Example sentences of "about [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until about 1934 the Establishment explanation of these phenomena was remarkably unconvincing and seems to have reflected mainly a desire not to be asked embarrassing questions . |
| 2 | On an ellipse of the proportions of about 2.5:1 the slider on the minor axis would move through the line of the ellipse . |
| 3 | On the other hand , the coastline 's area is zero , so neither a one-dimensional nor a two-dimensional picture is appropriate , and in fact the way in which the length increases with resolution suggests a dimension D of about 1.2 The mathematics of sets of points with fractional dimensionality was developed in the early years of this century , but associated geometric objects were considered as ‘ pathological ’ and not corresponding to anything in Nature , Mandelbrot 's massive and single-minded achievement has been to convert this abstract formalism into a flourishing branch of applied mathematics , in three ways . |
| 4 | In about 1850 the neo-Gothic gate was built . |
| 5 | They kissed , briefly , and made a date for about eleven the same morning , to see Karen onto the ferry . |
| 6 | A minizyme is about two-thirds the size of a ribozyme and is more stable . |
| 7 | The stout cylinders rose from the decks of Flettner 's amazing rotor ships to about two-thirds the height of the masts on a sailing vessel . |
| 8 | About 1202 the canonist Robert de Courcon cited him as a man ‘ who became immensely rich through lending money to innumerable merchants throughout the world ’ , objecting that in his partnerships he shared the profits but kept the capital safe . |
| 9 | But about 11.30 the siren went . |
| 10 | Much of this was ‘ own label ’ merchandise of course , but occasionally one would come across a familiar branded item , at about half the price of those at home . |
| 11 | The Republicans put up candidates in about half the constituencies and their overall share of the vote stayed low at 2.3 per cent . |
| 12 | About half the electorate were party supporters in 1986 , and half uncommitted , by this definition . |
| 13 | Bolshevik sources reveal that about half the population of the guberniia did not have enough to eat by then , and the position was no better by spring of 1922 . |
| 14 | The ending of the former child allowances and their replacement with tax-free child benefits in 1975 meant an increase in the problem of dependency , with only about half the 750,000 one-parent families in 1976 , for instance , able to rely on their income as means of support . |
| 15 | My lesson lasted about half the time of Tony 's , terminating as he was explaining the purpose of the deadman 's handle to me when a gust filled his chute and hauled him off in fine style . |
| 16 | The final creations weighed a mere ten kilograms , about the same as a top-class racing bike and about half the weight of most ATBs . |
| 17 | If it were due to some ‘ memory ’ of our life-style then we would predict that about half the population would show a value less than 24 hours and the free-running periods of individuals would be distributed fairly symmetrically about an average value of 24 hours . |
| 18 | About half the deputies who defied Gen Aoun 's attempts to block the presidential election are Christians like Mr Muawad . |
| 19 | ‘ By the end of the five years , however , passengers should be paying for all operating costs and providing about half the investment expenditure . ’ |
| 20 | Industry and agriculture would pay about half the bill , the government the other half . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , river dolphins and catfish inhabit the same river , and between 1950 and 1980 , about half the 100 or so baiji found dead had died from swallowing or being snagged by fish hooks . |
| 22 | If history is any guide , the average length of a recession in the past 60 years has been 18 months , with the average bear market wiping out about half the gain made during the bull market it succeeded . |
| 23 | About half the loss resulted from operations , half from restructuring . |
| 24 | About half the houses were now finished , the turfs laid , the flower beds cut , looking like fresh graves — all in the front , of course . |
| 25 | In fact the population of Great Britain only increased by about four millions during the inter-war years , about half the level of growth which might have been expected had the rate of growth of the late nineteenth century continued . |
| 26 | Normally about half the crop is traded early . |
| 27 | Decrease the portion of dessert to about half the usual amount . |
| 28 | Use about half the usual quantity of butter or hard margarine on vegetables . |
| 29 | About half the audience had gone by the interval and by the end he was virtually alone . |
| 30 | But last year housebuilding bottomed out at about half the level of 1988 and analysts predict a slow upturn in 1992 . |