Example sentences of "at around [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fire burned on , with the cost of the damage estimated at around sxity thousand pounds . |
| 2 | Certain of the retailing organizations we spoke to mentioned a smaller , shorter peak at around Easter and many also hired temporary workers for a month or two over the summer to fill in for regular staff who were taking vacations . |
| 3 | I parked my car at around midday and set out towards the Press tent . |
| 4 | The arrived at around quarter to four and Kate staggered across the car park . |
| 5 | It means getting up in the early hours to be ready to board a coach at around 6.30am that will transport them to the South Coast , then bring them back again , arriving home at around midnight . |
| 6 | At around midnight , the chairman used my pregnancy — I was huge by then — as an excuse to break up the meeting : he said that even if no one else was tired , he thought we ought to disperse so that I could get my rest ! |
| 7 | I suffered with her that evening , right through every moment , and when I went to bed at around midnight I could still hear her crying into her pillow — not a sound that sends a mother peacefully to sleep . |
| 8 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 9 | At around midnight on Sunday he was sleeping on the sofa in the front room of his house in the Rose Hill area of Oxford . |
| 10 | We have been told to expect a fax with the final decision at around midnight on Thursday . ’ |
| 11 | However , in such countries at Bangladesh , Nepal , Pakistan and Yemen , where one half of the girls are married at around age 13 , 15 and 16 , respectively ( and contraceptives are used by only from one to eight per cent of all married women of reproductive age ) the first child is born , on average , from three to five years later , compared to usually less than two years in countries where the median age at marriage is , at least , 17 years . |
| 12 | The immediate post war period was also when the practice of retirement at around age 65 became almost universal among manual workers . |
| 13 | At an interest reset date the bonds trade at around par , assuming the issuer 's credit quality has not deteriorated . |
| 14 | Mr Lawson returned to Blackpool from his Leicestershire home yesterday , and he will reply to a debate on the economy at around noon today . |
| 15 | Make a final sowing of an early carrot , such as ‘ Amsterdam Forcing ’ , ‘ Early Nantes ’ , ‘ Almoro ’ or ‘ Bertop ’ , for pulling as baby carrots at around Christmas time . |