Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , if the organization must engage in illegal activities to attain its goals , men with a non-demanding moral code will have the least compunctions about engaging in such behaviour . |
| 2 | They had shared some secrets about ambitions , dislikes , fears . |
| 3 | There are some misgivings about the effects the envisaged doubling of visitors will have and the enormous expansion of residential courses . |
| 4 | Evidently , during the journey , Crabb told Mrs Rose something about his mission and appeared to have some misgivings about the whole affair . |
| 5 | The result was that in spite of some misgivings about the script and the incessantly repetitive dialogue about them doing their own thing , reviewers spoke glowingly of ‘ an actor named Jack Nicholson … is magnificent ’ and ‘ he gave a brilliantly witty performance ’ . |
| 6 | However , there are some misgivings about development which tends to boost land and house prices without providing significant job opportunities for ‘ ordinary ’ people or , apparently , acting as much of a catalyst to growth in the rest of the local economy . |
| 7 | Staff in both departments found it necessary to maintain informal or social contacts to obtain information required for their tasks , and had some misgivings about the lateral flow of mutually relevant information . |
| 8 | He spoke numerous languages , had travelled widely abroad , and was delighted by the prospect of our filming either the Toraja or the Bugis , though he expressed some misgivings about sailing any distance with the latter . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Jackson , the estate agent , must have had some misgivings about the way matters were progressing . |
| 10 | The new art-form developed by Plato would not have existed without Socrates , who , in any case , seems to have felt some misgivings about the sufficiency of rationality himself . |
| 11 | said at a press conference in May that he had some misgivings about a formal sentence bargain , but thought it would be possible to devise a procedure which would be acceptable . |
| 12 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 13 | In terms of er political views , or even those who have no political views , of ethnic make-up and everything of this kind and yet now it seems that at a time when our police forces above all , need to move into the present day and prepare themselves for the challenges of the crime and the criminals at the end of this century and into the next century , we seem to have some misgivings about giving the Home Secretary the powers which are placed in this Bill . |
| 14 | The joint statement referred to the July agreement between five Oromo organizations ( including the OLF — see p. 38322 ) , which had failed , it said , because of divisions created by " subversive forces " and the fabrication of rumours by some groups about others . |
| 15 | The questionnaire form is enclosed with this edition of News In Focus , together with some notes about the form and how to complete it . |
| 16 | Having visited other long-stay institutions to make some notes about comparable conditions and arrangements , the district administrator was also concerned about the strain on staff imposed by such long hours . |
| 17 | He had already made some notes about the battle , and about the Gruagach besieging Tara — ; |
| 18 | Some notes about the subjects : |
| 19 | ‘ The Missus ’ was about as inappropriate a soubriquet for Onyx Muggeridge as could be imagined , and Mike Pumfrey , who had heard a few scraps about her already , registered this . |
| 20 | It has also set out some rules about which menu items can or can not be increased in price . |
| 21 | We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us . |
| 22 | And there 'll also be at the club tomorrow morning an antiquarian bookseller , a dealer in manuscripts , and an expert in drawings , to see if there 's been the hanky-panky suggested by those few notes about Fishbane . ’ |
| 23 | A friend has told me that you 've satirized me thoroughly in a story and spilled some confidences about my wife . |
| 24 | " I shall be much happier , Nathaniel , if you do n't bother Chuck every few minutes about his future , " she said quietly without looking at her husband . |
| 25 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 26 | There were a funny few minutes about John Major 's working class credentials but like Mills the rest of the act was a bit hackneyed . |
| 27 | The debtor receiving a LBA may pay , do nothing or make some proposals about payment . |
| 28 | There are also a few rules about pictorial balance . |
| 29 | There are few rules about this . |
| 30 | It had all the facilities needed by the three Services and there were as yet few worries about security of tenure . |