Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun pl] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final chapter summarizes the themes of the book and attempts to synthesize the arguments about the nature of state enterprise industrial relations at a time of change . |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted ’ , he said , ‘ to challenge the taboos about the Japanese in Manchuria . |
| 3 | No , I think that we had a fairly clear idea , certainly on the pension fund , we 've not obviously got accurate numbers , a clear idea of the broad er , shape of , of the problems and erm , that allowed us , without having to wait for very accurate figures , to draw the conclusions about the scale of the problem , the amount of investment we 'd like to , we need to make and thus erm , whether or not it was of interest to pursue . |
| 4 | The hon. Member for Epping Forest should take enough interest to consider the arguments about the decline in the private rented sector , which started before the Rent Acts were invented . |
| 5 | At a new laboratory in Gloucestershire , scientists are trying to end the auguments about the safety of nuclear power . |
| 6 | Propaganda actions , such as Christmas sales of excess butter , failed to stop the complaints about the policy : that it tended to help large farms , which could adopt intensive production methods , rather than the needy ; that it distorted world markets and upset the US , which threatened a trade war with the EC over CAP in 1986 — 7 ; and that it harmed the environment by encouraging the use of chemical fertilisers . |
| 7 | She went through to tell the others about the arrangement . |
| 8 | When you get home , tell her that I do n't propose to tell the police about the call unless she does first . |
| 9 | In these circumstances it is more ethical to tell the participants about the screen . |