Example sentences of "it about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Market forces would then bring it about that ‘ bad ’ schools would simply wither away , or be compelled to become ‘ good ’ , if they were to remain open . |
| 2 | Their use as a screen or selector seems to dictate the curriculum rather than merely to reflect it , and to bring it about that easily measurable accomplishments should be given priority , the repeating of acquired factual information , or the mechanical performance of skills picked up without understanding . |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty ‘ Sex ’ tome . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty Sex tome . |
| 5 | Knowing Louis 's concern for the Holy Land in 1147 he had led the French army on the Second Crusade — he put it about that all he really wanted to do was put his own house in order , make proper provision for his children , and then he would be off on crusade in his lord 's company . |
| 6 | Is it about that lad then what 's missing ? |
| 7 | ‘ What is it about that ship ? |
| 8 | On a visit to Mrs Chamberlin she explained that she did not like to leave her aunt and would from then on come only once a week , and she put it about that for the moment , neither she nor her aunt would be at home on Wednesday afternoons . |
| 9 | So it was something in my subconscious trying to push me from infantile dependency to maturation that brought it about that , in the dream , I could not find the inn again . |
| 10 | What was it about that infuriating man that made her act so out of character ? |
| 11 | Now she 'd got to have a double punishment , still she would soon put it about that Elissia and Daryl had planted the spider in Mary- Lou 's desk . |
| 12 | The notion that you have a group of children that you can categorize , say like partially sighted , or maladjusted , or educationally subnormal , and that they should have a special education , is one that 's been increasingly challenged over the years and I think the Warnock Report actually moves considerably away from that notion and says no , we do n't want to separate off a particular group because they appear to have a single erm or even a multiple disability , what we want to do is to look at the needs of each individual child and ask what is it about that particular child that makes the achievement of education objectives more difficult than another child . |
| 13 | these be a bit user friendly , cor blimey , just cut it about all things down and put a chocolate strip in , plenty of room in the handle |
| 14 | The scientific age , with its new chemical and metallurgical industries , produced more pollution and spread it about more than any previous epoch . |
| 15 | There is lot of it about these days and not just in the police service . |
| 16 | What is it about these lads that excites teenagers ? |
| 17 | But what is it about these forms of thought that is ‘ idealist ’ ? |
| 18 | What is it about this course which helps you to learn ? |
| 19 | ‘ Is it about this , you 're waiting ? ’ holding out the note from the screen door . |
| 20 | What was it about this man ? |
| 21 | What was it about this man ? |
| 22 | Was it about this violent chemistry ? |
| 23 | Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily ? she thought hazily . |
| 24 | I 've got some bollocks on it about some girl in my class called Karen wanking or something and all sorts of other shit and like |
| 25 | To expect a man to understand it about another man 's son is expecting a very great deal . ’ |
| 26 | So if you find a good Irish joke and want to tell it about another local or ethnic group you could do so . |
| 27 | What is it about any situation that stops you succeeding ? |
| 28 | ( Mackie , 1973a ) It is about f and s It is not about x and nor is it about any other event or condition that did occur , and , to speak vaguely , is part of a full story of why the wipers started . |
| 29 | Er , and if I said it about any television programme you had watched . |