The phrase "allocating about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the distribution of resources, time, or effort in a general or approximate manner.
Example: "The project manager is allocating about three hours for the team meeting next week."
Alternatives: "designating approximately" or "assigning roughly".
Currently, Washington is allocating about a dozen dollars for defense outlays for every dollar it spends on diplomacy and international assistance.
The department store is allocating about 2,500 square feet for the women's Topshop merchandise, and 1,500 for the men's.
He said he was "cautiously" allocating about 5percentt of client portfolios to real estate, down from about 10percenttwo years agogo.
The Bronx borough president's office is allocating about $1.5 million for portable science labs that are to be installed in 28 Bronx high schools six weeks from now.
The I.I.E.D report found that the United States, which pledged $5.1 billion at the Copenhagen meeting, was allocating about 17 percent of the total for adaptation measures in the world's poorest countries.
Apple's Mr. Oppenheimer has done an exceptional job managing the company's cash, finding legal ways to side step billions of dollars in taxes, allocating about 70 percent of its profits overseas, where tax rates are often much lower.
HUD allocates about $950 million a year in HOME funding, but it is up to hundreds of local housing agencies to decide how to spend their share of the money.
He has helped allocate about $60 million a year in federal security funds since the Sept. 11 attacks, as head of a key committee for the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments.
In its twelfth Five Year Plan, the Chinese government allocated about $110 billion per year to environmental protection and pollution control, including wastewater and solid waste treatment.
"People love it and turn out in their tens of thousands". Mr Greenway's currently department allocates about £860,000 a year to the Historic Environment Fund.
Following the severe flooding, the Jamaican government allocated about $150,000 in funds for damage repair.
