Example sentences of "that be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think that is about right ? |
| 2 | Trogus goes on to explain that a little later — that is about 390 B.C. — the Massaliotes emptied their treasure to ransom the Romans from the Gauls . |
| 3 | However , nearly six million women are ‘ significantly obese ’ ( that is about 20 per cent or more about their ideal weight ) . |
| 4 | is good because each side of that is about half an hour |
| 5 | I can remember we went to erm , oh cos we moved out of Harlow did n't we when Nick was eleven months old so that 's about fifteen years ago and lived in Hatfield for three years , so , and we used to go to Welwyn Department Store then and , and look at stuff . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's about right , ’ Connors butted in . |
| 7 | Yes that 's about right . |
| 8 | think that 's about right ? |
| 9 | put a nail in put something like that that 's about right no , actually it 's not . |
| 10 | yeah I think that 's about right , do n't you ? |
| 11 | Yeah , two eight one , that 's about right . |
| 12 | That 's about right cos you would n't want a big pattern in a room this size would you ? |
| 13 | Well , that 's about right , yes . |
| 14 | Mm and that 's about right place where it is , I wonder if it 's that . |
| 15 | That 's about right . |
| 16 | so I think that 's about right Dick , I think you 're probably right |
| 17 | Five , that 's about right , fine thanks Alex |
| 18 | Apple Computer , the Cinderella company that has risen from the backyard to a worldwide name in six years , is going to give a computer to every public and private school in the state — that 's about 10 000 computers with a retail value of almost $20 million . |
| 19 | If they manage to collect 50kg of the slag which is washed ashore from the coalmines further up the coast they 'll be paid 80 pesos , that 's about 10 pence . |
| 20 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 21 | Well there 'd be dying and scouring and tacking sorting , trimming , packing , drying , all kind , you know that that 's about total number of departments , brushing . |
| 22 | ( That 's about two peanuts , or half an orange . ) |
| 23 | That 's about two and a quarter . |
| 24 | So I would agree with what Tom said on the sort of , things , yeah , you know , knock that together , we 've got that on one piece of paper already that 's about two years out of date , well , was up to date two years ago , which I could probably dig out for you , and then erm we 've got , we can even do it from a European sort of view point , which just has a few things there that need taking up . |
| 25 | Yeah that 's about two fifty is it ? |
| 26 | That 's about two thousandth |
| 27 | That 's about thirty miles each way — a terribly long way to come , particularly as he would have to cross London . ’ |
| 28 | … [ Take ] temperature — you 've got a thermometer in the car but you begin to feel what is about thirty degrees C. You sense that that 's about thirty . |
| 29 | That 's about nine hundred too many , in my opinion . ’ |
| 30 | that 's about five per cent on the current six million pound allocation , which alone is based on free school meals , should make a future upon the special needs audit . |