Example sentences of "[was/were] about 30 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again there were about 30 soldiers . |
| 2 | A spokesman for the college said levels were about 30 per cent above the comparable period last year , but this was not exceptional . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the college said levels were about 30 per cent above the comparable period last year , but this was not exceptional . |
| 4 | There were about 30 comments of the type , " Very easy to use " , " No problems " and " Straightforward " . |
| 5 | They were about 30 miles away however . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In general , the first growth of German , French and Belgian railways was about 30 years after the first British lines . |
| 9 | The Zimbabwe dollar fell by 47 per cent against the dollar in 1991 and the annual inflation rate was about 30 per cent . |
| 10 | 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 . |