Example sentences of "be [pron] about the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section the object is to examine in some detail the important preliminary issue of why the debate should be one about the public interest in the first place , and why company law should not be seen instead as being solely concerned with the rights of the corporators , that is , the shareholders . |
| 2 | If a supplier decides to increase his market share by attracting higher usage by occasional users , he must first attempt to find out whether they buy competitors ' goods or not , or where there is something about the present marketing mix which dissuades them from buying more frequently . |
| 3 | ‘ There is something about the entire layout of Olympia 2 that reminds me of Milton Keynes : all these signposts leading nowhere . ’ |
| 4 | One is that something about the dream itself ( its illogicality perhaps ) makes it difficult to remember , and the other that there is something about the physiological state in which we find ourselves when first woken up that makes remembering difficult . |
| 5 | ‘ THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENFOLDING DARKNESS , THE INVISIBLE WINDRUSH AND RUMBLE OF SURF , THAT POWERFULLY CONCENTRATES THE MIND . ’ |
| 6 | If the purpose is to write , each at our separate window , there is something about the enfolding darkness , the invisible windrush and rumble of surf , that powerfully concentrates the mind . |
| 7 | As Theroux commented , ‘ There is something about the very fact of survival that produces a greater vitality . ’ |
| 8 | There 's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Is he about the right age to have worked with Mills ? ’ |
| 10 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 11 | There was something about the firm set of her body that Jay knew instinctively : she was a survivor . |
| 12 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 13 | There was something about the elegant fist-fighting , swearing , tough little New York-born Italian son-of-a-gun that appealed to the ever-so-ever-so English son of a knight . |
| 14 | And there was something about the easy way they were together , evidently in the full flow of conversation , that sent a quick uneasy dart of emotion rushing through her . |
| 15 | There was something about the prospective return of Vincent that cheered Rim . |
| 16 | Despite her eighteen years , there was something about the petulant droop of her mouth that reminded one of a spoilt child ; but even so she was strikingly lovely , with her big dark eyes and mass of golden hair , which she wore in a coil at the nape of her neck . |
| 17 | It was something about the old man 's attitude that had made him cry . |
| 18 | This was one about the three crooks from London who dressed up in African tribal costumes and tricked jewellers into parting with gear worth £250,000 in exchange for boxes containing carrots and potatoes . |
| 19 | So what was it about the wretched man that cut straight through her defences ? |