Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a superb opportunity to enthuse about RTI 's products . |
| 2 | State definitions of needs do n't include the opportunity to know about God . |
| 3 | She stopped , aware that it would n't be advisable for Richard to know about Harry 's visits . |
| 4 | I think it is something that we should encourage churches to talk about , the districts to talk about speaking of the district secretary I ! |
| 5 | Explains Nick : ‘ Dad said he 'd be there and then got a call from Brussels to talk about herring quotas or something . |
| 6 | ‘ Dad had said he 'd be there and then got a call from Brussels to talk about herring quotas or something , ’ says Nick . |
| 7 | Your government 's invited a Soviet delegation to talk about Berlin next week . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've got the nerve to talk about safety ? ’ she blurted out , forgoing all hopes of maintaining a calm , sophisticated façade for the benefit of her professional reputation . |
| 9 | Call our Sales Department to inquire about reseller , education , or government quantity discounts . |
| 10 | We should use narrative and dramatic tension to structure our work in such a way that it draws the children in , but we should also create opportunities to teach about narrative . |
| 11 | Meetings , despite their reputation for being boring , are rich in opportunities to learn about behaviour but without a review mechanism the opportunities are mostly missed ( see Meetings on page 106 ) . |
| 12 | It was not until 1986 , when the Helen Hamlyn Foundation staged an exhibition called ‘ New Design for Old ’ in the Boiler House at the Victoria and Albert Museum , that any major co-ordinated attempt was made to encourage designers to think about products for older people . |
| 13 | Making risk assessments while they were driving may have caused drivers to think about risks in the situations to a greater extent than they would have in the course of normal driving . |
| 14 | How to define the topic for discussion is obviously a difficult one , as Nash admitted in his own study , which had ostensibly a broader subject for its title , but which also had a great deal to say about jokes . |
| 15 | The Bible does n't have a great deal to say about boys and girls going out with girls and boys . |
| 16 | Somebody rang up the first programme to complain about people who were apparently telephoning the station and talking on air . |
| 17 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 18 | On the forming of clear ideas , Gassendi has some good words to say about Bacon . |
| 19 | Niki acknowledges that they were never friends ; he also has kind words to say about Clay being a good , steady driver and so on . |
| 20 | He has harsh words to say about eclecticism . |
| 21 | London financier Dennis Oliver has mobilised a group of MCC members to call for a special meeting of the club to protest about Gower 's absence . |
| 22 | Obviously this requires confidence on both sides and careful preparation ; inviting someone into class on a Friday afternoon to talk about engineering can be a disaster , but a timely introduction of an engineer to a project on water power can add to the reality and interest of the work . |
| 23 | According to Saich , ‘ The main reason for this renewed willingness to talk about reform was the fear among many that the economic reforms were in danger of reaching an impasse ’ ( Saich 1985 : 29 ) . |
| 24 | They coin nouns to talk about objects , verbs to talk about actions , and adjectives to talk about properties and states ( Clark , in prep . ) . |
| 25 | It was an opportunity to talk about education and America , an irresistible combination as far as he was concerned , for which he happily interrupted his holiday at Balmoral . |
| 26 | In the last terms of the diploma course students often find tutorials , where they are given opportunity to talk about work in progress , enormously valuable . |
| 27 | The opportunity to talk about feelings and experiences , and to ventilate anxieties , sadness , anger or despair is important , as is the ability to find some personal meaning in the experience — for instance , following the death of one 's child , believing that his or her suffering and treatment may in some way help other children with the same affliction in the future . |
| 28 | Social support was assessed from a thirteen-item index covering the individual 's perception of wife , friends and relatives as supportive or unsupportive , frequency of activity with them , and perceived opportunity to talk about problems and engage in satisfying social activities . |
| 29 | However you describe it , it 's a great opportunity to talk about LUFC action whether you 're at home or whether you 're exiled in those strange faraway places that do n't get Look North on the telly . |
| 30 | Of course some policemen and women , at the other extreme , welcomed the research as an opportunity to talk about issues which are so often taken for granted among colleagues and family that they are not topics of conversation . |