Example sentences of "[noun] about [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |
| 2 | The proposal is likely to divide the group since some councils are voicing doubts about whether a referendum is the best way forward . |
| 3 | Disputes about whether a reference had been to an expert or an arbitrator have produced many lawsuits . |
| 4 | Nor does he feel compelled to decide later cases " by analogy " to earlier ones , at least when there is room for disagreement about whether a later case is really like or unlike them . |
| 5 | Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part . |
| 6 | In other cases , individual workers made their own judgements about whether a person was likely to benefit from the care programme approach . |
| 7 | Shrug and pout in Arthur pouted and Celia shrugged refer to a gesture used as a conventional signal ; Arthur pouted his lips and Celia shrugged her shoulders , however , are non-committal about whether a signal was intended , and indicate merely that a certain movement was performed . |
| 8 | In these cases one never finds a whole tree fossilized , and it is necessary to piece together the whole plant by making intelligent guesses about whether a frond of one kind is persistently found with a particular fossil trunk . |
| 9 | There is debate about whether a single species can split into two without geographical isolation . |
| 10 | I suppose this opens the debate about whether a limited edition guitar like this one , which has a projected run of only 200 units , is ever likely to be used as an everyday instrument , or whether it is destined to end up mute behind glass in a collection somewhere . |
| 11 | There is a debate about whether a ministry for women is a liability . |
| 12 | It still leaves room for doubt about whether a fifty-year cycle is evident from the data . |
| 13 | My grandfather , who was one of the aircraft pioneers , told me that he had a long argument with Cody about whether a certain member was in tension or in compression in flight . |