The phrase 'it uses about' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you are describing or discussing a specific amount of something. For example, "This recipe calls for it uses about two tablespoons of olive oil."
Ford estimates that it uses about two pairs of recycled blue jeans in every Ford Fusion and nearly 42 recycled water bottles in things like seat covers, which are made from a sustainable fabric called Repreve.
It uses about a sixth of the energy of a conventional refrigerator.
It uses about 110 billion cubic meters, or 3.9 trillion cubic feet, of gas per year to feed its own power plants and those of its customers, about as much as the consumption of Italy and France combined.
It uses about a sixth of the energy of cremation and has a much smaller carbon footprint, according to Sandy Sullivan, the managing director of Resomation, a company in Scotland that has designed a resomation machine.
I can't tell if it's Bluetooth or RF (maybe they haven't gotten that far yet) but it uses about 20mA of electricity while you're using it and it holds 300mAh when fully charged.
It uses about 1/5th of the energy that a normal car uses, costing about one Australian dollar per charge and there's room inside for two people and two small bags.
Finally, people were asked whether the Mail should apologise for the language it used about Ralph Miliband.
PAGE A7 U.S. Revises Peru Criticism The State Department has backed away from confrontational language it used about the re-election of President Alberto K. Fujimori.
The Educational Testing Service paid by the question, and it used about half the questions I sent that's how logical I was at the time.
The Educational Testing Service paid by the question, and it used about half the questions I sent — that's how logical I was at the time.
I cheered when I first saw it used about two decades ago.
