Example sentences of "with only about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a passage migrant des Forges and Harber give an average of about five Montagu 's Harriers a year between 1947 and 1961 but , with only about 55 recorded between 1962 and 1976 , this annual average shows a decline of about 25 per cent . |
| 2 | Again cans predominate , but with only about 55 per cent of the market , along with mixers such as or . |
| 3 | We started off and although with only about 200 yards to go , had constant stops and changing of places . |
| 4 | In the centre of a rich and densely populated countryside with ready access by canal and river to 5 of the most populous counties in Ireland it still remained ‘ but a small town of very insignificant appearance ’ with only about 867 inhabitants . |
| 5 | In England , the NEB — designed to enhance State investment in production , especially in areas of high unemployment — had minimal impact , with only about sixty firms ever supported , and most of these in the south of England ( Lawless , 1981b ) . |
| 6 | These were particularly marked during training , with only about 65 per cent of an initial intake completing their course and registering ( Hutt 1989 ) . |
| 7 | One of the delights of the Seychelles is the number of small hotels with only about ten rooms , where you can enjoy personal and friendly service and the careful attention of the owners . |
| 8 | Away from the species-rich machair , the present-day flora and vegetation are species-poor , with only about 25 phanerogam species comprising most of the vegetation of bog , moorland , and loch . |
| 9 | This compares with only about 25 per cent for US retail and 40 per cent for US mail order . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Against them were 10,000 militiamen … with only about half the equipment the Army has " . |
| 12 | When she arrived back , a little late and with only about forty minutes before she should go down to dinner , she found a small packet on her dressing-table . |
| 13 | Fortunately , as so frequently happens in our military history the right man — and many would claim the only man — that was available at the time , assumed Command of Bomber Command in February 101 , , and I have no doubt that future historians will claim that Sir Arthur Harris inherited a bankrupt concern , a sum total of 374 aircraft with only about 40 four-engined bombers in that total . |
| 14 | The group had been meeting for two years , and it was mainly a consciousness-raising group , although , with only about twenty groups in London as a whole , some of them , the ‘ housewives ’ , the women who worked part-time were also able to help run the voluntary rota in the central London office , the Women 's Liberation Workshop . |