Example sentences of "[adj] about the [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman is right about the benefits from civilianisation . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend is entirely right about the merits of competition . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend is right about the revenues from North sea oil taxation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There was something creepy about the noises of water and wood that on shore were exciting . |
| 7 | Provided you are honest about the causes of success you can revive them again . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It says , very little about the practicalities of life . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There are those who are a bit cynical about the benefits of bonding with the bark . |
| 14 | This is certainly cynical about the ill-effects of power , but what it implies is ‘ power exposes ’ , not ‘ power corrupts ’ . |
| 15 | If I am flippant , it 's perhaps because nearly all these books are awkward about the limitations of psychology . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 " . |
| 18 | However , OFWAT is concerned about the effects on health of those disconnected . |
| 19 | However , the committee was concerned about the effects on business of the high rates of interest which occur in an inflationary economy . |
| 20 | Financial intermediaries , predominantly banks , are not particularly concerned about the effects of inflation on their balance sheets , so long as their loans and deposits are all made on a similar basis . |
| 21 | While she approves of mothers getting the opportunity to try new products , she was concerned about the contents of bounty boxes . |
| 22 | Americans continue to be sceptical about the virtues of government and are almost paranoid in their attitudes towards political leaders . |
| 23 | Furthermore , our data suggest that we can not be complacent about the risks of tuberculosis in the white population . |
| 24 | It is difficult , therefore , to be dogmatic about the prospects for change ; one can only set out the patterns or trends which may come about . |
| 25 | If they hoped that freedom would automatically bring intellectual variety and competition they must be disappointed with the press and pessimistic about the effects of deregulation on broadcasting , however . |
| 26 | We will be less secretive about the workings of government . |
| 27 | Both were scathing about the failures of state socialism in the DDR which they referred to as ‘ the Russian system ’ . |
| 28 | Freud , in his later theory , was less hopeful and optimistic about the results in society as a whole of such changes in sexual morality . |
| 29 | We need to be much more precise about the aspects of man that engage our attention and the methods of study we propose to adopt . |
| 30 | But even if doctors were unanimous about the effects of lead emission on health , how should society value a marginal increase in the health of current and future generations ? |