Example sentences of "[adj] to talk about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accurate measurement of area by this method must be achieved before it is sensible to talk about reflectance . |
| 2 | I wanted to hear from people who were prepared to talk about adultery with stories that would work on television . |
| 3 | In the past year he had been restraining the army and trying for a political settlement ; and there have been signs that Tamil extremists may be prepared to talk about autonomy rather than secession . |
| 4 | Pursuing the notion of building sex education into the curriculum , I asked whether they would not be embarrassed to talk about sex with a teacher they saw around all the time . |
| 5 | Do n't be embarrassed to talk about lice . |
| 6 | One of the few companies willing to talk about RFI is Foxbro , based in Massachusetts , which makes control equipment for petrochemical plants . |
| 7 | Men today are willing to talk about sex — sensibly , with insight and a surprising amount of humility . |
| 8 | To avoid the complications of need theories it has become more acceptable to talk about goals , values or work orientations — i.e. to acknowledge that people have tendencies to return to similar ends or goals that seem to be ( sufficiently ) important to them to suggest an underlying theme , pattern or goal behind their behaviour . |
| 9 | Part of the management job is to create an atmosphere in which it is possible to talk about problems . |
| 10 | Yet it is possible to have a real relationship without such consciousness , just as it is possible to talk about God without being spiritual . |
| 11 | It may seem strange to talk about women idealising men . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend is right to talk about nation states in some respects , but today we are seeing the dismantling of conglomerations . |
| 13 | It might seem odd to talk about entry halls as a postscript as it were but in practical terms most people put decorating their living rooms first . |
| 14 | He adds : ‘ It 's a drag that a place where teenagers were listening to music was n't considered appropriate to talk about AIDS . |
| 15 | Nikki Milican jumps to their defence : ‘ It 's impossible to talk about performance art and not sound pretentious . |
| 16 | It is all very well to talk about love , but it depends what you mean by it , for love is one of the most devalued terms and concepts in our language . |
| 17 | It is all very well to talk about observables being represented by operators but the result of an actual measurement is always just a number . |
| 18 | It is technically incorrect to talk about bat " radar " , since they do not use radio waves . |
| 19 | She paused , and said with genuine sincerity , ‘ It 's been so good to talk about things , feelings . ’ |
| 20 | It was so useful to talk about careers in a practical setting . ’ |
| 21 | It can not be useful to talk about population growth ( Nature 362 , 379 ; 1993 ) as a ‘ threat to the global commons ’ that may need to be ‘ dealt with by coercion ’ before it becomes bothersome to ‘ the rest of us ’ , which I assume means those of us lucky enough to live in countries where contraceptives are readily available . |
| 22 | She 'd pointed out that it was stupid to talk about Tupperware parties as a means of raising funds since funds raised at Tupperware parties naturally went to the manufacturers of Tupperware . |
| 23 | We seem increasingly able to talk about sex , but wholly unable to talk about our own ageing and our feelings about it . |
| 24 | Sometimes they are told to demonstrate what new recruits ( and the field-worker ) can expect ; on other occasions they are told to illustrate the funny or the tragic sides of policing ; or are used as a vehicle for the story-teller to display some features about him or herself , such as his or her experience and skill and ability in handling all things , and that he or she is professional in being able to talk about horror in a cold and detached manner . |
| 25 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 26 | There was also no lack of contacts , who , starved of literature , were exhilarated to be able to talk about Eliot : a Captain Richardson , whom I met in Eritrea , engaged to a charming Italian , proved one of those contacts whom the war brought together and separated , reminding me in some ways of the young Eliot and Jean Verdenal . |
| 27 | Its good being able to talk about Leeds rather than sending messages about new names . |
| 28 | What I need to do is to go through them with you and make sure you fully understand what they what their origins are etcetera because isomers we base the questions are very very common so I 'll be able to talk about marks . |
| 29 | World Cup organisers are reluctant to talk about security arrangements for next year , except to say they are treating the issue very seriously and seeking help and advice from foreign police forces . |
| 30 | Because BR is reluctant to talk about profits , it is difficult to gauge accurately how successful InterCity 's forage into the top end of the charter-train market has been , or how much the total earnings from charter traffic contribute to the sector 's overall profitability . |