Example sentences of "there [was/were] about [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enormity of such a task has been made obvious by an American psychologist in the 1930s , who worked his way through an unabridged dictionary , and found that there were about eighteen thousand words that could be used to describe people . |
| 2 | ‘ At the time I got to him there were about four other people with him just trying to resuscitate him , giving him cardiac massage . |
| 3 | There were about four hundred of these allotments , most of which were immediately ‘ developed ’ by their owners without the slightest reference to neighbouring allotments and owners The pattern of the roads and streets was largely determined by the medieval footpaths and furlongs of the open fields . |
| 4 | There were about two hundred and fifty cadets in residence and some of them had never seen cadets from another corps . |
| 5 | The Vatican estimated that there were about 2,800,000 Latin and Eastern Rites Catholics in Romania . |
| 6 | There were about six hundred turned up . |
| 7 | There were about 45 rotary steam corn mills built before 1800 . |
| 8 | The UK has become the largest fast food market in Europe — by 1990 there were about 1,500 fast food outlets in the UK . |
| 9 | By 1918 , when the President retired , there were about fifteen hundred members and twenty-two branches . |
| 10 | There were about thirty Black or non-English-speaking women , out of a population of about three hundred . |
| 11 | In 1971 there were about 570,000 lone parents in Great Britain , in 1976 about 750,000 , in 1986 about 1,010,000 and in 1989 about 1,150,000 ( Haskey , 1991 ) . |
| 12 | Day and colleagues estimated that there were about 23,400 HIV-infected individuals in England and Wales by the end of 1991 . |
| 13 | The number of part-time staff has grown in proportion so that in 1978 there were about 140,000 part-time teachers in further and adult education employed by local authorities . |
| 14 | There were about 50 diseased horses in the infirmary . |
| 15 | It was moved by Francis Maginn who told his audience that in almost every state of America , in addition to a National Society , there was an Association of deaf mutes organised and officered by the prominent deaf themselves , whereas in the United Kingdom , where there were about twenty thousand deaf , there was neither a regional nor a national organisation . |
| 16 | The the evening I was there there were about twenty five people in the room and people were falling asleep . |
| 17 | About 42 per cent of unwanted pregnancies resulted in live births and there were about 15 unwanted births per year per 1,000 married women who wanted no further births ; almost 10 per cent of the marital fertility rate . |
| 18 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 19 | I think there were about three Black officers . |
| 20 | Businessman Paul Jarvis , who heard last night 's blasts , said : ‘ There were about three huge bangs , I have never heard anything like it . |
| 21 | Yes , there were about three different people wanted company suggestion about that . |
| 22 | About two million acres of waste have been enclosed by act since 1700 , so that we may reasonably assume that at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were about seven million acres of ‘ waste ’ all told rather than the ten million estimated by Gregory King . |
| 23 | In addition there were about 20 interesting and enlightening comments ranging from , " You can search on what you want with this if you just type in some buzz-words " to " It only looks for keywords — does n't analyse the search " The comments are given in full by Walker and Jones . |
| 24 | In 1975 there were about 15,000 Breton cows and by 1980 , in spite of an intense conservation programme , it was considered to be an endangered breed numbering perhaps 2,500 cows . |
| 25 | There were about 800 black cattle sold annually from Kilchoman parish alone , at an average price of £3 15s 0d ; the farmers plough with four horses , flax was an important crop throughout the island . |
| 26 | There were about 800 black cattle sold annually from Kilchoman parish alone , at an average price of £3 15s 0d ; the farmers plough with four horses , flax was an important crop throughout the island . |
| 27 | There were about 9,000 last year , of which about only 4 per cent . |
| 28 | Amsterdam police sparked racial anger recently when they estimated that there were about 10,000 illegal Ghanaians in the Bijlmermeer district of the city alone . |
| 29 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 30 | I think at erm , at the peak time there was about two hundred and twenty six drivers and conductors . |