Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] to about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NIN ( 29 November 1987 ) claims that the proportion of Albanians in Kosovo has now reached 85 per cent , which would imply that the proportion of Serbs and Montenegrins has fallen to about 11 per cent . |
| 2 | The cropped area has fallen to about 1,500 ha . |
| 3 | Although the number of fatal accidents on farms has fallen to about 60 a year , Carl Boswell , the Health and Safety Executive 's chief agricultural inspector , says it is proving very difficult to cut the tally further . |
| 4 | Today , he estimates , the number of collectors has dropped to about 50 . |
| 5 | Pesticide use for all of Indonesia has dropped to about half what it was when the programme started , saving the government $120 million in insecticide subsidies to farmers . |
| 6 | Since a python 's skin begins to deteriorate in quality once it has grown to about fifteen feet the largest are left alone , which is just as well as each one must be caught at night , alive and by hand , with a lamp to attract them from their lairs , and at least four men to get them into the sack afterwards . |
| 7 | ATMOSPHERIC CO 2 concentration was 160 to 200μmolmol -1 during the Last Glacial Maximum ( LGM ; about 18,000 years ago ) , rose to about 275μmolmol -1 10,000 years ago , and has increased to about 350 μmolmol -1 since 1800 ( ref. 4 ) . |
| 8 | Now this industry has declined to about 2000 people . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |