Example sentences of "about in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was brought about in no small degree by the invention in the 1890s of the safety bicycle which gave a wide cross-section of the population real mobility for the first time . |
| 2 | He proceeds to mooch about in a hang-dog way until he runs across his younger brother , quiet student Dennis ( William Sage ) who informs him their long-lost father has just been arrested for bombing the Pentagon 20 years previously . |
| 3 | They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean , and what the historian catches will depend , partly on chance , but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use — these two factors being , of course , determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch . |
| 4 | Washington , he said , stood by its commitment to overcome the division of Europe , Germany and Berlin , but this had to come about in a gradual process which satisfied German aspirations and met the ‘ legitimate interests ’ of all concerned . |
| 5 | They shuffle about in a rapt way to these radiant arches of sound , punctuated by the thunder of dub-style percussion . |
| 6 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 7 | His opponent was dancing about in a neutral corner , one eye on his quarry . |
| 8 | The owners of Flokati were showing Mavis and Walter Bricknell-type behaviour , fluttering about in a nervous anxiety that would be bound to affect the horse if it went on too long . |
| 9 | He 'd accept anything that did n't involve stumbling about in a greasy morass of railway tracks . |
| 10 | The tall , straight young back that sauntered away down-river , to come about in a wide circuit via the fence of the curator 's garden , and the box hedge that continued its line , maintained too secure an assurance , and too secret a satisfaction of its own , in spite of the dexterity with which it had removed itself from censure . |
| 11 | The abolition of capital punishment and reform of the law on homosexuality came about in a similar way . |
| 12 | He admired Tiller , describing him as a genius at organizing and directing his Girls but also noting that John ordered everyone about in a dictatorial way . |
| 13 | Although the role of Western doctors in the introduction of Western medicine to China has been known about in a general sense for a long time , no studies exist which assess the contributions of British doctors in the last two centuries , yet evidence suggests that these were by no means insubstantial . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , you know how things get about in a small community , ’ said Dimity soothingly . |
| 15 | She had gained the opposite bank and was poking about in a great drifting mass of torn grass and brushwood . |
| 16 | Again and again the nightmare rose into his mind like bile into the mouth ; he threshed about in a desperate attempt to shut it out , but again and again he suffered the humiliation , the panic , the pain . |
| 17 | Whereas Elizabeth was composed , though pale , Victor became increasingly nervous , rubbing his forehead and his lips with a handkerchief , hiding his eyes in his palms , staring about in a distraught fashion . |
| 18 | He seemed to regard the New Testament as a stormy sea in which he was tossed about in a little boat as he explored . |
| 19 | It would seem that great pains were taken to ensure that the potential division among Incomer/Shetlander lives would not be spoken about , and that if it was spoken about in a public forum , the arrival of incomers would be made to look less ominous . |
| 20 | A new word was recently coined to describe bodies such as English heritage : quangaroos — hopping about in a random fashion , getting in everyone 's way and generally making a nuisance of themselves at good rates of public pay . |
| 21 | As it hisses in its fake-snake manner , following the spit , it completes the illusion by thrashing its tail about in a serpentine way . |
| 22 | She would need to be driven about in a presentable car . |
| 23 | Ben clenched his teeth then pulled hard on the right-hand oar , turning the prow slowly towards the distant house , the dark , slick-edged blade biting deep into the glaucous , muscular flow as he hauled the boat about in a tight arc . |
| 24 | Sweeney 's Brittenesque , atmospheric score provided a counterpart to McGuinness 's vision of suitably hatted dancers , as chromosomes and genes , swishing about in a vibrant multi-coloured womb . |
| 25 | After eating its mouse , the cat may start to vomit , froth at the mouth and stagger about in a confused condition . |
| 26 | A third small group is encountered near the beginning , in a Florida town ( along with the alligator ) , moving about in a desultory but slightly menacing way . |
| 27 | One stood up to walk about in a left brogue and stopped in mid-tread . |
| 28 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 29 | THIS is intense ! ’ mutters Emilio Estevez , as he flies about in a glowing car . |
| 30 | But Lydia had discovered , to her own surprise , that she found the matter too significant to quarrel about in a childish way . |