Example sentences of "about [num] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about 1150 hrs the pilot called Blackbushe and requested joining instructions . |
| 2 | The cost and the estimated monetary value of the worktime lost came out to $1,231 , which is about 30 times the legal monthly minimum wage . |
| 3 | After about 12 months the host mistletoe is usually either dead or severely weakened . |
| 4 | At about 0230 hours the fishing vessel-cum-yacht Guiding Lights , which had figured on our suspect list since 1974 , but had never been sighted in British waters , sailed into the trap , heaving-to off Talland Bay , about half a mile off shore . |
| 5 | About 4600 Ma the Moon accreted homogeneously from a medium that , relative to the Earth , was depleted in iron and in volatiles . |
| 6 | In England Sheila Brayford from Staffordshire died from brain damage in 1981 when she absorbed about 100 times the normal level of aluminium in dialysis . |
| 7 | At depths greater than about 100 km the wave speeds are rather uncertain . |
| 8 | Over the centuries Cornwall 's tin output has totalled about 10 times the annual quantity the world produces now . |
| 9 | The ‘ A ’ or No. 1 solution is then applied liberally and after about 10 minutes the second solution is applied . |
| 10 | I had five shots of local anaesthetic , and after about 10 minutes the surgeon pulled out this wriggling black larva and everyone burst into applause , but the photographer said , ‘ Oh , I missed that , can you put it back in so I can take a shot ? ’ |
| 11 | Loaded up with about 45 pounds the carry was excellent , largely due to the very comfortable hipbelt and harness system . |
| 12 | That 's about six times the present number . |
| 13 | The unemployment rates among married heads of household moving from the owner-occupied to the local authority sector is about six times the rate of those moving in the opposite direction ( Murphy and Sullivan , 1986 ) . |
| 14 | The transverse width is about six times the height , and their length may be 80 km ( so miles ) or more . |
| 15 | In the case of Cygnus X-1 , this is about six times the mass of the sun , which , according to Chandrasekhar 's result , is too great for the unseen object to be a white dwarf . |
| 16 | Associated reasons for her death were the severe injuries to her nose and mouth , which was broken and swollen , the multiple attempts that had taken place to strangle her and the fact that she also had a large quantity of alcohol in her body about six times the legal level for drivers . |
| 17 | The pollen and macrofossil record suggests that after a phase with species-rich grasslands , tall-herb , fern , and willow communities , and some open vegetation present soon after the late-glacial , the vegetation cover became complete about 9000 B.P. The major vegetation types were species-rich grasslands , with tall-herbs and fern-dominated stands and small areas of birch and hazel scrub in sheltered areas , perhaps similar to the vegetation today surviving on ungrazed ledges and islands and in protected ravines . |
| 18 | If using hangers , pad them to about three times the usual extent with acid-free tissue or with polyester wadding covered with white cotton ( which can also be used to pad out the shoulders and shapes of packed costumes ) . |
| 19 | The band 's legal bill alone was £10,000 , about three times the usual cost . |
| 20 | The usual rule is that the tax is imposed only on income exceeding about three times the average net personal income per worker in the social sector of the given republic or province . |
| 21 | I 'm told that unit sales should normally yield about three times the building costs , and that he gets this back within three to five years . |
| 22 | On the basis of its dispersion measure of 75.68cm -3 pc , its distance is 1.5kpc , about three times the distance to the Vela pulsar . |
| 23 | Motorola rates the new board at 70 Specmarks on the Specmark89 benchmark , which reflects both integer and floating point performance — about three times the performance of the comparable 88100-based MVME187 board . |
| 24 | The arm length is about three times the disk diameter . |
| 25 | It is interesting to not that the values achieved in 1989 were broadly at about three times the turnover seen in these outlets , whereas today , a multiplier of approximately one , to one and a quarter times turnover , is far more appropriate . |
| 26 | If you use this method you will need a generous amount of fabric , about three times the width of the wall . |
| 27 | The report concluded that there had consequently been a major increase in defaults and arrears during 1990 , with some $85,000 million of interest and capital repayment outstanding at the end of the year , about three times the level recorded in 1985 . |
| 28 | Since the front of a slug travels downstream at about three times the speed of the rear ( Fig. 18.7 ) , there can be substantial variations in the fraction of the flow that is turbulent ( Fig. 18.8 ) and thus in the flow rate . |
| 29 | The cost of forest loss through sulphur pollution is about three times the amount dedicated to controlling air pollution by European political leaders . |
| 30 | On the tape which last about three minutes the man speaking in a brisk matter of fact manner is heard giving instructions to Kevin Watts Stephanie 's boss at Shipways Estate Agency in Birmingham on where and when to deliver the ransom cash . |