Example sentences of "about [num] [coord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually to be defined as child sex abuse I think w for most authors there 'd need to be some kind of discrepancy in the ages in some way , that is y'know if somebody was about thirteen and the other person was about eighteen it might be ah starting to get er a big enough discrepancy to be outside the realm of of y'know kind of normal y'know sort of boyfriend and girlfriend to use those saccarinous terms erm relationships and maybe might be considered to be er to be something like child abuse . |
| 2 | Only old vehicles pre about 1940 and the occasional newer vehicle such as the Land Rover have the front opening windscreens . |
| 3 | It is a combination of two old structures , one of about 1130–50 and the other rather older . |
| 4 | The population of the town numbered about 5,000 and the House of Industry was designed to accommodate two hundred persons ; men , women and children . |
| 5 | They said they said oh there 's no beds left at all , there 's probably about ten and the there was a bed , then I had to wait till about half past three in the afternoon to get into it . |
| 6 | The Unionist vote remained stable at about 27,000 but the SDLP/Republican Clubs vote fell from 25,500 to just under 23,000 . |
| 7 | Thaxted church was built in about 1340 and the finishing touches were made in the 1550s ; with its magnificent structure it could easily have been the cathedral of north-west Essex if one had ever been needed . |
| 8 | ‘ We have a seating capacity of about 250 and the original intention was nearer 750 , ’ said Mr Cave . |