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Meanings of number about in English

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Usage of number about in English
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Could you ring me at this number about eleven on Sunday morning?
Lucky Jim
2
The present inhabitants number about ten thousand, most of whom are Eskimos.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
3
The African middle class is estimated to number about 350 million and growing.
The South African
4
The eggs are in one packet; they number about three hundred.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
5
Refugees estimate they number about 140 men in two compounds on the island.
Radio NZ
6
On the 5th we passed a tribe of natives, in number about thirty-four.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
7
Of the aggregate number about one-half were natives of the South.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
8
They were in number about twenty and unaccompanied by any gins.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume...
9
It may be shown that they number about 5 per cent.
Criminal Sociology
10
The Letts at home number about a million and a half.
Aliens or Americans?
11
To date, the German dead in this war number about seven hundred thousand.
Face to Face with Kaiserism
12
Of this number about fifty were killed and a hundred wounded.
The Great Boer War
13
They number about three thousand men, and have their own lord and king.
History of the Philippine Islands
14
Kurds are estimated to number about 8 million in Iran.
Reuters
15
So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
The King James Bible
16
The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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