Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] about [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As publisher and chief executive of the New York Times , he is bashed about the ears by almost everybody he meets . |
| 2 | In PS itself nothing is said about the sorts of words that are admissible ; there is merely a list of possible and impossible words . |
| 3 | More information is needed about the rights of the tenant in privately rented property . |
| 4 | Clarity is needed about which of the five models ( the training model , the liberal model , the therapy/social control model , the social purpose model or the socialist/community action model ) is being adopted and evidence is needed about the outcomes of the work as seen by participants . |
| 5 | However , relatively little is understood about the links between economic and social change at the local level or the links between general processes at national level and specific local outcomes . |
| 6 | But even with everything that 's known about the risks from AIDS , James is convinced withdrawal of the pharmacy service will encourage some addicts to take risks . |
| 7 | If not much is known about the properties of operators which could act on N and its children , then the plan may be misleading . |
| 8 | Little is known about the effects of body fat distribution on reproductive function in women . |
| 9 | Because of the lack of data showing changes over time , very little is known about the effects of these changes on the life chances and financial circumstances of young people . |
| 10 | Hardly anything is known about the fossils from the earliest history of the phylum , possibly because the early chordates lacked hard parts , unless the enigmatic carpoids belong here . |
| 11 | At present , relatively little is known about the workings of industrial land markets in comparison with the more sophisticated understanding of labour and capital markets . |
| 12 | Little is known about the attitudes of older people towards the services offered by the acute hospital sector . |
| 13 | Secondly , social scientists are only just beginning to develop procedures for evaluating the economic costs and benefits of innovative work design ; and , thirdly , little is known about the conditions under which these innovative job designs persist across time and diffuse across companies and countries . |
| 14 | I go on to argue that , despite the underlying regularities , the behaviour of an individual animal is only predictable when a lot is known about the conditions in which the animal has grown up . |
| 15 | Less is known about the circumstances of his conversion than the relatively copious material suggests . |
| 16 | Not a great deal is known about the numbers of these children who end up in remarriages , but Burgoyne and Clark ( 1982 ) estimate that 7 per cent of all children under 17 live with a step-parent . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , at the present time , little is known about the kinds of adult language which may be most helpful for children who experience different forms of language impairment . |
| 18 | Little is known about the causes of the problem , though a new study of receptors on blood platelets has suggested a possible mechanism , and could provide a way of predicting those women who will suffer postnatal depression . |
| 19 | Travel sickness is known to be the result of repetitive movements on the organ of balance in the inner-ear , but very little is known about the types of movements responsible and the types of people who suffer most . |
| 20 | Little is known about the side-effects of synthetic growth hormone , particularly in normal children . |
| 21 | Little is known about the ways in which student teachers learn to teach , or about the ways in which preservice professional training might most appropriately be structured to facilitate that learning . |
| 22 | Also , the heavy reinforcement of the outer voices seems in keeping with what is known about the practices of the Grands and Petits violons . |
| 23 | The study — ‘ Pesticides , Chemicals and Public Health ’ argues that although the levels are rarely fatal , little is known about the risks to health from long term exposure . |
| 24 | Surprisingly little is recorded about the techniques of ship construction at that time , and the wreck may provide valuable clues . |