Example sentences of "to be [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to assert that there is a very great deal remaining to be said about the mutual effects of semantics and syntax may seem a bold claim , perhaps even a surprising one , given the number of those who have worked on both areas and the many publications with titles suggesting that the two have been linked inside their covers . |
| 2 | It is these two rituals which will be the main focus of this essay , but before turning to their specific analysis a few more words need to be said about the general blood context and the male-female hierarchy at work within it . |
| 3 | It is also possible to feel , and to be told in London , that there was more to be said about the mad love than he allowed himself , or was in a position , to come up with . |
| 4 | There are also questions to be raised about the supposed disadvantages of excessive dependence on bank loans which relate to their classification as external sources . |
| 5 | Causal path diagrams have been extended to three variables to show how the factors are hypothesized to interrelate ; these diagrams are useful because they force explicit decisions to be made about the causal order of the variables , and lessen the risk that the analyst will control for the wrong variables . |
| 6 | Not to overdo the argument against objectivity , we should mention that there are fairly reliable statements to be made about the statistical properties- of language particularly about categories of great frequency . |
| 7 | These future scenarios should permit deductions to be made about the particular environmental variable in view , whether this be technological , economic or whatever . |
| 8 | That the , the other point to be made about the pessimistic and optimistic theories is , they , because they 're extremely elusive , they can easily suggest the idea of utopias , and you get two different sorts of utopias . |
| 9 | It outlines data on trade in all these substances ; hazard possibilities and accident records ; and quantifies the relative risks , enabling decisions to be made about the safest mode of carriage . |
| 10 | When processing across levels of description , choices have to be made about the relative contributions of each knowledge source . |
| 11 | A number of points needs to be made about the Conservative concept of active citizenship . |
| 12 | They are like charts which allow predictions to be made about the likely consequences of taking different courses of action . |
| 13 | Specifically , what is to be done about the Single Currency and the related issue of the ERM ? |
| 14 | Some people would argue that many applications for judicial review which are heard by courts in fact involve wider political and administrative issues ; and that the rules of evidence and procedure in such cases should be changed to allow interested third parties to ‘ intervene ’ in the proceedings and to allow relevant information to be given about the likely impact of a decision one way or the other on the administrative process and on the public at large . |
| 15 | A decision needs to be reached about the best time in the day to hold the event . |
| 16 | We know that it pays to be informed about the particular problems of getting older , like osteoporosis , the development of brittle bones , that can afflict women past the menopause . |
| 17 | LIBERAL Democrats on Sheffield City Council are asking to be told about the financial state of GB Universiade , the company organising the World Student Games in 1991 , writes John Rodda . |
| 18 | It will be impossible for all members of a governing body to absorb all that needs to be known about the vast subject of special needs and to be adequately informed at the same time about all the other endeavours which they have to promote . |
| 19 | There was much less to be known about the broader background against which policy had to be made . |
| 20 | But what is most to be welcomed about the current spate of rhetorical outrage from politicians is the emerging consensus between Labour and the Tories on a new approach — an attempt to fill the moral vacuum , to look at society as a whole for the flaws . |
| 21 | This mixture of basic fact-finding and the comparison stage of the SSM eventually allowed some conclusions to be drawn about the possible effect of the new legislation on existing groups and responsibilities . |
| 22 | Whilst there are , perhaps , many things to be celebrated about the 1960s there are also many to be deplored : I am thinking , in particular , of the racist excesses of the mid to late sixties and beyond , which ran concurrently with eulogies of love and peace . |
| 23 | In addition , the project will enable a great deal to be learnt about the theoretical and practical issues on studying centrally-planned economies in the process of transition . |