Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recognise that periodic doubts are expressed about the overall German commitment to the project . |
| 2 | Riven 's legs were complaining about the unaccustomed riding and the wind made his eyes water . |
| 3 | Even the farmers and growers were complaining about the awful conditions . |
| 4 | Last week listeners were complaining about the supposed increase in American accents on Radio 4 ( ‘ I am sick to the back teeth of hearing these American voices ’ ) . |
| 5 | However , concerns are expressed about the waiting times for elective surgery and out-patients and a perceived need for more medical and nursing staff . |
| 6 | ‘ This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . |
| 7 | This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . |
| 8 | This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent , which are both uncharitable and untrue . ’ |
| 9 | This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . |
| 10 | When looking at how to develop and improve the management of its electronic information resources , a local authority needs to ensure that the same questions are asked about the electronic environment as are asked about the traditional ubiquitous paper record . |
| 11 | Alternative energy technologies will be successfully diffused only if realistic assumptions are made about the real economic situation in the Third World . |
| 12 | In parallel with this examination , questions were posed about the possible efficiency , effectiveness and human factor benefits and disbenefits , in relation to the information providers , information users and the organisation as a whole . |
| 13 | Questions were asked about the preparatory year , the impact of fundholding on clinical practice and practice management , perceptions of the costs and benefits of fundholding , and views about the future of the scheme . |
| 14 | Admittedly , some questions were raised about the democratic nature of Council decision-making and about the circumstances of the introduction of the housing policy . |
| 15 | In the 1960s , however , there was greater interest in the history of the Nazi period and questions were raised about the moral basis of the new Germany . |
| 16 | Nurses should therefore discover from patients what meaning these words have for them , so that they can be sure that they and the patients are talking about the same conditions . |
| 17 | Soon all my master 's neighbours were talking about the strange little creature he had found in a field . |
| 18 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |
| 19 | After three months of retraining , good responders were questioned about the social impact of the treatment . |
| 20 | According to a report in NIN ( 9 November 1986 ) , the memorandum claimed that the prewar Comintern was hostile to Serbia , that the Serbian delegates to the second session of the Anti-fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia in 1943 ( at which major decisions were taken about the postwar composition of Yugoslavia ) were elected not by organizations within Serbia but by Serbian personnel who were in the partisan armies in Bosnia and Herzegovina at that time , and that postwar Yugoslavia was largely under the control of Tito , a Croat , and Kardelj , a Slovene . |
| 21 | Opinion on the exchanges was divided about the likely reaction to Labour as the party with the most seats but no overall majority . |
| 22 | Members of all three shifts were milling about the circular room : repeating rumours , distorting facts and generally hyping themselves up . |
| 23 | The following morning , after the attack , the police were told about the abandoned Zodiac dinghy and also given the number of the camper van . |
| 24 | ‘ Afterwards some of the children were talking about the Three Wise Queens . ’ |
| 25 | There are also new dangers and dilemmas when too facile conclusions are drawn about the generic nature of management . |
| 26 | The R5 commentators were complaining about the first half saying how rubbish it was — Mike Ingham , the worst scum lover . |
| 27 | Output thereafter went up so that the women were earning about the same as before the job was changed . |
| 28 | The stern Quaker historian of Liskeard , Allen , wrote in the 1850's that ‘ all these idle , absurd practices were abandoned about the same time , early in the present century ’ . |