Example sentences of "about 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 20 minutes after the injection Ben began hallucinating and having fits . |
| 2 | The organisation finances a full-time staff of about 20 with offices in Westminster , Preston and Glasgow . |
| 3 | Last weekend about 1,000 troops of the non-communist Khmer People 's National Liberation Front ( KPNLF ) attacked military outposts along Route 69 , which runs parallel to the Thai border about 20 miles inside Cambodia . |
| 4 | Until about 20 years ago the citadel still served as barracks and prison , and seems to have been thought suitable for confining revolutionaries . |
| 5 | At that time Ash was getting about 20 inquiries a month , mostly from employees , on how to introduce smoking polices . |
| 6 | About 20 major bills are promised this session . |
| 7 | It appears that about 20 IRA members , organised into several units , are operating on mainland Britain and the Continent . |
| 8 | Seventeenth July — I joined about 20 Commandos from the various units around the village on a trip to a quiet part of the beach a few miles from our front-line positions . |
| 9 | They proceeded up the Huntingdon Road at about 20 m.p.h. or sometimes 30 m. p. h. , a suitable pace for cars and roads of those days . |
| 10 | Inside there were two rooms , one on each floor , both the same size , about 20 feet by 15 . |
| 11 | In Nigeria the foreign investors ' share is now about 20 per cent , with the bulk of the remainder held in the Nigerian private sector ; the localization legislation created over one million individual shareholders . |
| 12 | By 1970 , about 20 per cent of the land in cultivation was down to export crops . |
| 13 | A test would consist of about 20 ‘ lines ’ , each of about 20 linked circles . |
| 14 | A test would consist of about 20 ‘ lines ’ , each of about 20 linked circles . |
| 15 | All fungi require about 20 per cent moisture content in the host wood to germinate and although in new buildings the moisture content of the timber may be as high as 18 per cent , this is soon reduced to about 12–14 per cent by heating and ventilation of the enclosed spaces . |
| 16 | Police yesterday arrested about 20 Tibetan women demonstrating outside the Chinese embassy and demanding independence . |
| 17 | Witnesses said clashes erupted after several thousand ringed the Interior Ministry headquarters in Kishinyov , protesting against the detention of about 20 fellow nationalists who disrupted a 1917 anniversary parade on Tuesday . |
| 18 | About 20 Iranians burst into the Dutch embassy in Tehran and smashed furniture and equipment , causing considerable damage , the Dutch Foreign Ministry said yesterday . |
| 19 | I got me 2,000 and averaged 55 , which were about 20 more than anyone else . |
| 20 | Alpha is being developed for systems like the US Advanced Tactical Fighter , which has about 20 real-time computer systems on board , the NASA space station , and possibly the Strategic Defense Initiative . |
| 21 | Michael Green , chairman of media group , Carlton Communications , yesterday sold about 20 per cent of his stake in the company for more than £10.5 million . |
| 22 | If the conviction is upheld , the hotel queen 's new palace could be a women 's prison in Connecticut , about 20 miles from the $11 million mansion she refurbished at the taxpayers ' expense by charging repairs to her business . |
| 23 | About 20 minutes ' worth of space-age special effects were created for the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter . |
| 24 | Mr Bekesi said that unless the government moved swiftly on economic reform , the outcome would be a flourishing black market , widespread shortages , inflation much higher than its current level of about 20 per cent , and high unemployment . |
| 25 | The harsh measures of the transitory period are expected to lower the standard of living for about 20 per cent of the population . |
| 26 | When we arrived there were only about 20 people in the audience and he was n't dressed in a dress . |
| 27 | Latest estimates are that sea levels could rise by about 20 cm by 2030 and by 65 cm by the end of the 21st century . |
| 28 | About 20 syllables and 6 basic themes have been recognised in the whales ' singing , which can continue through day and night with only short pauses for breath . |
| 29 | Eastern spinner dolphins had been reduced to about 20 per cent of their original numbers , and the Costa Rican spinner dolphin ( a subspecies ) numbered only 9000 . |
| 30 | The Metropolitan 's first move in this case was to invoke the statute of limitations to block Turkey 's demand for the return of antiquities acquired by the museum through gifts and purchases about 20 years ago . |