Example sentences of "[be] about 30 " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ There must have been about 30 pairs in the drawer but I just happened to pick the one with the money . |
| 3 | Only a little further up the social scale , another quarter or more of the rural inhabitants had tenements varying in size up to a yardland , which in Cambridgeshire seems to have been about 30 and 40 acres . |
| 4 | American Coal Enterprises say its steam loco will be 15 per cent efficient ( modern diesels are about 30 per cent ) . |
| 5 | In addition to certain species of cuckoo , there are about 30 species of birds worldwide that are also brood parasites . |
| 6 | In fact there are about 30 types of mosquito in the UK . |
| 7 | After the election , there are likely to be about 30 Etonians on their benches , compared with 43 in the last Parliament and 68 the last time the party was led by one of their number ( Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964 ) . |
| 8 | The museum , said to be about 30 feet long , was the largest room . |
| 9 | The cold neutral hydrogen , radiating energy at its characteristic wavelength of 21 centimetres , shows the cloud to be about 30 million light years away from the earth . |
| 10 | Nobody has counted science teachers for many years but there are thought to be about 30 000 , so 6000 more could be needed . |
| 11 | The man who collected the cash-card is said to be about 30 years of age of medium build with black curly hair and clean-shaven . |
| 12 | The man , thought to be about 30 , appeared at Darlington Magistrates Court on Monday where he was charged with the theft of jeans from Marks and Spencer . |
| 13 | He was described as being about 30 and wearing a diamond patterned jumper . |
| 14 | Again there were about 30 soldiers . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the college said levels were about 30 per cent above the comparable period last year , but this was not exceptional . |
| 16 | A spokesman for the college said levels were about 30 per cent above the comparable period last year , but this was not exceptional . |
| 17 | There were about 30 comments of the type , " Very easy to use " , " No problems " and " Straightforward " . |
| 18 | They were about 30 miles away however . |
| 19 | The capital of Sardinia , Cagliari , is about 30 miles away and well worth visiting for its many museums and churches . |
| 20 | After all , landfill gas — mainly methane — is about 30 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide ! ’ |
| 21 | The maximum height of barchans is about 30 metres ( loo ft ) and their maximum width and length about 400 metres ( 1300 ft ) . |
| 22 | The maximum amount of sediment likely to be deposited over that period along the coast generally is about 30 centimetres and we know that hurricanes will certainly rearrange that amount of material . |
| 23 | The cost and the estimated monetary value of the worktime lost came out to $1,231 , which is about 30 times the legal monthly minimum wage . |
| 24 | The clear-up rate is about 30 per cent . |
| 25 | The Government must be reminded that the average age of the labour force in the coal mining industry is about 30 years . |
| 26 | In a wide band of west Africa , from Dakar to Kano including the ‘ sahelian ’ and ‘ sudanian ’ zones , the total population in 1980 was about 30 million at an average of 17 people per square kilometre . |
| 27 | In spite of the cold ( the temperature was about 30 F below zero ) our tracking of the wanted man continued throughout that night , and he was captured , as he slept , by Doherty in an unused farm building the following day . |
| 28 | In general , the first growth of German , French and Belgian railways was about 30 years after the first British lines . |
| 29 | The Zimbabwe dollar fell by 47 per cent against the dollar in 1991 and the annual inflation rate was about 30 per cent . |
| 30 | Let it be supposed that according to the usual methods of borrowing and funding , the Public Debts , during the present war , should encrease to no greater degree than they did in the last war ; which was about 30 millions : And let it be supposed , according to past experience , that in ten or twelve years after a peace ; we should be plunged into a fresh war ; which might encrease the debts of the nation 30 millions more , and that afterwards we should have another breathing time of ten or twelve years , and that according to custom a third war should ensue , no less expensive than each of the former two ; these three wars will swell the national debts to the amount of 170 millions , and that in little more than fifty years . |