Example sentences of "[noun] about 30 " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The budget simply reflects that we have fewer people out of work about 30 per cent less than in 1987 . |
| 2 | One was shot at Horsham in 1849 , probably in July ; one was shot between Steyning and Henfield about 30 September 1934 ; one was seen at Brighton on 29 April 1951 . |
| 3 | Both the late Don Dunford and Tom Pratt have used delta shapes , Don with a smaller ‘ pilot ’ delta about 30 metres above the main litter , and Tom with a stack of up to four deltas closely stacked barely a semi-span apart . |
| 4 | The capital of the north-central area , and its cultural centre , was Gniezno , a not very large town about 30 miles south-east of Poznan . |
| 5 | Sadly , the dear little chapel also was demolished some years ago , and the demise of the railway took place about 30 years ago . |
| 6 | Two weeks after the great victory at Culloden the last battle of ‘ The Forty-five ’ was fought at sea in Loch nan Uamh , a sea inlet on the coast of Inverness-shire about 30 miles [ 48 km ] west of Fort William . |
| 7 | We drove across the Belgium border at Aachen , stopped at a service station about 30 miles from Brussels , and slept in the cab . |
| 8 | In second field , the route proceeds forward with right edge of field about 30 yds away to reach waymark in hedgerow ahead ; in third field go quarter right to cross right-hand hedgerow at waymark on tree which is 90 yds before far end of field . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , cut the steak into slivers , ½&in wide by 1&in , as thinly as possible — this is more easily done if the meat is put into the freezer about 30 minutes before being cut . |
| 10 | The Cabinet as such currently comprises 22 members , while there are outside the Cabinet about 30 ministers of the rank of minister of state or equivalent and a further approximately 50 parliamentary under-secretaries of state , parliamentary secretaries of state , government whips and government spokespersons in the House of Lords . |
| 11 | Railway authorities were particularly concerned over tickets getting into the wrong hands ; a minor sensation was caused on the Southern Region or BR about 30 years ago when a blank ticket from South Snowdon on the former Welsh Highland Railway was handed in at Clapham Junction . |
| 12 | He took up the game about 30 years ago . |
| 13 | Jan Alexander Taylor and Patrick Thomas Hayes were arrested on Tuesday , hours after police released film of two men caught on security cameras five weeks ago walking along the street near the Knightsbridge store about 30 minutes before a small bomb exploded . |
| 14 | Now named Australopithecus tanzaniensis , the specimen was a female , age about 30 ( plus three million ) . |
| 15 | For example , the smallest mammal , the shrew , lives its life about 30 times faster than the elephant . |
| 16 | If the pool is to be made with a liner there is no difficulty , for all that need be done , is order the liner larger than needed for the pool and incorporate it at the edge as if it were a spreading shallow pool about 30 cm ( 1 ft ) deep ( Fig 14 ) . |
| 17 | To make a pattern for the felt zigzag edge , draw a line about 30 cm long . |
| 18 | Muslims started to arrive in Britain in large numbers about 30 years ago . |
| 19 | The eye 's retina in someone aged over 65 captures about 30 per cent of the light of that in a 20-year-old . |
| 20 | If it did the yield at yesterday 's 84p , down 5p , would be 6.3 p.c. and the multiple about 30 . |
| 21 | The flight is via the USA with only one stop ; travel time about 30 hours out and 27 hours back . |