Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vessel was said to have been intelligence gathering and the damage it sustained caused it to release oil and form another , though smaller , slick to float about the Gulf . |
| 2 | SIR — The Economist is right to worry about the future of the European Monetary System ( EMS ) . |
| 3 | Is the Minister aware that the hon. Gentleman is quite right to worry about the level of representation in England because every time a Tory is defeated in Scotland he flees the country , comes down here and tries to get a Tory seat ? |
| 4 | Mr. Kent replied that the nurse was wrong to talk about the staff improving the quality of health care . |
| 5 | The couple , who live in the north of the city , were too embarrassed to talk about the missing nestegg . |
| 6 | Vietnam , however , maintained that internal issues should be discussed with the SOC government in Phnom Penh ; it was only willing to talk about the international aspects of the problem , and urged the USA to expand the talks to include the SOC government . |
| 7 | It was several weeks before she realised that now that he was working he would not be free to walk about the neighbourhood . |
| 8 | Any accountants with deep-rooted sea-dog tendencies might be interested to hear about the Accountants ' Sailing Challenge , to be held in Poole Harbour on 28 May . |
| 9 | Shortly before this great day Vigilant 's crew had made a large seizure from a Finnish vessel berthed in the Thames , the goods concerned being unearthed from a very clever concealment , and the Queen was very interested to hear about the incident . |
| 10 | I was interested to hear about the state of the Scottish agriculture industry . |
| 11 | I have be very interested to hear about the recent developments and most impressed at what 's taken place , but er , I would like to ask about the international work , which I understand has been reduced . |
| 12 | It was interesting to read about the Washington write-offs — WF555 was captained by a F/O Connolly who was very much an extrovert ( with an extensive repertoire of bawdy songs ) . |
| 13 | Lord Beresford was disposed to chat about the forthcoming cricket season , but was briskly recalled to his duties . |
| 14 | The first suggestion implies that context pre-exposure should make subsequently acquired latent inhibition less likely to be context-specific — subjects need to be prepared to learn about the context if context-specificity is to occur . |
| 15 | gets the odd enquiry about becoming a guide and she meets those interested to explain about the job , but for the moment she has a full complement of volunteers . |
| 16 | Stage 3 : A semi-open prison or low security gaol , the inmate being free to move about the grounds and working outside the facility during the day . |
| 17 | Not only does Mr Howley deal exclusively in books about Christmas , he is also prepared to travel about the country giving week-long seminars on the subject . |
| 18 | Last night none of the defendants were prepared to speak about the matter . |
| 19 | Furthermore , it is not possible to talk about the " type " of thing substance is without actually talking about the substance itself , for substance is by definition one , and any suggestion that there might be different specimens of it is incoherent . |
| 20 | Carolyn found it suddenly possible to talk about the future , which she had not dared to do before . |
| 21 | Evidence of identification was given by the college chaplain who said he was too upset to talk about the death . |
| 22 | My right hon. Friend is right to talk about the industrial capacity being too low to produce the recovery we need . |
| 23 | It will be crucial to know about the context(s) in which the system had been used . |
| 24 | Robinson wo n't comment on House of Windsor , but he 's delighted to talk about the forthcoming £15m sponsorship of Coronation Street . |
| 25 | ‘ Technical and management committees are being formed , although it is still too early to talk about the detail of the programmes . ’ |
| 26 | He said it was too early to talk about the number of jobs but the project would probably be less ambitious than the original scheme . |
| 27 | Simply expressed , it is next to impossible to generalise about the reality of prime ministerial government . |
| 28 | It is almost impossible to generalise about the sorts of disturbances which will necessarily reach back to affect the monetary sector and the flow of bank lending . |
| 29 | It is even more dangerous to generalise about the organisation of medieval agriculture than about its physical and demographic background . |
| 30 | For example , the cost of ramps and other modifications to enable a paraplegic to get about the house may even reduce the capital value of the house . |