Example sentences of "be about [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Miller , he states : and immediately before the tale commences he repeats the point : However doubtful we should be about attempts to associate the emergence of the medieval fabliau with any particular social class , it is significant that Chaucer wishes to represent the fabliau in precisely such terms . |
| 2 | Persuading people to a particular point of view is the essential aim of every public relations campaign , no matter how it may appear to be about products , concepts , policies , personalities , issues , or information and data . |
| 3 | Some ads will be about products which are most unlikely to be bought ; some , even , may concern products or product fields in which the reader is actively looking for something to buy . |
| 4 | Illness would be about disturbances of balance — within individuals , families , and societies in relation to the universe . |
| 5 | Wittgenstein refers to ‘ the idea that language always functions in one way , always serves the same purpose : to convey thoughts — which may be about houses , pains , good and evil , or anything else you please . ’ |
| 6 | It appears to be about matters of accommodation and staffing . |
| 7 | No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before . |
| 8 | What can it be about women 's bodies , apart from their being so incredibly interesting ? |
| 9 | To think intellectually about pirates would be to categorise : ‘ Ah yes ! ’ one might say , ‘ Drama about pirates could be about ships at sea or fighting or finding treasure or drinking rum , etc . ’ |
| 10 | The burden of the message from schoolmaster Olver , who led Quins for three seasons before a head of department post took him to Northampton in 1990 , will be about debts — moral , not financial . |
| 11 | Secondly , the decisions must be about units which are self-contained according to the problem definition . |
| 12 | One story will be about almshouses , another about the vicar , another about inns . |
| 13 | On the positive side , the factual study indicated that , in general , the small claims procedure provided a suitable forum for use by the general public , although the comments on the procedure tended to be about details rather than an overall critique . |
| 14 | The meeting will be about Sports Development Groups and Plans and the Programme is as follows : |
| 15 | The debate should not endlessly be about tactics , it becomes self-defeating to go on and on and on wrangling about tactics when it is the motivation behind those tactics that holds the key . |
| 16 | The argument may seem to be about tactics ; but it is also about leadership . |
| 17 | The campaign would not be about personalities , he stressed , but about the stark choice between internationalism and nationalism . |