Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emissions from power stations , which account for about 80 per cent of the total , hardly fell at all . |
| 2 | The Audit Commission focused on the 20 most common operations , which account for about 30 per cent . |
| 3 | Lead was mined at several sites in Scotland 's Lowther Hills , and there are interesting remains of the industry here , which operated for about six centuries . |
| 4 | Wool sorters at Exeter worked " from the time of being able to discern the wool until the evening " , which amounted to about eight and a half hours in winter and twelve in summer . |
| 5 | It had released more than 700 acres of land for development , which amounted to about 30 per cent of the total of derelict land within its designated boundaries ( National Audit Office , 1988b ) . |
| 6 | Although you are here , on the summit , at 9,400 feet , well above the permanent snow line in the Pyrenees , which starts at about 8,500 feet , there is seldom any snow in the summer , because the sides of the mountain are too steep , especially on the north side , to keep it in place . |
| 7 | ( 1976 ) have estimated that erosion has reduced the production potential of American cropland by 10–15 per cent , and that an estimated 5 gallon equivalent of fuel per acre is being used to offset past soil losses , which amounts to about 4 per cent of total oil imports in 1970 ( p.153 ) . |
| 8 | Walpole-Bond connected the sudden decline in reports , which dated from about 1895 , with the extermination of the Scottish breeding stock . |
| 9 | Most have been found in graves especially at Faversham which accounts for about two-thirds of all such beads found in England . |
| 10 | Low-level ozone , so called to distinguish it from the naturally forming ozone in the stratosphere which accounts for about 90 per cent of the ozone in the atmosphere , is created by the action of sunlight on oxides of nitrogen and reactive hydrocarbons ( volatile organic compounds ) emitted by vehicles and industry . |
| 11 | Neither the very big and important financial futures business , which accounts for about 155 of the AFBD 's 400 members , nor the equally important oil market , is represented by the nine elected council members . |
| 12 | Africa 's main energy consumer is South Africa which accounts for about one-quarter of oil consumption . |
| 13 | The FDA was quoted as saying that the asthma drug Intal , which accounts for about half of Fisons ' pharmaceutical sales , was still on sale despite ‘ violations ’ only because of its medical necessity . |
| 14 | The average duration of use of heroin by clients of the three agencies is about one to three years , a habit length which accounts for about half to two-thirds of the users known to each agency . |
| 15 | The modern primary Church of England school which caters for about 60 children serves a wide catchment area — in fact at the moment Lockington village provides the smallest number , the rest travelling from Lund , Aike , Wilfholme and surrounding farms . |
| 16 | The offtake stations supply gas into the Regional transmission System which operates at about 35 bar — about half that of the National Transmission System . |
| 17 | Index linked National Savings Certificates were popular up until the early 1980's , but with a fall in inflation they have tended to be eclipsed by the popularity of fixed interest certificates which accounted for about 16 per cent of total assets in 1990 . |
| 18 | Instead they pointed to the growth in development funds contributed from abroad , which accounted for about 80 per cent of the development budget at the beginning of 1990 . |
| 19 | Newbald ( North and South ) lies in a hollow , sheltered to the north and east by the Wolds , which rise to about 150 metres , with a good water supply from clusters of springs . |
| 20 | Erm membership of the Incorporated Society of Musicians which comes at about seventy eight pounds a year does actually include public liability |
| 21 | Shaila : Until very recently I worked with Outwrite women 's newspaper and for those of you who do n't know it , it was a monthly internationalist feminist newspaper which published for about 7 years . |