Example sentences of "[vb infin] about in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The modelling of the subjects is very natural , and the lighting-spread is such that performers can move about in reasonable freedom without running into areas which are over or underlit .
2 The latter are easier to lay , but you need a thicker layer , of about 150mm , to get the same insulation performance as a 100mm thick layer of blanket , and they can blow about in draughty lofts .
3 No one can walk about in this garden without shoes on . ’
4 However , it may be that for bipolar disorders there is an inherited deficit , while for milder disorders the deficit may come about in other ways ( Akiskal , 1979 ) .
5 Whilst oil barons may be prepared to suffer this while oil is in relatively short supply , they will probably adopt a different attitude if demand falls , and this could come about in many ways — perhaps by substantial on-shore reserves being discovered elsewhere in the world .
6 It 's weird how influences can come about in such indirect ways .
7 Change can come about in educational institutions without the change necessarily centring on the curriculum in the first instance , although the curriculum may subsequently be affected .
8 This situation may come about in several ways .
9 Logic needs to account for logical relations among sentences the sort that we 'll learn about in elementary symbolic logic .
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