Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where do we want info about the list to be published ? |
| 2 | The Monopolies Commission recommended scepticism about the figures for nuclear fuel-cycle costs until more figures were available from the CEGB 's own work and from British Nuclear Fuels Limited . |
| 3 | A recent DSS Housing Benefit/Community Charge Benefit circular has given guidance about the treatment of income which is paid at intervals other than one week . |
| 4 | IBM is saying it 's delivered a million copies of OS/2 and predicts it could reach two million by the end of the year : Microsoft Corp voiced scepticism about the number to The Wall Street Journal to which IBM VP Jim Cannavino retorted , ‘ A stork did n't bring [ the one million copies ] and I assure you I have n't cooked the books . ’ |
| 5 | It also exonerates the community from taking on some of these tasks — caring for the elderly , the chronically sick and the disabled , and it is this aspects of the emphasis on family responsibility that produces scepticism about the motivation of exponents of active citizenship : it is seen as a substitute for the state 's responsibility for the social element of the citizenship of entitlement . |
| 6 | In so far as leaks advertise unhappiness about a line of policy they undermine the principle of collective responsibility , as well as the confidentiality of proceedings . |
| 7 | It took women 's liberation to formulate a different kind of positive intervention , one that seeks to protect the casualties and raise consciousness about the causes of violence . |
| 8 | Those with training in other performance skills , variety , singers and dancers , should consult Equity about the means whereby they could qualify for membership . |
| 9 | After 20 years of stalwart service , it also marked the perfect end to a great Highbury career though the Irishman was keeping mum about a possible move to West Ham . |
| 10 | ENO performs the five-act version which includes the opening Fontainebleau scene , but this is longer than usual because the prelude and opening chorus about the privations of the French populace have been reconstructed from Verdi 's cuts by Andrew Porter ( whose excellent translation is used ) and Sir Charles Mackerras . |
| 11 | Rainbow opens with a bit of ill-rehearsed and now forgotten waffle about a hunger to renew her connection with the lore and wisdom of her ancestors . |
| 12 | Scientists then take these unfinished , inexact hypotheses and present them to other scientists for the express purpose of seeing if the hypothesis will not in fact be shot full of holes , hoping almost that it will be so shot , because Knowledge and Truth are thereby served , if only negatively , in having one more tenuous , groping hypothesis about the nature of the world shown to be false . |
| 13 | They can minimize uncertainty about the future by converting savings ( possibly from current income ) into a stream of income payable at some time in the future . |
| 14 | THE TV presenter Fiona Armstrong yesterday spoke for the first time about why she has quit the breakfast station GMTV — and dismissed talk about the notorious ‘ F ( for fanciability ) factor ’ . |
| 15 | The locals are already trading gossip about the hundreds of youngsters packing the beach . |
| 16 | This immediately triggered talk about a triple ( or is it a quadruple ? ) dip , but many economists believe it will prove to be no more than a stutter . |
| 17 | In particular they need to be reminded of that combination of unashamed materialism and gnarled , disbelieving scepticism about the power of political parties to give effect to Utopia which is characteristic of a certain type of Conservatism . |
| 18 | The collection of essays edited by Joyce ( 1987 ) is an important contribution to the history of work , not only for the satisfying ways in which it challenges orthodoxy about the social and political role of work , but also for its advocacy of the need to rethink work as a social construct . |
| 19 | GROWING affluence has not alleviated anxiety about the future and we are a better insured nation now than we were in 1979 . |
| 20 | Similarly , if an international organisation such as the UN or Interpol has intelligence about a suspicious chemical plant , the liaison system allows the CIA to alert its members . |
| 21 | On the one hand they strengthened the polytechnics ' resistance to the institutional review element in the CNAA 's procedures , but on the other hand they confirmed for the CNAA the value of gaining intelligence about the overall health of the institutions . |
| 22 | Mr Robin Cook MP , objected to Lord Diplock 's suitability on the ground that he had been chairman of the Security Commission since 1971 , and had not formerly indicated any understanding of the concern for civil liberties and privacy which had given rise to public and press anxiety about the procedures of the security services . |
| 23 | The aim of the PLANIT Club was to pull knowledge about the process planning , project planning and job-shop scheduling . |
| 24 | The Duke and Duchess of York have formally separated , ending speculation about a possible reconciliation . |
| 25 | The general staff of the armed forces issued a statement on March 19 categorically rejecting any involvement in political debate about the country 's future , and thus ending speculation about an imminent coup . |
| 26 | Obviously , pollen grains are very small plant remains , and can not be seen without the aid of a microscope ; but larger remains ( macroscopic plant remains ) , such as seeds and grains , leaves , twigs , wood and charcoal also provide evidence about the vegetation that existed around a site , and can show if and how it was exploited by the people living there . |
| 27 | But Home Secretary Michael Howard described speculation about the Prime Minister 's future as a ‘ midsummer spasm ’ and said that the question of a challenge did not arise . |
| 28 | He 's dying to glare at me , but his neighbour , Mrs Mills , needs advice about a motor car . |
| 29 | Keith Pringle 's attempt to provide debate about the role of men in caring for damaged and vulnerable children ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) raised a number of interesting issues . |
| 30 | To meet concern about the extent of borrowing by the Soviet Union , it was agreed that Soviet borrowings could not exceed 6 per cent , i.e. the proportion of Soviet capital involvement in the fund . |