Example sentences of "about [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a reasonable second class in Part I of the mathematics Tripos I transferred to theology : my tutor , Fred Marsh , gave me a deep love and critical understanding of the Old Testament , but was realistic about my chances in the theological Tripos . |
| 2 | But it was only when tourists and journalists began to return from Bucharest in the mid-later 1980s with photographs of the demolitions and stories about their effects on the local people that any organized criticism of the regime got under way in Western Europe . |
| 3 | In each country , a random sample of the electorate were questioned about their attitudes towards the political process — their perceived ability to affect political change , their participation in various political activities , their attitude towards parties they did not support and so on . |
| 4 | Although a reasonable amount of material is available about the lives of these two men , nothing is known about their Muftiliks beyond the bare statement that they did hold the office ; and it is consequently impossible to make assumptions with any assurance about the nature of their Muftiliks . |
| 5 | We asked our panel about their perceptions of the past year and the next year , about the economic trends affecting the country and the economic trends affecting their family . |
| 6 | It would certainly be necessary to make some further enquiries among the tourists , particularly about their activities during the key period between the time Kemp had arrived back in Oxford , and the pre-dinner drinks when everyone except Eddie Stratton , it appeared , was accounted for . |
| 7 | First he brought his son , John Mason , aged seventeen , into the business to help out in the crisis and together father and son paraded through the streets of Sheffield , Leeds , Derby and Bradford with a band , making speeches about their trips to the Great Exhibition . |
| 8 | Similarly , generalised statements about their responsibilities in the new arrangements will be insufficient to correct this . |
| 9 | This assumption turned out to be correct with regard to teachers ' attitudes towards the efficiency of the scheme , about which teachers in the northern schools are much more positive . |
| 10 | If the public opinion surveys reveal a near consensus about supporting the monarchy , they frequently reveal division about which members of the Royal Family should be supported financially and , in particular , there is support for the withdrawal of public finance from those members who are perceived as not working hard enough ( see , e.g. Pearson , 1986 : 227ff . ) . |
| 11 | She tried to go about her tasks with the same thoroughness as before , but too often her mind strayed from what she was doing , and promotion became less and less likely . |
| 12 | ‘ And , Herr Busacher , I think something must be done about her costumes for the other productions . |
| 13 | Middlesbrough Council is distributing 2,000 leaflets telling the ‘ real facts ’ about its plans for the floodlit development on Clairville Common . |
| 14 | If MI5 had obeyed the 1952 Maxwell Fyfe guidelines then there would have been little cause for complaint about its activities over the past 35 years . |
| 15 | In the light of reports about its activities in the recent past , our organisation , complementing the initiatives of leading personalities of the Mass Democratic Movement , tried to use its influence to bring about the disbanding of the group . |
| 16 | Particular aspects of study will include the development of children 's conceptions of television genres and narrative forms , their judgements about its representations of the social world and its degrees of realism , and their understanding of the processes of television production . |
| 17 | He has written about his experiences in the respected twice-yearly Darlington Postgraduate Journal which is put together by doctors at the Memorial Hospital . |
| 18 | Wim Beeren , the Director of the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam who , in the face of deafening criticism , has always defended the restoration , admitted that Goldreyer did not bother to inform him in time about his plans for the last phase of the restoration in which the painted surface was to be treated . |
| 19 | On the whole Rostov thought that he was more confident about his chances in the second case . |
| 20 | Following his interview , I wrote an urgent letter about his circumstances to the local housing department , although I recognised that it could be some time before he received any offers of accommodation . |
| 21 | I and many other Labour Members were contacted and asked many over-simplified questions about our views on the European Community issue . |
| 22 | What his mate , who has never bothered much with politics , discovers about our police on the one hand and lawyers on the other , forces him to take over the activist role in this tough political thriller . |
| 23 | SERAFIN : You sound as if you are making a cautious discovery about your feelings for the first time . |
| 24 | Talk in detail about your requirements to the various companies before making your decision . |