Example sentences of "some [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position can be illustrated simply by thinking of a study that is to take place of the social workings of a youth club to test out some hypothesis about the manifest and latent functions of this association . |
| 2 | Given that we have no privileged access to the minds of others we must proceed on some hypothesis about mental events or mental states . |
| 3 | Even on a crossed telephone line , listening at random to shortwave radio messages , or casting a note in a bottle on to the waves , humans always form some hypothesis about the sender or receiver . |
| 4 | In contrast , Cramlington is ‘ non-urban ’ and was intended to be a more or less ( there was always some equivocation about this and it grew over time ) free-standing new town , located on a ‘ green field ’ site quite separate from the Tyneside conurbation . |
| 5 | They had shared some secrets about ambitions , dislikes , fears . |
| 6 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 7 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 8 | This overlap has raised some difficulty about the extent to which a client should be expected to contribute to the cost of the services received . |
| 9 | The hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras ( Mr. Dobson ) had some difficulty about attributing this and therefore did not say that that eminent legislation was passed by a Liberal Government . |
| 10 | All you need is the PC itself , a network to connect it to , access to the network cable , some info about logging on , a network adaptor card plus a screwdriver ( or an external connector gizmo that plugs into the parallel port ) , the right software drivers , a chequebook and a reason for doing it . |
| 11 | I do nt know about their upload policy — you can ftp anonymously ( username anonymous , password — email address ) , there should be some info about it . |
| 12 | By the way , it would be interesting if anyone of you in the Leeds area could give some info about the reserves ( and juniors ) once in a while ( new players , spectacular goals , hat-tricks , comebacks from injuries etc … ) |
| 13 | By the way , it would be interesting if anyone of you in the Leeds area could give some info about the reserves ( and juniors ) once in a while ( new players , spectacular goals , hat-tricks , comebacks from injuries etc … ) |
| 14 | There are some misgivings about the effects the envisaged doubling of visitors will have and the enormous expansion of residential courses . |
| 15 | Evidently , during the journey , Crabb told Mrs Rose something about his mission and appeared to have some misgivings about the whole affair . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , Jackson , the estate agent , must have had some misgivings about the way matters were progressing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Not because he particularly approves of the exploitation of Henderson Island , but because he hopes that this latest development will force the government to come to some decision about the future of Pitcairn . |
| 26 | Indeed through the second method ( but not the first ) we might come to some decision about the responsibilities of the group or institution while still in doubt ( or disagreeing among ourselves ) about the consequent liabilities or responsibilities of the relevant individuals . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's some play about love he was in . |
| 28 | ‘ What 's needed , ’ she says , ‘ is to make some judgement about what the affair means in terms of your whole life . |
| 29 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 30 | ‘ I was out with Annsley one evening and I was giving him some stick about not putting something back into the game , ’ said Armstrong . |