Example sentences of "[noun sg] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We started with parallel leading , where the trainer and horse are about six feet apart and move forward in straight lines . |
| 2 | The limestones at the top of the Moroccan succession are about 560 million years old . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Its speed is about eight hundred kilometres per hour |
| 7 | So the average speed is about fifty three miles per hour . |
| 8 | Top speed is about 120 , ceiling is over 22,000 , and I do n't know the other , but you can guess . ’ |
| 9 | Hall 's substantial biography is about half the length of Westfall 's and takes account of much of the more recent historical research . |
| 10 | Although its circulation is about 350,000 , it appears to be more successful in finding the gap in the market which will ensure its continued survival . |
| 11 | These social-science studies have shown that the average lifetime of a ufologist is about two years , after which the individual faces a crisis point . |
| 12 | The transverse width is about six times the height , and their length may be 80 km ( so miles ) or more . |
| 13 | Thom is about five foot four . |
| 14 | Its molecular weight is about 95000 Daltons and it consists of two subunits : a larger alpha subunit with several membrane spanning domains and a smaller beta subunit . |
| 15 | The weight is about right , if compared to a similar Fender , and the slightly elongated top horn helps the bass to balance well , falling as it does in line with the twelfth fret . |
| 16 | The total potential net pay exhibited by the Aabenraa patch reef is about 24 m whereas in the inter-reef area at Hønning , it is probably only about 10 m . |
| 17 | Healthy eating is about much more than the kinds of food we eat . |
| 18 | An effective period of study is about twenty to twenty-five minutes . |
| 19 | A few years ago , a Government publication entitled ’ Practical Ways to Crack Crime ’ stated : ’ A stolen car is about 200 times more likely to be involved in an accident than the same car driven by its owner . ’ |
| 20 | Length of the whole coral is about 3 cm . |
| 21 | That 's now down to about 35 , and our turnover 's about half what it was . ’ |
| 22 | The Government must be reminded that the average age of the labour force in the coal mining industry is about 30 years . |
| 23 | It is generally accepted that the life span of the traditional flat felt roof is about 10 years . |
| 24 | It only has 3000 genes and by this criterion is about 20 times more complicated than a bacterium and 40 times less complicated than a human . |
| 25 | The reported mean age of patients with an adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett 's oesophagus is about 57 years and the male to female ratio is 5.5:1 . |
| 26 | Today , says Pearce , the figure is about 10 . |
| 27 | Off the top of my head , I think that the figure is about 25 per cent . |
| 28 | An average figure is about seven heads high , but anything between six and eight heads is well within the normal range . |
| 29 | An average figure is about seven heads high , but anything between six and eight heads is well within the normal range . |
| 30 | An average figure is about seven heads high , but anything between six and eight heads is well within the normal range . |