Example sentences of "about [num] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet Union also has about 275 of the older SS-4 missiles and 25 of the slightly more modern SS-5s still in service . |
| 2 | Even DEC may find that it may need to hang on to its V.3.2-level Ultrix rather longer than it intended : it says that so far about 500 of the 3,000 Ultrix applications are being converted for OSF/1 , which does n't sound like unbounded enthusiasm on the part of the industry . |
| 3 | About 500 of the company 's 904 workforce will be on site for the occasion which was coming nearly five years after a visit by the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 4 | About 7,000 of the jobs are going from the traditional ICI business , while the other 2,000 will go from Zeneca . |
| 5 | You also need to allow headroom by leaving a little space between the top edge of the frame and the subject 's head , except for big c.lose-ups when the rule is to set the head so that the eyes come at about two-thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 6 | Around this swathing , for about two-thirds of the length of the trunk from the hips upward , were several turns of a well-made twisted cord , fastened in what is called the half-hitch , in good preservation . ’ |
| 7 | In the next six years , thirty polytechnics were officially designated and since then they have become the major institutions of higher education within further education , catering for about two-thirds of the full-time , including sandwich , students in advanced further education . |
| 8 | Stillbirths account for about two-thirds of the perinatal deaths in Japan . |
| 9 | About 800 of the city 's 15/16 year-olds and 800 17/18 year-olds ( a 1 in 10 sample ) will complete questionnaires in 1987 . |
| 10 | About 30 of the shops are now profitable , according to Mr Bishko , but not profitable enough to cover overheads — which are rather higher than he had anticipated . |
| 11 | I decided to be helpful and , rather than bother anyone , I took it upon myself to move about 30 of the magazines to the Women 's Section . |
| 12 | About 300 of the dolphins were killed . |
| 13 | He already has about 700 of the names . |
| 14 | About 5,800 of the West Midlands force 's 7,000 drivers have undergone tough advanced driving courses allowing them to drive a car with a siren . |
| 15 | Scotch , Canadian and American whiskies combined account for about one-half of the distilled spirits sold in the United States . |
| 16 | About 100 of the delegates to the 28th Congress of the CPSU belonged to the Democratic Platform of the CPSU . |
| 17 | It has been shown that about 100 of the 600 members elected to Parliament become involved in specific government jobs . |
| 18 | The UN has said it has strong evidence Iraq is hiding about 100 of the Scud missiles of the type it fired at Israel and Saudi Arabia in the Gulf war , but Iraq denies it . |
| 19 | About 10 of the Institute of Biology 's Studies have appeared ( Arnold £2.50 ) taking the total to 149 . |
| 20 | Only about 2,000 of the 23,000 companies in America that have annual sales of $35m or more can hope to issue debt that wins an investment-grade rating . |
| 21 | So far about 35 of the exclusive cars have been delivered by Jaguar , though few are expected to be seen on the road . |
| 22 | Given a 50–60 per cent annual mortality , only about 1400 of the immature males survive to join the breeding population ; the annual mortality of females is slightly higher than in males , probably because of the physiological stress of producing eggs . |
| 23 | The round-up followed a court decision to lift an order barring wildlife officials from killing about 350 of the birds on the picturesque canals in the town of Venice . |
| 24 | What was very noticeable about three of the four survivors and about Jean Henderson as recalled by her daughter , was immense enthusiasm for the work . |
| 25 | Most would have earnings more like those of the Fu family , who live just around the corner on an income that is about one-fifteenth of the Lis ' . |
| 26 | Only one farm remained , for vodka , but abolishing it was a major step in view of the fact that it was the source of about two-fifths of the state 's total revenue . |
| 27 | In fact , only about 52 of the 291 patients in the British pre-marketing clinical trials were over 65 , and the comparable American figures were 86 out of 277 . |
| 28 | At the same time I was working on a small English-Burmese dictionary with about 3,500 of the most common words likely to be needed by government workers going back into Burma when liberation should come . |
| 29 | About 20,000 of the old sort still grace the streets of Britain ; 2,000 boast rare features and have been listed as Grade 2 buildings , worthy of preservation . |
| 30 | And the factory where I work I should think we took about fourteen of the men at this factory . |