Example sentences of "to about 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eastern spinner dolphins had been reduced to about 20 per cent of their original numbers , and the Costa Rican spinner dolphin ( a subspecies ) numbered only 9000 . |
| 2 | In the first practical sign of a cooling of passions , the old Soviet flag was restored as an interim measure to about 20 ships of the fleet , which on Wednesday had hoisted the Russian ensign of St Andrew . |
| 3 | Pilbeam , in a continuing series of investigations in the sedimentary beds formed by rivers flowing from the Himalayas , themselves dating back only to about 20 million years ago , considers that of these forms Ramapithecus , because of its dental structure with large molars and smaller incisors and canines , is the most plausible ancestral form of the late Pliocene . |
| 4 | However , between 1966 and 1976 the average doubled to about 20 per year , an increase which is unlikely to be merely a reflection of increased observer activity . |
| 5 | The group , which will initially amount to about 20 people , will be based at ICL 's new development centre at Gorton in Manchester . |
| 6 | These subscriptions amount to about 20 per cent of the Science and Engineering Research |
| 7 | The incubation is part of a last-ditch attempt to establish a mating programme to save the huge Californian bird , which has dwindled to about 20 birds ( New Scientist , 20 January , p 142 ) . |
| 8 | The majority of the vineyards are located to the north and north-west of the village commencing half a kilometre north-west of Ambonnay itself , where the land rises to about 20 metres . |
| 9 | Some in Europe who had maintained the Yellow Sword declared it was an extremely difficult fish , only giving birth to about 20 very week fry — which often died in the first few weeks . |
| 10 | The work is therefore not paced by the track , and the job cycle time is extended from seconds to about 20 minutes . |
| 11 | The plunge of Sterling means you only get 16 Austrian schillings to the pound , compared to about 20 last winter . |
| 12 | With the discount moving down to about 20 per cent by mid-1990 , others may be similarly tempted even though the discount rate reflects some measure of the depreciated economic value of the assets . |
| 13 | The species that survives today , the pearly nautilus , grows to about 20 centimetres across . |
| 14 | Since then the firm has managed to bring the amount of zinc in the effluent down to about 20 p.p.m. , but the agency has made it clear that it has to go below that . |
| 15 | When a juggernaut passes , we only hear the rumble down to about 20 hertz , although we may feel lower vibrations . |
| 16 | From the end of the Permo-Carboniferous ice age 250 million years ago to about 20 million years ago , polar regions have been without permanent ice . |
| 17 | But today , says Carl Schlettwein of the Ministry of Fisheries , ‘ pilchard stocks are down to about 15 per cent of their full potential and hake to about 20 per cent . ’ |
| 18 | Peter Karsten , marketing director of Surfax , which brews the low-alcohol Clausthaler , comments : ‘ The number of products available has dropped from 70 to 50 and it needs to come down to about 20 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 20 | Does the Minister agree that 90 million tonnes of imported coal last year is equivalent to about 20 pit closures involving 20,000 men ? |
| 21 | What is more , they are planted at high density — equivalent to about 20 on an average sized modern suburban building plot — and sometimes in places where trees should not grow at all . |
| 22 | By 1992 the collection was reduced to about 20 vehicles , and further rationalization was called for to dispose of those which were non-revenue earning . |
| 23 | The number of sets in the Seamer area has been cut to about 20 , a quarter of the total that existed in his youth , says the amiable grandfather . |
| 24 | Derwent Valley , founded in 1982 with backing from the venture capital group , 3i , has been actively seeking a partner to develop its overseas business and is said to have talked to about 20 companies . |