Example sentences of "[adj] about [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the other case , two neighbours were helping to care for an 88-year-old single woman ; service-providers were not happy with this care and were suspicious about the neighbours ' management of the woman 's finances , so she was also admitted to hospital under a guardianship order .
2 When the time came , she was similarly firm about the boys ' schooling .
3 If the college authorities were concerned about the students ' health , it was suggested that they should take action to improve their average daily diet .
4 They are deeply concerned about the scientists ' inability to explain the dramatic changes they see in nature .
5 He enjoyed the salmon trout he ate at the small inn there but was mighty scathing about the visitors ' book ( as well as about the notion that the lake might actually be beautiful ) : ‘ You will see only two kinds of exclamations in it : one about the beauty of the Lac de Gaube , the other about how good the trout are … which means that only fools or gluttons have picked up the pen to sign their names and their thoughts . ’
6 Council officers are especially worried about the reviewers ' recommendation that the statutory criteria for selecting SSSIs — which are at present purely scientific — should take into account administration and finance .
7 As well as being very particular about the horses ' condition the old horsemen were equally concerned about their appearance .
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