Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where do we want info about the list to be published ? |
| 2 | USING TERMINOLOGY ABOUT LANGUAGE |
| 3 | The Monopolies Commission recommended scepticism about the figures for nuclear fuel-cycle costs until more figures were available from the CEGB 's own work and from British Nuclear Fuels Limited . |
| 4 | A recent DSS Housing Benefit/Community Charge Benefit circular has given guidance about the treatment of income which is paid at intervals other than one week . |
| 5 | She asked Dot about whether the sun was shining in London , about the school , and about Gloria . |
| 6 | I mean , of course there were things that were missed out I suppose , but also , I suppose , we were quite young , so it may have quite embarrassing and we did n't want talk about certain things . |
| 7 | IBM is saying it 's delivered a million copies of OS/2 and predicts it could reach two million by the end of the year : Microsoft Corp voiced scepticism about the number to The Wall Street Journal to which IBM VP Jim Cannavino retorted , ‘ A stork did n't bring [ the one million copies ] and I assure you I have n't cooked the books . ’ |
| 8 | He voiced scepticism about Government statements , saying that the total consents in the past had always included an estimate of grants that would be received . |
| 9 | It also exonerates the community from taking on some of these tasks — caring for the elderly , the chronically sick and the disabled , and it is this aspects of the emphasis on family responsibility that produces scepticism about the motivation of exponents of active citizenship : it is seen as a substitute for the state 's responsibility for the social element of the citizenship of entitlement . |
| 10 | In so far as leaks advertise unhappiness about a line of policy they undermine the principle of collective responsibility , as well as the confidentiality of proceedings . |
| 11 | They look , I mean talk about well , Dave dies , what about the security then ? |
| 12 | What you do , I mean talk about |
| 13 | It took women 's liberation to formulate a different kind of positive intervention , one that seeks to protect the casualties and raise consciousness about the causes of violence . |
| 14 | To begin with , the trainee sits in and observes the therapist 's assessments ; later their roles are reversed , so that the trainee can be given feedback about his performance . |
| 15 | Those with training in other performance skills , variety , singers and dancers , should consult Equity about the means whereby they could qualify for membership . |
| 16 | After 20 years of stalwart service , it also marked the perfect end to a great Highbury career though the Irishman was keeping mum about a possible move to West Ham . |
| 17 | Old Mother Thames will be keeping mum about what she has in store for them … until the big day in April . |
| 18 | ENO performs the five-act version which includes the opening Fontainebleau scene , but this is longer than usual because the prelude and opening chorus about the privations of the French populace have been reconstructed from Verdi 's cuts by Andrew Porter ( whose excellent translation is used ) and Sir Charles Mackerras . |
| 19 | Rainbow opens with a bit of ill-rehearsed and now forgotten waffle about a hunger to renew her connection with the lore and wisdom of her ancestors . |
| 20 | Scientists then take these unfinished , inexact hypotheses and present them to other scientists for the express purpose of seeing if the hypothesis will not in fact be shot full of holes , hoping almost that it will be so shot , because Knowledge and Truth are thereby served , if only negatively , in having one more tenuous , groping hypothesis about the nature of the world shown to be false . |
| 21 | The early cases were overly concerned to protect the gentry 's right to communicate gossip about disloyal or dishonest servants . |
| 22 | They can minimize uncertainty about the future by converting savings ( possibly from current income ) into a stream of income payable at some time in the future . |
| 23 | They think : well we do n't know nawthen about that . ’ |
| 24 | THE TV presenter Fiona Armstrong yesterday spoke for the first time about why she has quit the breakfast station GMTV — and dismissed talk about the notorious ‘ F ( for fanciability ) factor ’ . |
| 25 | The locals are already trading gossip about the hundreds of youngsters packing the beach . |
| 26 | Local authorities are urged to provide guidance about suitable locations for small firms , and generally not to interfere with market forces . |
| 27 | I knew that men did n't enjoy talk about emotion . |
| 28 | Forget talk about possible moves to Tottenham , following Terry Venables ' departure . |
| 29 | Perhaps these techniques have that irresistible fascination of overhearing gossip about oneself . |
| 30 | But many feel they lack guidance about how to turn it into practical achievement . |