Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , given that in the words of one critic , the implementation of Model B , for example , would result in ‘ a massive realignment of powers and institutions , raising profound questions of identity for the universities as well as the polytechnics ’ the Green Paper says little or nothing about a national policy for higher education . |
| 2 | Although these techniques developed by Sibbald et al ( 25 ) using a computer programme to determine the optimum allocation of land to agriculture and forestry make it possible to reach a more objective decision about the allocation of land to agriculture or forestry in an integrated scheme we , as yet , know little or nothing about the impact of agriculture or forest development on rural communities . |
| 3 | It means giving the report to someone who knows little or nothing about the actual subject and asking them to say what they do n't understand about it , right down to individual words and sentences . |
| 4 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 5 | Many recognised the ‘ Rameses ’ and ‘ Catherine ’ titles , but had seen neither show , and knew little or nothing about the imminent Turkish and Vatican exhibitions . |
| 6 | They come with minds as empty as their notebooks , knowing little or nothing about the subject . |
| 7 | She herself knew little or nothing about the organisation , and Donna wished she could have happened upon someone as knowledgeable on the subject as Mahoney had been . |
| 8 | Members frequently make the comment that they know little or nothing about the structure of the IBOA , the decision-making process — in short how the IBOA operates . |
| 9 | The Butterfly and Natural World Centre ( 7 ) and the National Birds of Prey Centre ( 6 ) are close by ; or what about a trip to one of the local vineyards or ‘ pick your own ’ farms . |
| 10 | Or what about a W.A.A.F. ? |
| 11 | ‘ Or what about the women who work in the offices where these calendars are stuck up ? ’ |
| 12 | Or what about the Irish Republic ? |
| 13 | Or what about the newspaper headline : " Religious mania behind terrorism ? " |
| 14 | Or what about the Bosporus ; the last traditional boat used to umpire the races at the regatta . |
| 15 | When the cops went to see him again this afternoon , he flatly refused to say why he was there , where he stayed , or anything about the trip . |
| 16 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who erects or installs any article for use at work in any premises where that article is to be used by persons at work to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that nothing about the way in which it is erected or installed makes it unsafe or a risk to health when properly used . ’ |
| 17 | She was accustomed to speaking her mind , knew less than nothing about the subject , and uttered the word which no genteel person , particularly a woman , would have spoken , or even known . |
| 18 | Barney was n't often stumped but she knew less than nothing about the sport . |
| 19 | There 's an ambiguity I suspect it it 's a in my mind rather than yours about the nuclear role , did I understand you to say that Eurofighter two thousand would not have the capability of carrying for instance the W E one seven seven , we know that the is not going to be er taken any further according to recent announcement but will Eurofighter two thousand have the capacity to carry W E one seven seven ? |
| 20 | Having stated several times that everything about the Moon is a variable , I 'm not about to comment on its form . |
| 21 | One is that something about the dream itself ( its illogicality perhaps ) makes it difficult to remember , and the other that there is something about the physiological state in which we find ourselves when first woken up that makes remembering difficult . |
| 22 | It was also clear that something about the young man made him intensely uncomfortable . |
| 23 | The other is that Americans have grumbled louder and longer than anyone about the rubbish they throw out . |
| 24 | ‘ He knows more than anyone about the family assets , and he 's totally in the gang 's power . |
| 25 | Not only is she pretty ; she has a reputation for being more of a Socialist than her husband and far more level-headed than he about the trappings of prime ministerial power . |
| 26 | I thought you meant that what about the one in front of it then ? |
| 27 | The Patois index therefore tells us everything and nothing about an individual speaker : it tells us whether that person uses many or few Patois features overall in their talk , but nothing about how he or she uses Patois and English as part of a communicative strategy . |
| 28 | The article said nothing about my answers to these critics , and nothing about the content of my actual talk at Wellesley College . |
| 29 | The other CD had at least a text explaining the context of each piece , but again no libretto and nothing about the opera or its composer . |
| 30 | The closed blades were not smeared with blood , and nothing about the scissors screamed out that they had taken a human life . |