Example sentences of "[adv] about 30 " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first portrait ( top left ) was made at the beginning of his reign , in about 30 BC , and is derived from Hellenistic royal models ( compare fig. 14 ) . |
| 2 | In the mid-1970s , evening papers in about 30 towns faced competition from a rural-owned weekly . |
| 3 | Initial studies of the performance and prospects of the industrial sectors in which the firms are involved are being followed up by in-depth interviews with managers in about 30 plants . |
| 4 | At the same time it ruled that in the case of Pontevedra in north-western Spain , where eight seats were at issue as the result of apparent polling irregularities , elections would have to be repeated in about 30 polling areas . |
| 5 | With the availability of α-interferon , termination of the viral replicating phase can be induced in about 30 to 40% of the patients . |
| 6 | This indicates that broadly similar juice ascorbate concentrations were found in H pylori positive and negative subjects when plasma vitamin C concentrations were below about 30 µmol/l , but above this threshold H pylori eradicated patients tended to have higher juice concentrations . |
| 7 | Patients who were comparatively deficient in vitamin C with plasma concentrates below about 30 µmol/l did not secrete much ascorbate into gastric juice even after H pylori eradication . |
| 8 | Only about 30 warships out of 300 carried out an order to hoist the Russian flag on Wednesday before it was repealed yesterday . |
| 9 | Perhaps only about 30 per cent of jobs within UDG-supported schemes were new to the area , although of these , three-quarters were new to the national economy . |
| 10 | The numbers show that in Africa and in Latin America , excluding Chile , only about 17 per cent of targets for privatisation had actually been sold and in Asia only about 30 per cent . |
| 11 | While their sales of SelecTronics ' product was entirely mail order two years ago , it now represents only about 30 per cent of the total . |
| 12 | As Gorbachev pointed out in an interview in early 1991 , only about 30 per cent of the USSR 's boundaries had been legally defined . |
| 13 | As a matter of interest , Mr Rees took a head count , asking how many members in the hall were aware of the impending changes ; apparently only about 30 per cent of the audience knew of the proposed amendments . |
| 14 | Progress was only about 30 ft. a month and the rate had been raised to £5 a fathom . |
| 15 | Over 40 per cent of Preston 's immigrants came from within a 10-mile radius and only about 30 per cent had come in from more than 30 miles away . |
| 16 | The oval shaped earpieces are free to move within their stirrups to suit the wearer and the stirrups themselves can swivel through about 30 degrees laterally . |
| 17 | Similarly , a priori one would expect the same effect in TV , possibly over about 30 seconds . |
| 18 | Bromley ( 1981 ) has shown how abundant biogenic and inorganic sedimentary textures can be revealed by lightly brushing thin mineral oil on a dry chalk surface and allowing it to ‘ develop ’ over about 30 minutes . |
| 19 | This poorer quality is reflected in their price , which is normally about 30 per cent less . |
| 20 | The lapse-rate is less than adiabatic above about 30 km altitude , and at about 35 km altitude a minimum temperature of about 105 K is encountered . |
| 21 | However , as you can see from Figure 9.5 , the adiabatic lapse-rate , which indicates heat transfer by thermal convection , is not followed at altitudes above about 30 km , which is below the altitudes from which most of the radiation to space ( at planetary wavelengths ) originates . |
| 22 | As they are fast drying , usually about 30 minutes , the application technique is slightly different from the traditional varnishes . |
| 23 | There are also about 30 visiting foreign scientists at Kawasaki using the machines . |
| 24 | But underlying growth in profits was probably about 30 per cent . |
| 25 | The crypts separated from the lamina propria mucosa within about 30 minutes and were promptly fixed in 70% ethanol . |
| 26 | Most palaeontologists have hitherto supposed that the nearest common ancestor of man and the modern great apes died out about 30 million years ago . |
| 27 | Mortgage costs are now about 30 p.c. of gross earnings , compared with a peak of 52 p.c. in the South East in 1989 . ’ |
| 28 | The power available from the hydroelectric station will be at least 800 MW , eight hours a day for the first 20 years , thereafter falling by about 30 per cent . |
| 29 | It might be helpful to know that it is planned that low flying by jets will decline by about 30 per cent . |
| 30 | Increased revenue was expected to come from additional indirect taxes , including sales taxes on fuel , cars , fruit and some beverages ; cars would be taxed at between 50 and 500 per cent , depending on engine capacity , and fuel prices were to rise by about 30 per cent . |