Example sentences of "[ex0] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then how many films have there been about two World Wars ? |
| 2 | Another example , but on a larger scale , is at Castor and Water Newton in the Nene Valley , where to the north of the walled town there are about two square miles full of buildings and sites associated with the extensive pottery industry with a centre of some kind in Castor village ( fig. 7.3 ) . |
| 3 | Every year there are about two hundred at risk babies , a blood condition that without special treatment can lead to death in the womb from inaemia or jaundice . |
| 4 | There are about 30,000 species of fish in the world and some 250 of these are actively venomous , possessing spines and venom glands . |
| 5 | There are about 4 million research and development scientists and engineers in the world , 3.5 million in developed countries and 0.5 million in developing countries , almost all this latter 0.5 million are in Asia , the numbers in Latin America and Africa are very small ( UNESCO statistical year book ) . |
| 6 | Right A family of common hedgehogs — Erinaceus europaeus ; there are about 17 hedgehog species native to Europe , Asia and Africa |
| 7 | Now in Berlin there are about five major collectors ; to create an art scene , there need to be fifty . |
| 8 | Er yesterday on non-conformances most of my non-conformances I think there are about five outstanding . |
| 9 | I understand that there are about five hundred people were actually invited to the ceremony , so obviously this means that about two or three hundred cars were arriving . |
| 10 | Broadly speaking , however , there are about four general reasons for files which transfer graphics information : |
| 11 | If I was writing it now I would change it , it is too long for a start , there are about four different sections to it . ’ |
| 12 | There are a few old records for November , the latest being for 27 November 1844 at Rottingdean , and there are about four winter records , but only two since 1900 , one in 1908 and one at Cissbury on 9 December 1973 . |
| 13 | I mentioned earlier , there are about four hundred thousand . |
| 14 | There are about 230 such engineers in total . |
| 15 | Portugal , the former colonial power , has 40,000 nationals in Angola , and there are about 230 Britons there . |
| 16 | Erm just er when I first started , I 've already mentioned I think that erm there are about seventeen erm students at universities with major scholarships within the maximum of this erm hundred and fifty pounds a year and erm we inter had to interview all these erm applicants , erm which was n't a very arduous task because there were n't so many of them but |
| 17 | In the UK , there are 12 national daily newspapers and 11 national Sundays , and hundreds of local papers ; 15 commercial TV stations ( but at present only one national network , using two channels ) , over 80 local radio stations and two semi-national ; there are about 2000 consumer magazines , which can be divided into a number of different categories by audience and interest group , and over 4000 trade and technical magazines ; around 1650 cinema screens , mainly in two large national chains , carry advertising ; there are numerous poster sites , ranging from ‘ supersites ’ down to ‘ Adshel ’ bus shelters , not to mention illuminated signs , bus sides and cards inside buses and London underground carriages ; then there are theatre brochures and sports programmes , football grounds , racecourses and other sporting venues ; at least two firms operate ‘ truck posters ’ , and you can put ads in or on taxis ; not to mention direct mail , and electronic media such as Prestel . |
| 18 | There are about 2000 species of fruit flies , most of which look remarkably similar . |
| 19 | The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that there are about 24,000 women in England and Wales who have partners in prison . |
| 20 | There are about 1,200 genuine volunteers in the Hong Kong camps awaiting repatriation . |
| 21 | There are about 6,000 crofts , but ( because of multiple tenancies ) the number of working units is about 5,400 . |
| 22 | There are about 100 million policies for a population of 122 million . |
| 23 | It is reported that in a large printing office in the city [ which can only be R. & R. Clark ] where there are about 100 females employed , more than 70 handed in notices to strike yesterday , while correspondingly large proportions of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike , failing a settlement . |
| 24 | There are about 100 known kinds of neurotransmitter . |
| 25 | The Home Office informs local forces of its views by advisory circulars of which there are about 100 a year . |
| 26 | ‘ For example , there are about 5 million book club customers . |
| 27 | There are about nine records but only four for this century : an immature was seen near Lancing College on 12 December 1954 , which may have been an escape ; an immature was found dead at Rye on 29 September 1969 ; a sub-adult was seen at Sidlesham Ferry on 27 May 1970 . |
| 28 | Currently there are about 4.5 billion people in the world , 1 billion in the developed world and 3.5 billion in the developing world ( Table 1.2 ) . |
| 29 | Today there are about 35,000 species of crustacean — four times as many as there are of birds . |
| 30 | It has entries for 414,825 main words ; there are about 500,000 definitions and 1,827,306 quotations . |