(Of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
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Examples for "about "
1 It's not just about state violence in the form of police violence.
2 Water services assets book value is about 15 million euros, he said.
3 The Health Minister David Clark said he was concerned about the situation.
4 At present about 25 per cent of confirmed cases are health workers.
5 Photo: Supplied New Zealand police would not answer questions about the case.
1 However, most energy industry experts think the future involves some new nuclear.
2 Good friends, good food, and some really good southern heart-pickin', foot-stompin' music.
3 We often hear the term 'flood-ravaged' used in relation to some areas.
4 The crisis left energy and construction companies unable to service some debt.
5 However, some politicians and public health experts fear that may be premature.
1 The great problem at Yosemite today is simply finding your way around .
2 Today, he's thought to have around 16 million great, great,... great grandsons.
3 Dublin: The Dublin market benefitted from the general rally around Europe today.
4 Fishing industry groups around the North Sea are aware of the threat.
5 The deal is said to be worth around £8 million per year.
1 The company said its market cap currently is roughly 55 billion reais.
2 The result was a roughly 16-month government investigation that involved extensive fieldwork.
3 With twenty Boolean attributes, there are roughly a million different possible examples.
4 The government wants to keep household debt roughly level with income growth.
5 UniCredit has extended its guarantee contract by roughly 10 days, sources said.
1 Across the EU, approximately one paediatric rheumatologist is available per million population.
2 EU average health spending remains approximately eight per cent of national income.
3 Each one produces enough electricity to power approximately 200 households a year.
4 Claranova SA offers its products and services in approximately 100 countries worldwide.
5 However, approximately one-fifth of patients with strong indications did not receive treatment.
1 Aid groups say health services across the country are close to collapse.
2 As a result, the government lost just over close to R16 million.
3 A source close to Mr Ryan said this was not true, however.
4 The annual increase was close to 6 per cent a year ago.
5 Sources close to the case believe he must have had inside help.
1 It's not just about state violence in the form of police violence.
2 The First Amendment isn't just about protecting the right of free speech.
3 It's just about impossible to get a good job here, Carey said.
4 It's not just about working hard however, it's also about working smart.
5 Access to reliable energy is not just about providing electricity, he said.
1 They more or less agreed on the origin of the 'document': Moscow.
2 Edwards had been working the state more or less constantly since 2003.
3 The road follows more or less the course of the Orontes River.
4 The result was that the US more or less destroyed the town.
5 Similar, more or less formal standards are in place in other countries.
1 However, the dominos really started tumbling in the past week or so .
2 Four hours or so of catatonic despair; but nothing physical, nothing dangerous.
3 Their identity crisis has exploded in the past four weeks or so .
4 Good land is worth its weight in gold, or so they say.
5 However, over the past 365 days or so , all that has changed.
6 Building a new one every year or so is no big deal.
7 It started last year in October or so immediately after the election.
8 After five minutes or so of patient labour, he said, Mr Strange!
9 In general, replace anything else on this list every year or so .
10 She called me at my house 'bout an hour or so ago.
11 One general a thousand years or so ago took over sixty hexes.
12 One of the other victims was young, too, or so we think.
13 Ten minutes or so later, I heard movement on the other side.
14 From what I can tell, they change about every year or so .
15 Had a daughter, a year or so younger than you called Grace?'
16 It happened a year or so before he went to see Niederhoffer.
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