Example sentences of "have [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 25 requests for a public inquiry have been received , and Buckinghamshire county council has received about 200 letters objecting to it . |
| 2 | And the Southern Health Board has received about 4,000 letters of protest at proposed ‘ rationalisation ’ plans . |
| 3 | Over the centuries Cornwall 's tin output has totalled about 10 times the annual quantity the world produces now . |
| 4 | Ultimate has installed about 50 systems to date in the Commonwealth of Independent States ; Almazjuvelir Export can pay in hard currency because it exports over $1,000m annually in jewellery , precious metals and gemstones and holds exclusive rights to manufacture reproductions of the Faberge eggs . |
| 5 | The resultant ‘ Clubturf ’ , and with it the ‘ Natural ’ cricket pitch , started a quiet revolution which to date has seen about 2000 Clubturf installations at county clubs , public schools and village greens . |
| 6 | He has seen about 6000 patients over the years and all except six had suffered from allergies . |
| 7 | It should be stressed , however , that — while the outlines of human activities are clear — there are still many uncertainties : for instance , we know that the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has risen about 9 per cent since 1959 . |
| 8 | It has been estimated that this particular treatment has saved about 10 million lives . |
| 9 | Jobs saved : A £55m North Sea gas and oil rig order won by offshore engineering company AMEC off Aberdeen has saved about 1,000 jobs , sdays the firm . |
| 10 | The vehicle has done about 56,000 . |
| 11 | Since then it has done about 4000 miles and generated a lot of interest among fellow hacks — especially now we have the handling and ride back to its exalted best with new shocks and a set of tyres . |
| 12 | Adept has produced about 3,000 robots since it was founded in 1983 . |
| 13 | So far the museum has raised about half the amount and fingers are crossed that they can find the rest before June . |
| 14 | The company , which has garnered about ten customers so far , has turnkey agents available from Sybase , Lotus and Unix E-mail . |
| 15 | Louis Gerstner was by no means the first , and IBM Corp has been actively hiring executives from outside the company since the beginning of the year , Associated Press reports : it says that IBM has hired about 30 outside executives in the past two years and is searching for 50 more ; incomers include Robert Howe , 48 , general manager , IBM Consulting Group , former head of worldwide financial services practice at consulting firm Booz-Allen & Hamilton ; Michael Cannon , 40 , vice-president , personal systems storage devices , Adstar , former senior vice-president , worldwide operations at Syquest Technology Inc ; John Osborne , 39 , sales director , Personal Software Products , former vice-president of sales and marketing at Zenith Data Systems Inc ; Jon Cornell , 53 , assistant general manager , original equipment manufacturers sales and marketing , IBM Technology Products , former president , Harris Corp ; John Singleton , 56 , general manager , business development , Integrated Systems Solution Corp , former chief executive , Security Pacific Automation Co ; and Clare Thain , 43 , advertising and promotion director , IBM US , who was formerly the managing partner at Ronald James Direct . |
| 16 | George , not unlike his subject , has spent about half his life in Ireland west , north and south he tells me I said why not Dublin and he says that 's what I meant |
| 17 | The trust , which has lost £153,000 on the project , has restored about 200 properties and was prominent in preserving Pell Well Hall in Shropshire and the 12th century Siddington Barn near Cirencester , Glos . |
| 18 | The trust , which has lost £153,000 on the project , has restored about 200 properties and was prominent in preserving Pell Well Hall in Shropshire and the 12th century Siddington Barn near Cirencester , Glos . |
| 19 | Both trampling and weathering have produced modifications to the bone assemblages studied , but neither has brought about large scale breakage of bone . |
| 20 | Compared with younger age groups , older people are much more likely to suggest that improved prosperity has brought about improved health , while younger people are more convinced of the importance of health education . |
| 21 | The four-year-old won a juvenile hurdle before that and it seems trainer Jimmy FitzGerald has brought about considerable improvement by asking his four-year-old to tackle much longer distances on the Flat than last year . |
| 22 | Grazing alone has brought about considerable changes . |
| 23 | It would be ridiculous to claim that the resistance of the last two decades has achieved nothing , for on the contrary it has brought about significant , noticeable change . |
| 24 | THE Belfast Telegraph 's new-look Saturday edition with two bumper magazine sections has brought about some changes to your weekend reading . |
| 25 | What has brought about this change ? |
| 26 | So what has brought about this change ? |
| 27 | The recent frenzy of docklands development , coupled with a growing relish for waterside properties , has brought about two other well-appointed marinas : the Marina at South Dock and Chelsea Harbour . |
| 28 | In one stroke ( which has taken about two years to organise ) HarperCollins will substantially reduce overheads and become a major force in the mass market field . |
| 29 | Most of her rent — £96 a month — is covered by housing benefit but she still has to pay about half of her poll tax . |
| 30 | Mr Karimov justifies his hard line by pointing to the chaos in neighbouring Tajikistan , where a war between rival clans has left about 20,000 dead and displaced some 600,000 people from their homes . |