Example sentences of "about [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes genius to go from playful thoughts about beetles to a deep understanding of the Universe . |
| 2 | The group is invited to start at a common point : response to a specific trigger — a research quote , a statement about opinions to be completed , a range of factors to be ranked for importance , a role play . |
| 3 | They love the way the story trails away into the postscript about improvements to the mental health service . |
| 4 | They talked about hours to be worked , they quickly fixed a rate . |
| 5 | & sup1 ; I want to talk about reactions to the report and to highlight a few issues which have arisen since it was written . |
| 6 | But what about attitudes to you as a woman ? |
| 7 | Free discussion about attitudes to a problem will relieve anxiety , and mutual support can be obtained . |
| 8 | People were asked about attitudes to Courtaulds as a whole — dealing with subjects such as pride , communications , confidence , added value and understanding . |
| 9 | He told Clwyd 's environment and protection committee he was angry about proposals to the end the grass-roots service . |
| 10 | This road , which serves no obvious infrastructural purpose , appears to be a manifestation , mainly , of military paranoia about attempts to ‘ internationalise ’ the Amazon . |
| 11 | For instance , it is easy to get talking about relationships to extremes , and to end up analyzing or discussing how you 're passing the marmalade to each other at breakfast ! |
| 12 | Vincent Skinner , the Writer of the Tallies , complained that ‘ the distraction I have had about quarrels to my place have hindered me much and now so utterly discouraged me that the service I intended to have done I could not . |
| 13 | The States-General might have reservations about presents to departing diplomats ; but none the less it gave " the usual respect " of 6,000 guilders to an English ambassador when he left The Hague in 1670 , with 600 more for his secretary . |
| 14 | The National Association of Head Teachers said : ’ There is undoubtedly a need to improve the regularity of formal school inspections , as well as a strong case for the provision of detailed information about schools to parents . ’ |
| 15 | A fourteen year old criminal at the centre of a row about trips to Spain paid for by social services may be going back to his grandparents ' home there for Christmas . |
| 16 | Mrs Stych protested coyly that she did not know enough about books to be of any use , while she wondered privately how she was going to fit this new commitment into her already overcrowded schedule of social events . |
| 17 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 18 | For women , this again means another medical reason for interference in our fertility and pregnancy , and it also begs questions about risks to the resulting children , and the ethics of having scientists make such profound changes to human beings . |
| 19 | Cases may be considered exceptionally grave , important or complex , in particular , because : ( i ) of complicated or conflicting evidence about risks to the child 's physical or moral well-being or about other matters relating to the child 's welfare ; ( ii ) a large number of parties are involved ; ( iii ) there is a conflict with the law of another jurisdiction ; ( iv ) there is a difficult or novel point of law involved ; ( v ) there is a question of general public interest . |
| 20 | The dawg structure ( section 3.2.5 and section 3.3.3 ) is optimal for memory requirements ( section 3.3.5 ) , but does not allow additional information about words to be stored . |
| 21 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his first remark about visitors to Wales . |
| 22 | In 1981 , at the request of the Department of Administration , the Readers ' Services Division of the National Library of Scotland conducted a Survey , the object of which was to obtain information about visitors to the Library 's Exhibition Room , and about their response to the exhibitions which they saw . |
| 23 | What is needed is a means to link the essentially mechanistic — though technically quite tricky — process of econometric analysis to other information from the marketplace about responses to advertising . |
| 24 | Those who said they never revealed that they have cystic fibrosis were more likely to be employed ( 64% ( 110/172 ) v 53% ( 311/585 ) , difference 2.5% to 19% ) , than those who revealed their cystic fibrosis at job interviews , but the questionnaire did not ask about responses to confidential medical questionnaires . |
| 25 | The TGAT Reports made a number of detailed recommendations about matters to be considered by individual subject working groups . |
| 26 | Everywhere you go there are paintings of the Lakes and prints of the Lakes and stories about Visits to the Lakes , people building villas here now : there 's great interest , Mr Robinson , and that always opens up a space for trade . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ She was only upset yesterday because some silly schoolmate was telling her horror stories about visits to the dentist . |
| 28 | They provide coverage of the Earth between 82°N and S latitude , providing information about areas to which access on the ground might be difficult or expensive . |
| 29 | The safety of millions of jobs mattered more than his concerns about subsidies to French farmers , he was told . |
| 30 | In fact it is the growing popularity of used diesels in auctions and dealers ' showrooms that has made fleet managers think again about alternatives to the petrol car . |