Sentence examples for which held about from inspiring English sources

I heard about a sanctuary which held about 600 animals, 89 chimpanzees, bears, lions, monkeys, and all kinds of animals.

This year's edition was at Harry's Roadhouse, which held about 500 people for each show.

The biggest site identified is the infamous Warsaw Ghetto, which held about 500,000 people at its height.

Pemex, which held about 4.8 percent of Repsol's shares at that time, also began increasing its stake and now owns about 9.5 percent.

With a 13percentt market share, Compaq held a narrow lead in worldwide sales over Dell, which held about 11.5percentt of the market.

The question is whether Apple, which held about 17percentt of the global smartphone market in the third quarter, behind Nokia and Research In Motion (which makes the BlackBerry), can continue to gain a bigger piece of the pie amid fierce competition next year.

The State Department said 40 members of the United States Embassy staff were on the vessel, which holds about 600 people.

The National Association of Pension Funds estimated that its members, which hold about $1.2 trillion in assets, lost about 0.5 percent of assets since BP shares started their descent in April.

That investigation continues, but Kazakhstan -- which holds about 88percentt of Central Asia's oil wealth -- has offered the United States use of its airspace and military bases for the war.

Local banks and pension funds, which hold about $39 billion of the $66.7 billion in bonds eligible for the swap, may account for 90percentt of the transaction, analysts said.

The Fornasetti archive, which holds about 13,000 pieces -- some of which are shown in "Fornasetti: The Complete Universe," out this month from Rizzoli -- is said to be one of the largest of its kind.