Example sentences of "[v-ing] about 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 1,681 left-wing guerrillas , representing about 20 per cent of the forces of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) , reportedly handed over their weapons to members of the UN Observer Mission in El Salvador ( ONUSAL ) on June 30 in return for certificates identifying them as ex-combatants eligible for bank loans and training programmes . |
| 2 | Emptying hundreds of bins and walking about 20 miles . |
| 3 | At least 31 people were killed on Oct. 26 when an armed group numbering about 20 attacked a fishing village near the Cap Skirring tourist area , 600 km south of Dakar . |
| 4 | Measuring about 20 cm ( 8 in ) across , but with tentacles over 1 m ( 3¼ ft ) long , it is translucent light blue and difficult to see . |
| 5 | At that time Ash was getting about 20 inquiries a month , mostly from employees , on how to introduce smoking polices . |
| 6 | He was flying about 20 minutes behind the Aero Club 's chief instructor when he radioed to Newcastle Airport air traffic control that he was descending to below 1,000 feet because of thick fog . |
| 7 | Walker estimates that the Alcan aluminium plant , currently demanding about 20 000 tonnes of caustic soda a year , will eventually need 70 000 tonnes a year . |
| 8 | Traffic was running about 20 minutes late by 10am that day out of Chester on the Down lines , and platform space was at a premium . |
| 9 | In one of the supporting in-depth interviews , one respondent said : ‘ We have one lawyer whom we contact once a month on average for disputes or land deals and so on and another one who specialises in debt collecting who may be chasing about 20 customers at any one time . |
| 10 | The assembly task is broken up into segments , each being performed by a group of operatives in one bay of the plant , and taking about 20 minutes . |
| 11 | A search and rescue procedure involving about 20 firefighters had begun in the building and soon afterwards a voice had been heard from below the rubble . |