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Example sentences for "containing about"

  • Two parts of chrome ore, containing about 50 per cent.

  • It is then boiled in a lye, containing about 1 pound of soda crystals for 12 pounds of cloth.

  • A bluish-green fluid, containing about 190 grammes of solid matter per litre.

  • At this temperature a compound of nitric acid with water, containing about 70 p.

  • A small quantity of an aqueous solution of ammonia, containing about 20 p.

  • These oaken trenails and wedges were made up in bundles, containing about 20.

  • The latter town, containing about 8,000 inhabitants, is the depôt for goods imported through the port of Guyamas which are designed for the northern districts of Mexico.

  • The capital of the district of Colotlan, is San Antonio de Colotlan, containing about 4,000 inhabitants.

  • Acetum cantharides, or vinegar of cantharides, containing about .

  • In autumn all the dried rhubarb collected in the province is brought in horsehair sacks, containing about 200 lbs.

  • The Sabbath-school is conducted here, containing about 125 children.

  • Tubingen is a large and ancient town, containing about 5000 inhabitants: its situation is low, and it is chiefly worthy of notice, as being one of the most celebrated universities of the south of Germany.

  • Here is a celebrated school, containing about 250 boys; the annual expense for each boarder is not less than fifty louis.

  • Algarobilla consists of the seeds of an Indian tree, containing about 45 % of tannin, and in general properties is similar to divi-divi, but does not discolour so much upon fermentation.

  • It is the ground leaves of a Sicilian plant, containing about 28 % of tannin, and yielding a nearly white and very beautiful leather.

  • Chestnut comes on the market in the form of crude and decolorized liquid extracts, containing about 27 % to 31 % of tannin, and yields a good leather of a light-brown colour.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "containing about" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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