Example sentences of "[adj] about [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question : |
| 2 | As Peter Ackroyd has pointed out in his biography , Eliot was apprehensive about the approach of war : which was not the same as being faint-hearted . |
| 3 | ‘ At first , we were apprehensive about the process of signing , then it was the same about deals in Europe and now I think Brian will be helpful when we sort out the American side . |
| 4 | In addition , analysts — like many others — are apprehensive about the prospect of VAT being imposed on books ; Pentos itself believes VAT of 5% on books is likely . |
| 5 | He had been somewhat apprehensive about the encounter in view of the way their last meeting had ended , but fortunately she seemed to have put her irritation behind her . |
| 6 | Without realising it , this information can also be very revealing about the type of person you are . |
| 7 | This is the kind of reasoning you hear when senior men think aloud in private about the theme of Cabinet government : |
| 8 | Indeed , Eusebius is quite explicit and quite emphatic about the importance of monarchy : ‘ Monarchy excels all other kinds of constitution and government . |
| 9 | But whether or not I am right about a Niemecz on paper 60 rpm for the machine 's flywheels , the tempo relationships of the pieces on all three machines ' barrels are a constant and it is interesting to see that the tempo range for pieces either minuet-like in character or specifically called minuets ( in available manuscripts or because of the music 's original sources ) roughly corresponds to the ranges of minuet tempos metronomized by Hummel and Czerny for Mozart and by Czerny for Haydn . |
| 10 | When I learnt biology , I was taught that Weismann , although he was right about the independence of germ line and soma , had given the wrong answer to this question . |
| 11 | After all Bilbo is right about the road outside Bag End leading all the way to Mordor . |
| 12 | Even more crucially , if the nuclear industry was right about the lack of danger to health from its routine operations , then one piece of evidence stood out like an unexplained sore thumb . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman is right about the benefits from civilianisation . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend is entirely right about the merits of competition . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend is right about the revenues from North sea oil taxation . |
| 16 | Whether you 're a sales assistant or a customer , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the product on sale . |
| 17 | Franca was sorry about the change of plan . |
| 18 | One of the reasons why there has been nothing outstanding about the rate of growth of trade within the EEC and between the EEC and third countries may have been because its members have not been as assiduous as might have been expected ( by the British at least ) in removing barriers to trade between themselves and with the rest of the world . |
| 19 | Doctor Bailey , and later Doctor Lovell , remonstrated in vain about a diet of beer , pickled onions , pork pie and cold sausages , occasionally varied by Albert 's own cooking in a disgusting frying pan when the spirit moved him . |
| 20 | The report highlights the importance of pupils , schools and colleges being clear about the purpose of school/college experience . |
| 21 | The manager has to be clear about the purpose of improvement and will use knowledge and support which can be brought from other places into the field which he or she can directly manage . |
| 22 | With the Clinton administration under the intensive care of political healer David Gergen , less and less is clear about the fate of health-care reform . |
| 23 | I realise that this is a bad time to ask for help in any professional and academic matter , but in the light of cutbacks and recommendations from reports like the Swann Report it is important that we are clear about the provision of language education for future teachers . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the case of the term sentence , it is important to be clear about the type of object one is referring to . |
| 26 | Let us , then , be clear about the difference between longevity of service and older people joining committees or boards as their first appointment . |
| 27 | Yes , I 'd like to be clear about the amount of control that the Education Authority has and the amount of control that the parents have . |
| 28 | Section one says , now for this everybody we 're thinking about the survey you did in the form room , from which you did your graphs , saying to people do you believe in god , have you visited a place of worship , is everyone clear about the piece of work we 're thinking about , speak to me . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ What 's so funny about a row of gigot chops ? ’ he asked the two laughing girls outside his window . |