Example sentences of "[adv] about [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ending of the former child allowances and their replacement with tax-free child benefits in 1975 meant an increase in the problem of dependency , with only about half the 750,000 one-parent families in 1976 , for instance , able to rely on their income as means of support . |
| 2 | Activity in 1994 may be only about half the peak level of 1990 . ’ |
| 3 | City investors accepted shares on condition that all could be placed but by last night potential buyers had been found for only about half the stake . |
| 4 | The strange thing is that not all amateur operators seem to understand this and only about half the country 's licensed amateurs are members of the RSGB . |
| 5 | A tank can be maintained without filtration , but more work is involved and only about half the number of fish can be kept . |
| 6 | They would have planned to have won only about half the amount of possession that they did actually get and still hoped to have been in front . |
| 7 | Not only were the Sinhalese underrepresented , but only about half the Sinhalese in the police professed Buddhism . |
| 8 | our ILEA studies suggest that only about half the difference between reading scores of children from West Indian homes and their white counterparts may be accounted for by socio-economic factors . |
| 9 | As a result of the current devolution in favour of the regions , the Arts Council will be directly funding only about half the 170 arts bodies it funded in 1991 . |
| 10 | Asking people to match the colours they could recall with colours on a standard colour chart revealed that only about half the dreams contained colour , and many of these were in pastel shades . |
| 11 | For example , the experimental Peckham Health Centre ( opened in 1926 in the London suburb of Peckham as a community centre dedicated to the study and maintenance of the conditions necessary for health ) found that when it re-opened after the War only about half the original members ' families remained in the area . |
| 12 | It was alarming that only about half the teachers responded adversely to the use of the word ‘ alien ’ in this question : |
| 13 | Against them were 10,000 militiamen … with only about half the equipment the Army has " . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly the British economy had been growing at only about half the average annual rate of 5.4 per cent for the EEC countries since 1953 . |
| 15 | I think er what this exercise today has shown us is that only about half the factors in H two er have a strategic dimension in so far as they would affect a choice between broad sectors around York . |
| 16 | But their bid has been knocked back by the Government which claimed their independent valuation was only about half the real value . |
| 17 | Although Dragon is only about half the size of Drayton Asia , its superior investment performance has got the bid off to a good start . |
| 18 | Surprisingly , LA has only about half the police force of London for a city of ten million . |
| 19 | A three-bedroomed semi costs around £80,000 , so about half the population rent instead . |
| 20 | Normally about half the crop is traded early . |
| 21 | Another effect of media censorship is that , far from leaving the public unaware of black people being involved in crime , many people now think that they are responsible for just about all the crime they read about . |
| 22 | The late Jack Kerouac , for instance , has every one of his works for sale , together with just about all the wild books written of his hard-driving life . |
| 23 | They went short on just about all the basic resources including water , which had to be transported over the fields in a two-wheeled handcart . |
| 24 | Having tried out just about all the object-oriented databases out there , and signed agreements with the developers of quite a few , IBM Corp 's Programming Systems Division is phasing out all other agreements and signed a strategic partnership agreement with Object Design Inc ( CI No 2,156 ) . |
| 25 | Helmut Bradl led Luca Cadalora just about all the way in the 250 GP . |
| 26 | Now most of the stuff that we 're , just about all the stuff that we 're dealing with are functions . |
| 27 | " I bought Grace myself while he was away , with just about all the money we 'd got left , to have somewhere for me and the girls . " |
| 28 | Just about all the major software companies have an upgrade policy . |
| 29 | Just about all the first team squad on call for tomorrow … two problems facing the new manager Les Robinson is doubtful with a back injury … and skipper Jim Magilton is fighting for fitness after taking a knock in the Ireland game |
| 30 | Whilst I was mooning about singing ‘ I 'm in love with a wonderful guy ’ , he was entertaining just about half the gay population of the town . |