Example sentences of "is about 10 " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an index of this environmental richness , Figure 5 shows the distribution of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in these islands ( see appendix ) ; a land designation that is about 10 per cent of the total area . |
| 2 | Diameter of the entire colony is about 10 cm . |
| 3 | Diameter of the vertebra is about 10 cm . |
| 4 | So the global growth rate of our intestinal E. coli is about 10 19 cells per day . |
| 5 | in the Bloomsbury district of London ; it is about 10 acres in area , NN 1 . |
| 6 | This is about 10 16 times the mass of the proton , or unc g ( 10 nanograms ) . |
| 7 | It is about 10 000 million light years away . |
| 8 | The normal premium is about 10 per cent of the total sum insured . |
| 9 | This is about 10 more , she says , than would have been expected From the whole 8000 servicemen who , she says , took part in the South Pacific tests between 1957 and 1958 . |
| 10 | The population as a whole is about 10 per cent fatter than it used to be . |
| 11 | The current consumption is about 10 milliamps , and a ‘ high power ’ PP3 size battery is adequate . |
| 12 | When you do want to use the floppy drive it connects to the printer port via a cable which is about 10 inches long . |
| 13 | With most kinds of cardboard the greatest practicable size of frame is about 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm . |
| 14 | The best efficiency achieved to date is about 10 per cent . |
| 15 | The present experimental lower limit on the lifetime is about 10 30 years , and it should be possible to improve this . |
| 16 | In general , however , such solutions are intractable except to mathematicians and the rule of thumb has arisen that is a specimen is about 10 diameters in length the stress at its centre under any form of end loading can be considered as uniform . |
| 17 | It is generally accepted that the life span of the traditional flat felt roof is about 10 years . |
| 18 | It is about 10 kilometres broad , and is surrounded by rich agricultural land . |
| 19 | The optimum histamine concentrations for increasing both proliferation and cAMP accumulation is about 10 - 6 M for MKN45G . |
| 20 | The total number of cells in the body ( of a human ) is about 10 trillion . |
| 21 | Today , says Pearce , the figure is about 10 . |