Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] only about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | our ILEA studies suggest that only about half the difference between reading scores of children from West Indian homes and their white counterparts may be accounted for by socio-economic factors . |
| 2 | When the Soviet Union collapsed , Russia found that only about 200 people knew anything of any economic relevance . |
| 3 | The British Crime Survey found that only about 8 per cent of incidents of vandalism were recorded in the official statistics , compared with 48 per cent of burglaries , and 100 per cent of thefts of motor-vehicles . |
| 4 | They found that only about half would have voted Labour if they had been registered . |
| 5 | Asking people to match the colours they could recall with colours on a standard colour chart revealed that only about half the dreams contained colour , and many of these were in pastel shades . |
| 6 | Politicians , local and national , have been able to claim great progress on the housing front , referring to the increasing numbers of sheltered housing units , yet conveniently ignoring that only about 5 per cent live in this kind of accommodation . |
| 7 | ‘ Uptake of vaccine is very variable — one study showed that only about 49 per cent of GPs have had the vaccination , for example , even though the GP is just as much at risk as any other doctor . ’ |
| 8 | Taking these and studies commissioned by donors in countries where they are the predominant donor into account , it appears that only about ten African aid recipients have been studied in this way . |
| 9 | A tank can be maintained without filtration , but more work is involved and only about half the number of fish can be kept . |
| 10 | However , yesterday 's ruling means that only about 10 of those boats will be able to resume operations immediately . |
| 11 | One Chief Constable has estimated that only about 10 per cent of all crime is reported to the police . |
| 12 | Indeed , when Mosley addressed a meeting of 1,500 people at Leeds Town Hall in May 1934 it was estimated that only about 400 fascists were present , ‘ most of whom had come to Leeds by bus . ’ |
| 13 | Here , similar classes were emerging but only about 10 per cent were able to employ wage labour regularly and only 20 per cent provided it regularly . |
| 14 | US military officials said that only about 130 people remained in detention out of a total of 5,300 Panamanians who had been held for questioning since the invasion . |
| 15 | Peel ( 1966 ) estimates that only about 10 per cent of the area of the Sahara is formed of ergs or sand seas and that these remain more or less fixed in position . |
| 16 | It is not a rosy outlook for most of them , though : he estimates that only about three unsought artist have ever been selected for commissions . |
| 17 | For example , one research study cited by Mays ( 1983 ) suggested that only about 5 per cent of Asian elders live alone ( compared with 38 per cent of white old people ) ( Bhalla and Blakemore , 1981 ) . |
| 18 | Even so a loose diplomatic understanding survived after a fashion , while British opinion polls in 1967 suggested that only about 25 per cent were firmly of the view that the government was too close to Washington . |