Example sentences of "[adv] [is] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximum amount of sediment likely to be deposited over that period along the coast generally is about 30 centimetres and we know that hurricanes will certainly rearrange that amount of material . |
| 2 | I know but when I 'm with her a lot I really to talk about like is about other people so like I do it as well but like I do n't |
| 3 | Not too far is about eight kilometres , a distance that takes us well over an hour , although time is irrelevant . |
| 4 | like a combine now 's about thirty or forty thousand . |
| 5 | Well , the range in companies in the UK today is about six months to five years , with an average at about three years , and it is getting longer . |
| 6 | An indicator is the abundance of the rare isotope of hydrogen , deuterium D , compared to the common isotope 1 H. D is twice the mass of 1 H and therefore 1 H will normally escape faster , enhancing D/ 1 H. The D/ 1 H ratio in the Cytherean atmosphere today is about 100 times that on the Earth , indicating more 1 H on Venus in the past , though still a good deal less than on the Earth . |
| 7 | There was about ten to fifteen thousand , which the limit on the , the ground limit today is about seventeen to eighteen as I can understand . |
| 8 | In fact , the space devoted to Greek and Roman art at the Met today is about one-half of what was allotted to those works in the late 1940s . |
| 9 | Although billed in the contact magazines as ‘ couples only ’ , the male-female ratio here is about 25 to one ; the one is the topless woman , so everyone is paying her very special attention . |
| 10 | No , I ca n't imagine why , listening to it , it sounds like everybody working on is about twelve , does n't it ? |