Example sentences of "to [noun pl] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her complaints to superiors about a ‘ systematic campaign of harassment ’ were ignored . |
| 2 | The IBA has been particularly active in relation to programmes about Northern Ireland , and its interference has ranged from banning an entire programme ( eg a This Week report about RUC brutality ) to cutting provocative scenes lasting a few seconds ( such as pictures of flowers on an IRA grave ) . |
| 3 | It 's hardly ever reported in the Third World and er taking the facts that we 've just been talking about into account , it would be tempting to see anorexia as related to conflicts about the beginning of a young woman 's reproductive life because what normally happens is , and has certainly happened in the only case of this that occurred in my family , the young woman in question lost so much weight that she stopped cycling and in fact erm puberty changes went into reverse , she actually regressed , she started puberty and er she had this anorexia problem and she stopped cycling and , and all her body changes reversed , she went back to pre-puberty again erm because of oh no , oh no it did n't , she lost her body hair and stuff yeah , er her , her , her hormonal changes . |
| 4 | Aware of American dislike of centralized control , he confined his remarks to generalities about open trade welding nations together for mutual benefit . |
| 5 | His scientific ideas had harmed his political chances before , so he stuck to generalities about preserving memorials of the distant past . |
| 6 | Interventions by them during the Ulster crisis had been limited , in the main , to generalities about building bridges across Christian divisions and holding out hands of friendship . |
| 7 | The personification furnishes not only a necessary step on the way to judgments about particular people , but a plateau we can occupy to consider these judgments . |
| 8 | There would be no point to developing or applying principles of group responsibility if we did not assume that these were connected to judgments about how real people must now act . |
| 9 | However , though , there were many areas that we would have been happy to listen to proposals about . |
| 10 | There was now a deadline to discussions about full employment — the government had to come forward with a policy before Beveridge . |
| 11 | The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project . |
| 12 | On major and minor issues you should give fair answers to queries about the job to avoid misunderstandings and resentment later on . |
| 13 | Decretal letters , in answer to queries about particular legal points , came to be the major source of declaration during the twelfth century , more numerous than the decrees of councils but not so easily disseminated for use . |
| 14 | Objects ought to lead to investigations about the society that produced them and the people who used them . |
| 15 | It … gives rise to illusions about the ‘ automatic destruction ’ , the ‘ self-negation ’ of nuclear war , and dulls the vigilance of peoples . |
| 16 | The board is preparing notes of guidance to schools about how and when such calculators should be used . |
| 17 | When speaking to Scots about Scotland , Mr Major 's words carried a conviction and a passion lacking so often in the Tory campaign . |
| 18 | ‘ I have also talked to manufacturers about the need for stronger locks and devices which immobilize the car . ’ |
| 19 | Followers put the decline down to worries about prospects for the drinks company 's French associate , LVMH , amid reports of sharply lower luxury good sales in Tokyo.Similar pressures were said to be responsible for the decline in Rothmans ‘ B , ’ off 10 at £10.99 . |
| 20 | On days like this she resolutely closed her mind to worries about Weenie and Co. , put thoughts about Peter aside , and concentrated on herself . |
| 21 | That has inspired fears over potential damage to the occupants ' ears due to the sudden pressure change within European saloons which tend to be smaller than those in the US , and also to worries about the ability to control the car in the unlikely event that the bag deploys accidentally . |
| 22 | ABB Vecto Gray , the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of drilling and production equipment added its voice to worries about the Budget . |
| 23 | And when in 1937 a questionnaire was distributed to authors about their attitude towards the Spanish Civil War , he sent the reply ( which he said that he never expected to be published ) that , " While I am naturally sympathetic I still feel convinced that it is best that at least a few men of letters remain silent " . |
| 24 | Social Darwinism 's implicit assumption is that superior ‘ races ’ should take measures against the contamination of the ‘ race ’ by inferior peoples ; this clearly relates directly to anxieties about ‘ miscegenation ’ . |
| 25 | When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it is followed consistently . |
| 26 | When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it followed consistently . |
| 27 | When no specific instruction are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it is followed consistently . |
| 28 | When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it followed consistently . |
| 29 | When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it is followed consistently , Guidelines on layouts are published in the British Standards Institution booklet ‘ Guide to Typewriting ’ ( PD 6506 : 1982 ) . |
| 30 | When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it is followed consistently . |