Example sentences of "[verb] about [noun prp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , we now know a great deal about Jesus 's milieu , and far more than most practising Christians realise about Palestine in the first century — its sociology , its economy , its politics , its cultural and religious character , its historical actuality . |
| 2 | When addressing the problem of Germany 's pre-eminent economic power , he either just says it is good for Europe or he says , ‘ I think our neighbours should overcome the tendency to think in terms of nation-states ’ , while the same thought is expressed by one academic : ‘ in many ways , it no longer makes sense to talk about Germany as a distinct national unit ’ . |
| 3 | The scholar , Hector Boece , first Principal of Aberdeen University , writing about Ayrshire in the first few years of the 16th century , observed that , , another indication of the age of the legend . |
| 4 | Similarly , the recognition that what is said about Jesus in the New Testament is the expression of faith in him , and that this side of the matter , though not the only one , can not be left out of account , has also become a basic axiom of much modern New Testament study . |
| 5 | Still on the first of these two categories , more can be said about Potidaia from the Athenian Tribute Lists . |
| 6 | Except that she had n't dreamt about Tony for the past three nights , so perhaps he was doing some good . |
| 7 | The importance of the miracles is the teaching they give about Jesus to the modern Christian . |
| 8 | And the language and idiom of the broadcasts has dated : ‘ There has been a great deal of soft soap talked about God for the last hundred years . |
| 9 | Books : Poets ' inner worlds and the world of poets There are some poets who do n't write about Soho in the Forties , says Hugo Williams |
| 10 | Because you spoke about Heather in the present tense , as if you genuinely believe she 's still alive . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Sam in the same way as Maurice and Beatrix recently . |
| 12 | The CEGB countered many of the fears expressed about Chernobyl with a simple phrase , ‘ It could n't happen here ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ We could talk about God at the same time as walking , ’ said Beuno . |