Example sentences of "[adj] about [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gohar Kordi 's autobiographical story , ‘ From Missionary School To Mitcham ’ , is upfront about the differences between Iranians and the English . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman is right about the benefits from civilianisation . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend is entirely right about the merits of competition . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend is right about the revenues from North sea oil taxation . |
| 5 | What is similar and what is different about the jobs of people in Northwich ? |
| 6 | While you will not want to overstate the coercive nature of a witness summons or subpoena you must be clear about the consequences of non-attendance . |
| 7 | Mr Leigh-Pemberton , however , sounded a stark warning to the Cabinet not to take risks with inflation : ‘ We have to be very clear about the objectives of policy . |
| 8 | Accordingly , the differences of disciplinary interests mean that one needs to be very careful about the kinds of problems that are being addressed . |
| 9 | We have seen how von Frisch proved von Hess wrong about the sensitivities of fish ( p. 43 ) . |
| 10 | Just as importantly , he is possessed of a generosity of mind which allows him to be calmly judicious about the merits of writers who can advocate militant homosexuality and drug-taking ( such as Thom Gunn ) , sympathise with feminism ( Elaine Feinstein ) or adhere to some variant of Marxism ( Hugh MacDiarmid ) . |
| 11 | There was something creepy about the noises of water and wood that on shore were exciting . |
| 12 | Provided you are honest about the causes of success you can revive them again . |
| 13 | In the special souvenir programme of their visit chairman of Farnham Urban District Council W. H. Emery waxed lyrical about the glories of England in April : ‘ They will find the countryside awakening to the call of spring with the first green buds bursting into life and on their return to their native land they will carry with them happy memories of Farnham — in April , ’ and inevitably he went on to quote Robert Browning on the subject of being in England , ‘ Now that April 's there … ‘ |
| 14 | I think that might be slightly different in terms of the environment , but nonetheless I think there is a way of encouraging children to think about and to be thoughtful about the sorts of choices that we make in life and the effects of our behaviour , without overwhelming them with the sense that it in fact is their responsibility . |
| 15 | But , like Macedon , Thessaly was ruled ‘ dynastically ’ ; a fourth-century monument to Daochos , ruler of Thessalian Pharsalos , says that he ruled ‘ by law not force ’ ( Syll.3 274 ) , a claim echoed exactly by Arrian about the kings of Macedon ( see p. 75 ) . |
| 16 | On the other hand , many heterosexual Christians had become less ignorant about the issues around sexuality , and lesbians and gays in the church had received an unprecedented show of solidarity . |
| 17 | Unperturbed about the taxes of others , the individual would prefer to be at E 1 . |
| 18 | ISUGGEST any of your readers who are confused about the aims of modernism ( ‘ The underbelly of an architect ’ , November 4 ) should read Pevsner 's Pioneers of Modern Design . |
| 19 | They get confused about the differences between activities and objectives , about short term and long term objectives and about semantics . |
| 20 | It says , very little about the practicalities of life . |
| 21 | Some were embarrassingly naive about the rules of engagement and readily admitted their drug use even when we had little or no evidence to prove the point ; a most ‘ un-prig ’ like quality ! |
| 22 | The students may have been naive about the realities of life abroad , but they wanted to see for themselves what life was like elsewhere rather than being told by party officials and foreigners . |
| 23 | There are those who are a bit cynical about the benefits of bonding with the bark . |
| 24 | This is certainly cynical about the ill-effects of power , but what it implies is ‘ power exposes ’ , not ‘ power corrupts ’ . |
| 25 | If I am flippant , it 's perhaps because nearly all these books are awkward about the limitations of psychology . |
| 26 | Gaddafi himself , when questioned by Salinger , said : ‘ I am angry about the accusations against Libya , but I am satisfied that things are moving according to law . |
| 27 | FINANCIAL consultants are becoming increasingly concerned about the activities of North Star Ventures , an Isle of Man company collecting thousands of pounds in advance fees for cheap loans , a number of which have so far failed to turn up . |
| 28 | Both were concerned about the repercussions of instability on the Ethiopian border , and sought to " focus on a new reconciliation conference , giving more space to military chiefs " . |
| 29 | As I have already said , the Government are seriously concerned about the shootings in East Timor on 12 November . |
| 30 | ‘ I do think I can be concerned about the problems in America , but I think feeling guilty is useless , and maybe that compounds the arrogance . |