Example sentences of "[be] [verb] about [art] " in BNC.
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1 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
2 | At the same time ( to their confusion and bewilderment ) , they are taught about the gentleness of Jesus Christ . |
3 | In the second part we begin to look at some of the arguments which have been developed about the possible effects of new technology on the kinds of jobs available in the future . |
4 | A few names have been bandied about the circuit , but I 'll predict that Ballymena 's Russell Morrow , the assistant manager for the past few years , will get the vote . |
5 | While ample reassurances have been given about the financial implications of this massive support for South Africa , IRB delegates from New Zealand , Australia , France , England , Scotland , Wales , Ireland , Japan , Italy , Canada and Argentina were startled to learn in detail of the parlous state of the new union . |
6 | The Test and County Cricket Board 's chief executive Alan Smith said he was satisfied with assurances he had been given about the safety of Graham Gooch 's 16-man squad . |
7 | The 1984 village case study revealed that the Bangladeshi mothers ( some of whom had already been taught about the lobon-gur solution ) recognised four different types of diarrhoea and generally thought only one of these types to be an indication for the use of the lobon-gur mixture . |
8 | Everyday opinions are formed about the organisation and its activities . |
9 | Disabled people had not been consulted about the way planning for the project should be arranged . |
10 | At a meeting of European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers in Dublin , Ireland , on Feb. 20 , Genscher sought to reassure those governments which had not been consulted about the two plus four agreement . |
11 | According to a report in the Financial Times of Feb. 21 , David Levi , the Second Vice Prime Minister and a supporter of Sharon , was " furious " that he had not been consulted about the appointments . |
12 | Local traders and organisations have been consulted about the plans and the Chamber of Trade and the response has been favourable . |
13 | But the work could last for as long as 11 weeks and local councillors have claimed that they should have been consulted about the scheme . |
14 | The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ . |
15 | Consultative participation leaves the main design tasks to the systems analysts , but tries to ensure that all staff in the user department are consulted about the change . |
16 | Early in 1916 complaints had been received about the conduct of the coaching , and the suggestion was made that Crawford 's contract be terminated . |
17 | The woods were extensive and the two men had been walking about the property for over an hour . |
18 | As far as he knew , the MP had not been interviewed about the case . |
19 | Four men have been quizzed about the murder but no one has been charged . |
20 | Astrological charts , a couple of crystal balls on oddly clawed stands , litters of long-decayed scrolls , and similar items are scattered about the floor , on a couple of tables , and on stands . |
21 | A few small green leaves are scattered about the bottom of the cupboard … |
22 | One obvious thing to do would have been to write about the facilities available to homeless people ( or the chronic lack of them in key areas like medical help ) ; however , I have decided against doing that . |
23 | Now five years old , he went to school in Warminster and was trying hard to adopt a Dorset accent , having been teased about the snob way he talked . |
24 | He said yesterday he had not been approached about the acquisition . |
25 | The lexicon notion explains the word frequency phenomenon by assuming that each entry has a threshold for recognition , and that recognition occurs only when sufficient data have been collected about the word for this threshold to be exceeded . |
26 | Suddenly the penny dropped , and Meredith knew why he 'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion . |
27 | Despite year-long complaints nothing had been done about the problem . |
28 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
29 | If you are writing about a twentieth-century author and you want ideas about the author or what to say about her or him , you can use the massive reference work published by Gale , Contemporary Authors ( which lists biographical and bibliographical information , together with other relevant comments ) and Contemporary Literary Criticism , which is described as " excerpts from criticism of the works of today 's novelists , poets , playwrights and other creative writers " . |
30 | ‘ Karen was telling me you are writing about the workforce rather than about the plant 's operational side . |