Example sentences of "[verb] [be] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI 's HC depreciation has been about 90% of reported HC profit after tax ; and with an average plant life of 15 years , the CPP amount is 100% higher . |
| 2 | The cost of the work to date has been about £150 million . |
| 3 | It is estimated that there has been about 1000km of lateral movement along the fault system over the past 25 Ma . |
| 4 | The energy radiated to space has been calculated from detailed observations across the Jovian disc of radiation at planetary wavelengths , and the energy absorbed from the Sun has been calculated from the Bond albedo , which measurements have shown is about 35% . |
| 5 | They really knew how to raise money and , as a result , the final figure collected was about £1.5 million . |
| 6 | The tarn would have been about 50ft. in depth at that time with the bottom around the 1,300 ft. contour . |
| 7 | Coun George Robinson claimed that if the council had received the same level of Government support grant that it had in the 1970s , the poll tax would have been about £100 . |
| 8 | Must have been about quarter to then . |
| 9 | In real terms the average incomes of lone parents have fallen — if their incomes had gone up in line with the Retail Price Index then they would have been about £12 per week higher in 1989 . |
| 10 | If I had let him go to hospital the cost to the country would have been about £500 a week . |
| 11 | I did not receive an answer , but the sum involved would have been about 10p a pint , which could be taken off the retail price and still leave brewers with a profit . |
| 12 | More serious is the allegation that in these latter years Ghana was allowed to accumulate extravagant debts : an amount of £500 million is often quoted , though the true figure seems to have been about £120 million . |
| 13 | He found that there were reasons to believe that bodies were placed supine below the pyre and that the average temperature achieved was about 900° C , but the quantity of fuel required was not determined . |
| 14 | United Kingdom exports to Libya have been about £250 million annually . |