Example sentences of "[noun sg] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Design management is an extensive subject but there are small points of technique about the information needed for control and the control of design information which are seldom discussed but deserve to be mentioned . |
| 2 | The mother who speaks with obvious dread about a forthcoming visit to the dentist may be responsible for unintentionally passing on that fear to her child . |
| 3 | ‘ Was that … was that the hospital ? ’ she asked , a numbing dread about the fate of her cousin suddenly driving all else from her mind . |
| 4 | ‘ What I have been interested to witness over the last year to 18 months is a newly confident Left in the Socialist International saying we have a common formulation about the best way to proceed . |
| 5 | Events such as the extension of the franchise , the seizure of power by working-class parties , the fractionated and conflictual basis of state institutions , the crucial mediating role played by state bureaucracy , the higher material and social benefits granted to the working class and , perhaps most importantly , the fact that the forms of political representation and state intervention in different countries have shown remarkable dissimilarities over time and space , have all been difficult to accommodate within Marx 's and Engels 's original formulation about the nature of power in capitalist societies . |
| 6 | All I need was a blooming all I need was five point nought point five baking powder about a teaspoon |
| 7 | Now I 'm not I like I like the thought of but I prefer the thought of in work and how people can work together using this type of thing and think about it in the context of work rather than in the context that it talks about erm and it 'll be interesting to talk to you tomorrow so if to see what you think have the think about the things we 've talked about . |
| 8 | The exhibit 's called ’ Yellow Peril ’ , and is supposed to question the way we in the west think about the Chinese . |
| 9 | Our message is that have a think about an alternative possibility , about being much more high-key , much more pro-active rather than reactive . |
| 10 | This was clearly important when it is recalled that Matadial , when cross-examined about the discrepancy between the January statement and her evidence , gave the explanation that the earlier version was due to a mistake by the police . |
| 11 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 12 | The Bishop of St Albans , the Rt Rev John Taylor , said he agreed with the prince about the beauty of Cranmer 's language . |
| 13 | ‘ There is a unity about the whole thing which needs to be practised in a single centre , ’ the MRC source said . |
| 14 | There is a unity about the fictional world of Lawrence Durrell , but , to this reader at any rate , a meretricious one . |
| 15 | From within the arena of armchairs and sofa he had been mirroring her progress about the room , two steps forward to the drinks trolley where she placed her glass , four steps to her eight over to the window , three back on her way to the door again . |
| 16 | But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going . |
| 17 | So , what can be concluded from the PIMS data base about the relationships implied in the portfolio matrices ? |
| 18 | Every time the child makes demands the parent provides a retort and opens up the possibility of more interaction about the demand . |
| 19 | Midland chief executive Brian Pearse admitted : ‘ There has been quite a lot of conjecture about a merger with another leading clearing bank in the United Kingdom . |
| 20 | There has been much conjecture about a lack of motivation at lower levels in the Iraqi formations , as contrasted with that displayed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards , or Pasdaran , whose commitment and capacity to hold out against Iraqi superiority in equipment were important features of the war 's early years . |
| 21 | There 's been a lot of conjecture about the two of you , you know . ’ |
| 22 | If this is the truth , mysticism is to be commended as an attitude towards life , not as a creed about the world . |
| 23 | The apparent failure of the English to contain the Irish reveals a great deal of weakness about the English in Spenser 's eyes . |
| 24 | Fellow stores groups also lost ground as dealers decided the euphoria about the New Year sales had been overdone . |
| 25 | The fact that we give each other little clues , invitations and propositions , gives a transparency to our motives , but it also builds excitement and suspense about the actual unveiling of each coming together . |
| 26 | As the cycles of the air distribute moisture about the planet , so the legions of the dead march underground to distribute life ! |
| 27 | And the were they lived , it was on a a bit of a rise about the square in and he was a very keen gardener . |
| 28 | Instead of sex , the division about the centre line is between full-time ( FT ) and part-time ( PT ) . |
| 29 | He had failed to gain a scholarship to St. Paul 's and one assumes that his father decided that his son 's lack of ambition and apparent aimlessness about a career did not justify the money spent on a schooling that should naturally lead to Oxford or Cambridge , and thereafter to the Civil Service . |
| 30 | ‘ Look , I do n't care a scrap about the money , I 've told you that before . |