Example sentences of "in [noun pl] about " in BNC.

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1 Katherine , as they made their way up the stairs , made no attempt to answer Portia 's unspoken question and engage in confidences about her mother .
2 LAST month 's improvement in Britain 's huge current account deficit was achieved despite a reduction in projections about the size of the country 's invisible earnings .
3 Revealingly , not one of the 24 leading directors invited to fantasise in Projections about what they would do with complete creative freedom and limitless cash can make any sense of the question .
4 This approach also gave rise to a change in attitudes about the split between the academic and non-academic functions within the Colleges , which encouraged the Principals to make more flexible use of resources .
5 It consists also in attitudes about what justice and fairness require in the relations between government and governed , and some of these must be fundamental .
6 It consists also in attitudes about what justice and fairness require in the relations between government and the governed , and some of these must be fundamental .
7 I know you appear in programmes about race relations from time to time , but you 're not one of the usual old gang of faces that everyone 's sick of .
8 Painter Marsden Hartley and critic Paul Rosenfield , two of Stieglitz 's close friends , were strongly influenced by his conception of O'Keefe and her work , and they extended the influence of his ideas in essays about O'Keeffe 's art that were published before her 1923 show .
9 In cases about which I know only that his performance is better than mine , letting his advice tilt the balance in favour of his solution will sometimes , depending on my rate of mistakes and the formula used , improve my performance .
10 In 1946 there were already signs of clerical opposition to any socialization of welfare in queries about Fianna Fáil 's proposals from Archbishop McQuaid and the Confederation of Convent Schools .
11 This has resulted in discussions about the occurrence and effects of racism .
12 In discussions about the military situation in the east , the SD noted , the question was constantly being raised about how an end to the war against Russia would be possible at all .
13 According to Anna Bowes , of independent financial advisers Chase de Vere 's Moneyline , most companies have halted sales at their present rates and are in discussions about dropping rates .
14 Whenever possible , the patient should be included in discussions about his care .
15 … the commitment of public expenditure which directly governs the services and benefits of older people in discussions about employment , wages and taxation , transport , urban planning and housing which have a powerful indirect effect on the situation and standard of living of the elderly .
16 In discussions about ‘ choice ’ , for instance , it would thus have been unrealistic to think of the number of alternative daily papers as growing from nine in 1945 to twelve in 1990 .
17 If pensioners , with potentially the most to lose in the rationing process , do not participate in discussions about rationing who should ?
18 The debates that accompanied the passage of this Bill through Parliament reflected two themes which constantly recur in discussions about local government reorganisation .
19 The teacher then involved the class in discussions about these fabrics and the fibres in them .
20 However , they do surface , often in quite sharp form , in discussions about interdisiplinarity .
21 It has also encouraged LEAs to exercise their responsibilities for the curriculum and encouraged those outside schools , such as governors and people in industry , to play a more important part in discussions about the curriculum .
22 It may seem reasonable , but we should be clear that the arguments used in discussions about intention , emotion , pain and language in other animals are usually extrapolations from ourselves .
23 The suggestion that disabled people should be consulted and included in discussions about the project had also been made but the implications of making this happen had not been considered .
24 Frequently used in discussions about scanners as a measure of their ability to capture halftone images .
25 Arguments of this kind are very evident in discussions about how parents ' associations should respond to education cuts .
26 This argument is used particularly in discussions about the relative strengths of providing services through the public sector as against the private sector .
27 Part of the reason may have been his desire to strengthen the Treasury 's hand in discussions about economic policy , particularly given Bevin 's desire to move responsibility for full employment policy to the Ministry of Labour .
28 It will be manifest in opinions about appearances , texture , smell and packaging and can sway the choice between products with comparable performance .
29 ‘ We talked to women in groups about their problems .
30 It 's in regards about the television licences .
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