Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Negotiations for a concordat had been going on between Spain and the Vatican for about the same length of time as those between Spain and the United States . |
| 2 | Well that they showed us er a thing about the speed about about the traffic approaching lights when they 're starting flashing . |
| 3 | young Scarborough goalkeeper Steve Hewitt will be out of action for about a month after fracturing a wrist in training . |
| 4 | One section , eastwards from Ratho for about a mile , has been improved and is well-used by walkers and cyclists — it shows the potential the whole route could have if upgraded . |
| 5 | I 've still got my , er get a car for about a couple of grand . |
| 6 | Isabel asked Ellen for about the tenth time . |
| 7 | We 're stopped in Marseilles for about a month . |
| 8 | " Put two quarts of gooseberries into about a quart of water , and set them on the fire . |
| 9 | So I have n't no quarrels with about the repairs . |
| 10 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 11 | An example is the terrace around Lake Harrison at a little above 120 m ( 400 ft ) OD ( see Chapter 14 ) , which might easily be confused with the well-known British marine terrace at about the same level but probably much earlier in date . |
| 12 | ( f ) Hold the card at about the same level as your shoulder , ie above the heads of the first row of students . |
| 13 | He concluded that ‘ a mandate is a mandate and that she will derive real strength from having overcome so tough a challenge ’ , a stirring endorsement , weakened only by Thatcher 's withdrawal from the contest at about the time the column reached the chattering classes ' breakfast tables . |
| 14 | He appealed for information from anyone who had witnessed the incident , particularly people who might have been leaving the nearby Greenstead social club at about the same time . |
| 15 | There would , therefore be this degree of uncertainty At about the actual time at which the radiation was released . |
| 16 | A similar poll was carried out among academics in the United States at about the same time . |
| 17 | A dispute in Hungary at about the same time was not resolved so amicably , at least in part because Hungary occupied a far more important strategic position in terms of Soviet security than did Yugoslavia . |
| 18 | CND and judicial review At about the same time that legislation was introduced to tackle the problems raised by the Malone decision , the Massiter revelations led to a second attempt to challenge the pre-1985 procedures in the domestic courts , this time on different grounds from those which had failed before Sir Robert Megarry . |
| 19 | At first , Ackroyd thought nothing about it , but he saw him again the following Saturday at about the same time . |
| 20 | Advertisement er , revenue at Westminster Press ended the six months at about the , advert revenue about the same level as last year but it was below last year 's level early on , so in other words erm , advertisement volume is growing , because there 's next to no , there 's , the yield is about the same overall . |
| 21 | The barrier would solve that , he said , with a reflected wave of about an inch expected . |
| 22 | The main implications of age-barrier retirement are , first , that it results in an average fall in income of about a half . |
| 23 | The chicks are placed on a surface scattered with a mix of food grains and pebbles of about the same size and colour of the food . |
| 24 | It is proposed that it should be used in those Committee areas for about a month so that difficulties can emerge and be dealt with . |
| 25 | a decision in detail as to where it should be in the short term ( one year ahead ) and a longer-term plan for about the next three to four years : |
| 26 | Erm he 's in Scotland for about the next month , but I 've asked him to do the recordings in the next week . |
| 27 | Each has its attributes but for all round performance Kodak technical Pan film 2415 is recommended , with subsequent development in Kodak HC1100 developer for about the suggested time at the manufacturer 's dilution D. |
| 28 | Arthur Rackham 's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in the limited signed edition could be bought in 1960 for around £40-£50 and the Peter Pan Portfolio for about the same amount . |
| 29 | There is a boy of about the same age in Kanal , Andrzej Wajda 's epic film of the Warsaw uprising . |
| 30 | Fullarton et al noted a fall of about the same degree , one month after eradicating H pylori from eight patients with inactive duodenal ulcer disease , but again the change was not statistically significant . |