Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun pl] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first stage of the process involves a conventional fact-finding exercise , where representative staff are interviewed to determine views about the purpose of the organisation , the role of the staff , and any problems that are pertinent to the study . |
| 2 | The Campaign also believes local communities should be empowered to make decisions about the shape of their own local area and directly involved in the process of protection , enhancement and management . |
| 3 | For example , the argument about institutionalized racism in Statement A can be used to counter denials about the existence and effects of racial inequalities . |
| 4 | Given the validity of this theoretical result , the size and direction of this correlation for existing futures can be used to draw inferences about the effect of marking to the market on futures prices . |
| 5 | — Social workers and other local authority staff who visit people in their own homes might be used to educate parents about the dangers faced by their children . |
| 6 | The question asked is usually along the lines of : ‘ If the election were tomorrow , which party would you vote for ? ’ , and the results are then used to make predictions about the outcome of the election itself . |
| 7 | Once again , judicial views about the function and importance of judicial remedies , even if unexpressed , are bound to underlie decisions about the effect of alternative remedies . |
| 8 | ‘ This is bound to raise questions about the level of violence in the game . ’ |
| 9 | Pupils are often invited to ask questions about the completeness or the reliability of a source . |
| 10 | Keith Fletcher , England 's team manager , has refused to answer questions about the Sri Lankan pair 's action , while home officials insist there is nothing wrong with their two spinners — as they did when Crowe first mentioned it . |
| 11 | For example , courts have refused to review decisions about the grading of examination papers by university examiners , decisions to remove a person from a list of approved foster parents on grounds of reputation , character and temperament , and clinical decisions about the treatment of psychiatric patients . |
| 12 | Therefore , these meteorites are believed to contain clues about the origin of life on Earth . |
| 13 | To test whether human observers use the differential perspective cues to scale perceived depth , observers were asked to make judgements about the amount of perceived peak-to-trough depth of sinusoidal corrugations defined by horizontal disparities . |
| 14 | The Crowther committee was set up to consider the education of boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 18 , and it was specifically asked to make recommendations about the place therein of exams below GCE level . |
| 15 | When a subsequent judgment study ( Groeger & Chapman , in preparation b ) was designed which used the same films as Study 4 , the opportunity was taken to include questions about the amount of fixed and variable information in the stimuli . |
| 16 | Governments everywhere have tried to educate voters about the dilemma of the tax burden and state spending . |
| 17 | The judge said the father had failed to heed warnings about the relationship . |
| 18 | Legislators believed that although peasant communes were well qualified to take decisions about the planting and harvesting of crops and the repartition of peasant landholdings , they were imperfect instruments for the conduct of administrative and judicial affairs in the countryside . |
| 19 | If new talks without preconditions failed , it suggested that an ‘ official ’ Opsahl Commission should be established to make recommendations about the province 's future . |