Example sentences of "[conj] about 30 " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the decade it was importing 8–9 million barrels per day , or about 30 per cent of OPEC output . |
| 2 | Comparisons with previous records showed an extensive decline along the chalk cliffs , where Walpole-Bond recorded never less than about 30 pairs , and nearly 100 in 1919 , but the survey found only 10 pairs . |
| 3 | The largest living insects today are not longer than about 30 centimetres — the wingspan of exceptional specimens of the atlas moth , and the length of the largest of the stick insects . |
| 4 | The housing deficit in Mexico is about 4 million units , which means that about 30 per cent of the population is in need of housing ( Hurtado 1986 ) . |
| 5 | Swift-Hook estimated that about 30 per cent of the CEGB 's researchers were then working on Pressurized Water Reactors . |
| 6 | Nutritionists recommend that about 30 per cent of your daily intake of calories should come from fat , of which not more than a third of those should be saturated ( animal ) fat ; 11 per cent from protein and the rest from carbohydrates . |
| 7 | Now one crew member , who fears dismissal if named , has revealed that about 30 passengers were admitted onto the flight at the last minute . |
| 8 | Snell and Millar ( 1987 ) have estimated that about 30 per cent of all families receiving parish relief under the old Poor Law ( prior to 1834 ) were lone mothers ; and Thane ( 1978 ) has pointed out that , throughout the period of the operation of the new Poor Law , women ( often widows or deserted or separated mothers ) made up the majority of adult recipients of relief . |
| 9 | Vrba said that about 30 per cent of the workforce of the enterprises concerned would probably be made redundant after their sell-off . |
| 10 | About 75 acres came from Bolney Estates Limited and about 30 acres from Mr K.K. McKenzie of Gillotts , this latter being all that part of the course west of a straight line drawn from a point close by the public footpath near the 5th green , through the wood and across the 8th , 9th and 10th fairways to the Belle Hatch road at right angles . |
| 11 | Publicity efforts increased in 1987 and about 30 systems were sold outside the CAB . |
| 12 | Of these 20,000 males and 1,100 females ( nearly 25 per cent and about 30 per cent respectively ) were imprisoned for defaulting on fine payments . |
| 13 | Hewlett-Packard Co has been chosen by 7-Eleven Japan Co Ltd to supply an open-system-based computer network worth more than $12.5m , which will link 7-Eleven headquarters in Tokyo and about 30 district offices throughout Japan : the system consists of five HP 9000 Series 800 business servers and more than 200 HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstations and HP 700/RX stations , to be linked to an Hitachi Ltd mainframe . |
| 14 | It discovered poor ground in general and was then below the eastern end of Kernal Crag and about 30 fathoms from the pumping/winding sump sinking below Fleming 's Level 210 ft. above . |
| 15 | On the other end of the childbearing period , infant mortality in the maternal age group 40 years and over is also very high ; in the 39 WFS countries about 24 per cent higher than in the 30–39 and about 30 per cent higher than in the 20–29 maternal age groups . |
| 16 | A very conservative estimate for the Upper Cretaceous Chalk in northern Europe would give a figure of something like 30 000 feet as an absolute maximum , before consolidation , and about 30 million years for its deposition . |
| 17 | The appeal application involves the erection of an all seater football stadium and about 30 hectares of supporting commercial development within the Edinburgh Green Belt . |
| 18 | Restrictions on foreign borrowing were relaxed and about 30 companies were permitted to issue convertible bonds and bonds of warrant in the international capital markets . |
| 19 | The shopping centre was burned down , riot police were brought in and about 30 people were injured in clashes . |
| 20 | In mammals , about 50% of the carbohydrates consumed are normally oxidised to carbon dioxide and water to produce energy and about 30 to 40% are converted to fat . |
| 21 | His orders were obeyed by more than 450 competitors but about 30 — they were apparently reluctant to lose their position at the head of the race - steeplechased over the two closed barriers and carried on running . |
| 22 | After about 30 years they would support ling and heather , then gorse would become established . |
| 23 | They eventually got the message after about 30 minutes that we were not prepared to bribe them with anything and let us through to the Romanian side . |