Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [indef pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now there is no obligation in our traditional curriculum to know anything about China because the Greeks and the Romans knew nothing or almost nothing about it . |
| 2 | His secrecy about his unhappiness made everything about daily life seem a little counterfeit , apart from meals with Sam and sprees with him at the pictures . |
| 3 | ‘ If the agent says something about a house it must be verified . |
| 4 | Notice that this condition says nothing about the possibility of proving that a topic referred to on a given occasion is the same as the topic referred to on a different occasion . |
| 5 | Finally , the rule says nothing about the order in which hypotheses are to be pursued . |
| 6 | In a nationwide poll conducted in the second week after the massacre , the question was asked : ‘ Some people believe that this tragedy says something about the problem of male violence towards women . |
| 7 | Do you think that this tragedy says anything about the problem of male violence towards women ? ’ |
| 8 | The best example of this was the way in which she stung the Government into action to do something about AIDS . |
| 9 | Theories of normative income redistribution set a desirable standard or target , whereas the more positive theories are an attempt to predict something about the nature of redistribution in the empirical world which may or may not be consistent with one or more or any of the views of desirability . |
| 10 | Any moment now they expected that the Collector would make up his mind to do something about it . |
| 11 | The dinner , Maxim decided , would be best remembered as ‘ nourishing ’ , and he went back to the ante-room to do something about the taste of it . |
| 12 | Frege argued that in asserting an existential proposition one is in effect saying something about the relevant concept , namely that certain things fall under it , or , conversely , that nothing falls under it , i.e. that the concept is empty , as the case may be . |
| 13 | ‘ The castle fire brigade knew nothing about it , ’ said the source . |
| 14 | It was bad enough when Edward Hyde was only an unknown name , but now that the lawyer knew something about Hyde , the will worried him more than ever . |
| 15 | The Labour Club does nothing about it all . |
| 16 | The interview ended shortly and our Elt said something about how perhaps he ought n't say that sort of thing on the Northwestern TV station … |
| 17 | Furthermore , traditional grammar sees in the finite verb a word which predicates something about its subject : The grammatical function of a finite verb is to serve as a predicate word , that is , in an ordinary affirmative sentence to state something about the subject of the sentence … |
| 18 | The case says nothing about other restaurants , but there are almost bound to be more in a city centre location . |
| 19 | ( Horace in any case says nothing about " the shades " at this point . ) |
| 20 | ( 3 ) On the other hand , if the buyer says nothing about his future intentions this may merely serve to fuel rumours that a full bid is to be expected . |
| 21 | Moreover , the measure says nothing about how the wealth is distributed ; a country could raise its GNP by expanding capital intensive industries which leave the poorest sectors of that society completely untouched . |
| 22 | The yanks are castigated for their heartless reaction to the deaths of civilians in Baghdad ( ‘ the manner of the American military 's response betrays something about its values , ’ opined Britain 's Independent on Sunday ) and mocked for the fear of terrorism that has kept them away from Europe — thus cruelly hurting Europe 's tourist business . |
| 23 | Sovereignty says nothing about the state one lives in , whether it is a democracy or an autocracy , but it means constitutional independence . |
| 24 | Perhaps it is too much to hope that this concert finally dragged the Petersfield Musical Festival into the 20th century , but with a promised appearance by the acclaimed National Youth Jazz Orchestra next year , as well as The Dream of Gerontius , it remains only for the committee to do something about the slow start to the week for the festival to regain some of its former splendour . |
| 25 | Stone is utterly convincing in his argument that the 1857 Divorce Act had nothing to do with perceived changes in the economic conditions of the labouring poor during early industrialization and everything to do with lawyers ' determination to do something about the chaotic state of the law . |
| 26 | And not only political understanding , but political determination to do something about it . |
| 27 | Then she vaguely remembered fitzAlan saying something about circling around to approach Winchester from the north in case of pursuit . |
| 28 | Why on earth eighteen months ago did the district auditor issue a letter saying that unless the council did something about the situation of numbers and of finance within its elderly persons homes then it would come in and it would require the council to take action . |
| 29 | There are two ways in which the question implies something about itself : |
| 30 | The law said nothing about duels between species which were not considered to be human — although that did not prevent an offended party from seeking recourse . |