; fine muslin or similar fabric for covering the mouths of the containers ; rubber bands ( four large and several small ones ) ; a kitchen sieve for separating insects from the flour ( about twenty meshes to the inch ) ; a small jar containing methylated spirits ; a medium-sized water-colour paint-brush ; a good hand-lens ( × 8 ) . |
| 14 | I was scarcely conscious but Pat helped me out of the machine and as the dinghy had n't emerged after the ditching we had to swim about 250 yards to the beach . |
| 15 | You would be better spending a weekend in Antwerp , about 15 miles to the east , less well preserved architecturally but with more comprehensive museums and galleries , and much more the feel of a ‘ real ’ town . |
| 16 | It is about four miles to the Port of Ness from Cross and I think I tiptoed the whole way . |
| 17 | His name was Mr Frankland , and he lived about four miles to the south of the Hall . |
| 18 | So that 's eight miles , that 's , so that 's , this is about four miles to the inch , this one I should think . |
| 19 | The story of Hereward was later popularised by the novelist Charles Kingsley ( 1819–1875 ) , who lived for some years at Barnack Rectory , about four miles to the south-east of Stamford . |
| 20 | It does about eighteen miles to the gallon . |
| 21 | Though he had never seen their cottage he seemed to remember that his aunt had told him that it lay about two miles to the south . |
| 22 | Oil industry representatives in the US expressed doubts last night about the effectiveness of the measures which , administration officials claim , will add about seven cents to the cost of a US gallon of petrol , which is about five-sixths the volume of the UK gallon . |
| 23 | However , by August , when it was obvious that there was no family accommodation to be found in town , I was forced to take on a croft cottage about seven miles to the north of Stornoway on the Eye Peninsula , known locally as the Point district . |
| 24 | If you let go of it before the fire button is released , the ball is kicked at an angle of about 20 degrees to the direction of travel — ideal for shots at goal . |