Example sentences of "has [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received about his proposal to introduce a Bill to address problems of youngsters under 17 years stealing cars . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received about the home improvement grants scheme . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent representations he has received about Sunday trading . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received about Export Credits Guarantee Department premium rates and the relative rates of the United Kingdom 's principal industrial competitors . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the level of parliamentary representation from England ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 6 | To ask the Lord President of the Council what representations he has received about the allocation of parliamentary time for private Members . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about the level of expenditure on maintenance for Cleveland 's schools ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 8 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about the future strength of the Territorial Army in Scotland . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received about education in Northumberland . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received about the speed with which motorway repairs are undertaken . |
| 11 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what response he has made to the complaints he has received about measurements relating to the head of a pint of beer in the current year . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received about Export Credits Guarantee Department cover for Iran and Russia ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 13 | A three-way dispute has developed about the costs of the venture . |
| 14 | Something of a myth has developed about the universality of ‘ live ’ variety that can be explained in terms of generalizations based on those great centres London and New York , and by the ubiquitous nature of printed sheet music which often used the name of a star as a selling gimmick and which took songs into many pubs and drinking saloons as well as into many homes . |
| 15 | No doubt she has heard about Lovat being badly wounded during the early days of the fighting in Normandy and remembers her words to me as I left Achnacarry to join Lovat in Sussex . |
| 16 | Yes , the man has heard about it . |
| 17 | Virtually everyone has heard about the importance of adequate protein in the diet . |
| 18 | He has heard about the ‘ Hello curse ’ , where loving couples tell in the glossy how good life is together … and immediately head for a break-up . |
| 19 | He has gathered about him a defecting company of slum boys , with one of whom , Bryant , of the distorted face , his hair done up in small Medusa pigtails , he sometimes makes love . |
| 20 | The investment bank wishes to maintain relationships in order to ensure future business , to preserve its reputation , and to maintain the value of any information it has gathered about the firm in question — which is obviously unsaleable . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State must reflect a little on the answer that he has given about the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | The German Association of Water and Gas Utilities has protested about the decision because of the extra pollution that will result . |
| 23 | The move came as a sign of frustration by Britain and Hong Kong over the way China has protested about the proposals since they were announced last October — but has failed to come up with any alternative ahead of elections already scheduled for 1995 . |
| 24 | Britain has protested about the proposed visit to Baghdad of former West German Chancellor , Willy Brandt , to try to secure the release of hostages . |
| 25 | As long as she is ‘ fed and watered ’ , she writes , the local authority is satisfied : ‘ It has forgotten about the quality of my life . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ That silly bastard has forgotten about the petrol and has tried to light a fag ! ’ exclaimed Duncan . |
| 27 | It seems clear that what has happened here is that Johnson has forgotten about the problem of finding ways of making meaning plain and has shifted to a different lexicographical problem , namely how to provide an exhaustive definition of words so that their entire meaning is made explicit . |
| 28 | Of the driver it would be reasonable to say that she must have seen them but she has forgotten about the pigeons and just did n't notice the lights and roadworks . |
| 29 | Subsequently A finds the original certificate and , either because he has forgotten about the sale to B or because he is a rogue , then purports to sell the shares to C. The company will rightly refuse to register C whose only remedy will be against A ( who may by this time be a man-of-straw ) unless he can successfully invoke against the company the so-called doctrine of estoppel by share certificate . |
| 30 | It has forgotten about its opponent ; it has become interested in the architecture . |