Example sentences of "[adv] about 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | The division supplies office equipment in about 20 countries , and with sales in excess of 4bn Swedish krona , is the largest division of the Swedish multinational . |
| 2 | Dymo uses FDC for both statutory and management accounts in about 20 countries . |
| 3 | In about 20 seconds , to thunderous applause , I am to step out on to the huge sweeping stairs , each one lit with a different colour for my famous Georges Guetary pastiche from An American In Paris , Stairway to Paradise . |
| 4 | The Slough , Berkshire company has offices in about 20 countries , looking after sales and local support ; has over 700 customer sites in 72 countries ; and supplies software to over 500 banks . |
| 5 | These are being used with different degrees of intensity in about 20 classes over the year 1991-2 , with pre and post evaluation and ongoing classroom observation . |
| 6 | The so-called myrmecophytes are found in all continents and are represented in about 20 families of angiospers , notably Rubiaceae and Leguminosae . |
| 7 | Close ties with Performance Fabrics remain and apart from sharing the same site Tygavac buys in about 20 per cent of its products from the Courtaulds Aerospace company . |
| 8 | What is its maximum branching ratio ? perhaps about 20 depending on the number of crates |
| 9 | What is its maximum branching ratio ? perhaps about 20 |
| 10 | When we arrived there were only about 20 people in the audience and he was n't dressed in a dress . |
| 11 | The gamma dose rate proved to be only about 20 per cent — reasonably typical for clay materials . |
| 12 | It is believed restaffing the Angus plant will create only about 20 jobs . |
| 13 | Although membership remained low , only about 20 per cent of the West Bank labour force , the resurgence of the union movement symbolized a new national populism which the authorities seemed unable to stifle . |
| 14 | Only about 20 per cent of the carbon in the coal ends up in the gas in either process , so carbonisation is not an efficient method for producing a carbon-based gas from coal . |
| 15 | He recalls that a petrol engine is only about 20 per cent efficient ; most of the energy of its fuel appears as heat in its radiator and exhaust . |
| 16 | . only about 20 birds still exist in the wild and in-breeding is feared . |
| 17 | ‘ So far , only about 20 people have taken the money , ’ Collinson says . |
| 18 | Only about 20 per cent do , yet this is supposed to be why we 're here . |
| 19 | IDEC felt confident that it would be able to attract a high percentage of its staff to this location as the area not only offered a pleasant environment but was only about 20 miles from north London . |
| 20 | Only about 20 per cent of local government revenue was being raised from households actually required to pay rates . |
| 21 | Only about 20 per cent . |
| 22 | The manufacturing base , which is already nearing the limits of viability — it is only about 20 per cent . |
| 23 | Individually the trusts were small , usually maintaining only about 20 miles of road , but as they were formed and linked , the basis for a coherent road network was being established . |
| 24 | But only about 20 ( 1.7% ) bear the name of a woman . |
| 25 | But only about 20 ( 1.7% ) bear the name of a women . |
| 26 | In contrast penetrative magmatism , whereby hot and partially molten material from the asthenosphere forces its way up towards the surface , is a much more rapid mechanism of heat transfer and is capable of thinning 100 km thick lithosphere and producing uplift at the surface in only about 20 Ma . |
| 27 | There are already about 20 PHCN training schools in SA and most people acknowledge that this is an essential addition to the health service . |
| 28 | The job cycle is thus about 20 minutes for any group of operators in either straight-line or dock assembly . |
| 29 | Usually about 20 to 40 birds are involved , but there were about 200 in 1964 . |
| 30 | It is estimated that there are still about 20 hectares in production , mostly in the Aube and in Vertus on the Côte des Blancs . |