Example sentences of "[adv] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do our senior decision takers and those responsible for formulating policy know enough about 1992 ? |
| 2 | ‘ Apparently about eighteen hours , ’ said the Archdeacon unexpectedly . |
| 3 | Cos it can take apparently about two and a half hours to get into Nottingham from erm some of those areas . |
| 4 | Those below about 14 will love bombing around on our Toppers , but will sometimes get bored on longer day cruises , so we ask you to sail together as a family with under 14 's aboard . |
| 5 | The mineralogical modification of the clays has been montmorillonite to illite , kaolinite to illite below about 3000 m , and illite to sericite and chlorite at greater depths . |
| 6 | Timing uncertainties were reduced to below about 0.1 µs . |
| 7 | It is thought that the platelet is necessary for the maintenance of normal vascular integrity in that patients with thrombocytopaenia show a generalised haemorrhagic tendency and bruising when the platelet count falls below about 5 × 10 9 /1 , spontaneous bruising and more severe bleeding being possible as the platelet count falls below 20 × 10 9 /1 . |
| 8 | Thus carbon monoxide is less stable than nickel(II) oxide at temperatures below about 680 K whereas above this temperature it is more stable . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Here is perhaps the simplest and most dramatic example : the non-conservation of length by children below about seven years of age . |
| 12 | Valence electrons , with binding energies below about 40 eV , may be photoionized with X-rays in the same way as core electrons . |
| 13 | For radiocarbon ‘ ages ’ below about 10,000 years , the error term is typically plus/minus 50–100 years ( at the 68 per cent confidence level : see glossary ) . |
| 14 | The richest and most varied zooplankton occurs below about 800 m in warmer Atlantic water . |
| 15 | ‘ We actually started working together about 18 months ago , before the Earth Summit in Rio . |
| 16 | A keen sportsman who especially enjoys skiing and used to play hockey and rugby , Mr Essex is involved in the Northern Friends ' Schools triennial performance which draws together about 300 singers from Quaker schools in York , Pontefract and Ayton as well as professional soloists . |
| 17 | An Assembly of Citizens of the Russian Federation , bringing together about 4,000 Yeltsin supporters , met on April 5 . |
| 18 | We would string together about seven or eight passes , then go backwards for a bit , then sideways , and then eventually the likes of McAllister , Speed , or Dorigo would get fed up , boot the ball in the box for either a ) an easy catch to the goalie , or b ) for Deane to flick it on to an easy catch for the goalie . |
| 19 | Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million . |
| 20 | ‘ an ungainly , awkward-looking man , extremely short-sighted and prematurely bald ’ who was ‘ perhaps about thirty , but … might have been almost any age between sixteen and sixty : being one of those strange creatures who never decline into ancient appearance , but look their oldest when they are very young , and get over it at once ’ . |
| 21 | Erm yeah for a short period of time perhaps about two years ago . |
| 22 | What is its depth ? perhaps about 10 |
| 23 | What is its maximum branching ratio ? perhaps about 5 |
| 24 | What is its depth ? perhaps about 100 |
| 25 | yeah , perhaps about seven , mm , or no ? |
| 26 | What is its maximum branching ratio ? perhaps about 20 depending on the number of crates |
| 27 | What is its maximum branching ratio ? perhaps about 20 |
| 28 | What is its depth ? perhaps about 50 |
| 29 | In Scotland alone about 53,000 sets of IACS literature is being sent , to everyone who has a farm holding number whatever its size . |
| 30 | ‘ There were only about 10 houses in the place , but there were so many people , you could n't believe it . |