Example sentences of "[noun] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absolute values of these returns are about 25 times ( |
| 2 | Compact hobs are about 550 × 450 mm ( 21 × 17in ) but if you have space , go for a large hob to take awkward-sized pans : you do n't have to limit yourself to a simple , square configuration there 's no reason why you should n't have two or three small hobs in different places . |
| 3 | Cossacks and " White Russians " : Macmillan immediately runs on , in this catalogue of Gen Keightley 's problems : " Moreover , among the surrendered Germans are about 40,000 Cossacks and " White " Russians , with their wives and children . |
| 4 | Harold Macmillan 's diary entry describing his meeting at Klagenfurt on 13 May ( only a day after the last group had surrendered ) states that he was informed that " among the surrendered Germans are about 40,000 Cossacks and " White " Russians with their wives and children " , and he notes that " to hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery , torture and probably death . |
| 5 | Drawn your hands away from each other until the fingers are about six to eight inches apart . |
| 6 | In other birds sperm can be stored for shorter periods : average values are about six days in quail and doves and about ten days in chickens , ducks and zebra finches . |
| 7 | In the northern temperate zone the values are about 50 per cent higher than these estimates , and in the southern temperate zone about 50 per cent lower . |
| 8 | French health statistics show that deaths from heart disease in French cities are about half of those in some cities in America . |
| 9 | Er the roads are about four kilometres apart and , and a valuation would I think be pretty meaningless because conditions er along those two axes do differ in certain respects . |
| 10 | No , we have er all students of one year studying one subject had er lectures together , and then we have seminars and er that 's why the whole students group of one year is divided in seminar groups and the seminar groups are about thirty people in , in one group and the seminars , when you have seminars there are only three people , and er |
| 11 | Note that the apoptotic cells in e , f are about three times smaller in diameter than the normal cell in d . |
| 12 | We started with parallel leading , where the trainer and horse are about six feet apart and move forward in straight lines . |
| 13 | The limestones at the top of the Moroccan succession are about 560 million years old . |
| 14 | But cars are about half as much again as in Britain . |
| 15 | CDs are therefore very similar to negotiable money market deposits , although the yields are about 0.25 per cent below the equivalent period deposit rates because of the added benefit of liquidity . |
| 16 | Ken Smith 4-strings are about two grand , but I do n't have any in stock at the moment . |
| 17 | The riding stables were about half an hour 's drive from the college . |
| 18 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 19 | The Jacobite losses were about 40 dead and 90 wounded . |
| 20 | Nocturnal insects need time to gather enough light to form an image , and so their flicker fusion frequency is quite low , that of nocturnal crickets being about 45 per second . |
| 21 | Local Stigmatic is about two Cockney thugs who beat up an actor in the pub because ‘ fame is the first disgrace because God knows who you are . ’ |
| 22 | Most of the index-linked stocks that have been issued have annual coupon payments of 2 or 2 ½ per cent ; this is designed to reflect the fact that the long-run real rate of return on the UK capital stock is about 2 ½ per cent . |
| 23 | The outer security ring is about 22 miles from the city and this would be extended to about 62 miles as deals are struck with local tribes , he said . |
| 24 | It is interesting to note that a quiet bedroom is about 35 on the scale , at 55 communication starts to become difficult , a car travelling at a steady 60 k.p.h. at seven metres distance is just over 70 , a heavy diesel lorry at 40 k.p.h. at seven metres is 85 , a pneumatic drill at seven metres is 95 and 120 is the threshold of pain . |
| 25 | While UVA is about one-tenth as strong as UVB , it does appear to accentuate damage when it works with UVB . |
| 26 | Its speed is about eight hundred kilometres per hour |
| 27 | So the average speed is about fifty three miles per hour . |
| 28 | Top speed is about 120 , ceiling is over 22,000 , and I do n't know the other , but you can guess . ’ |
| 29 | The f-number of our eyes is about 2.55 , while a standard camera lens has an f-number of 1.8 and special lenses may reach 1.1 . |
| 30 | Hall 's substantial biography is about half the length of Westfall 's and takes account of much of the more recent historical research . |