Example sentences of "[adj] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users . |
| 2 | THERE is still something slightly absurd about the notion that 4,812,000 people cast their votes for Mr Dan Duffy . |
| 3 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 4 | As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question : |
| 5 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 6 | Rune 's tone was casual , but there was nothing lazy about the way he leaned across the table towards her . |
| 7 | It emerged yesterday that , from the moment Ferranti acquired International Signal and Control two years ago , executives were put on alert about the suspect contracts because , unusually , they involved the granting of credit on open account to sub-contractors and intermediaries . |
| 8 | Mr Lamont seemed half-hearted about the measures which he introduced . |
| 9 | Such is the loving care which has gone into past history , it seems a pity that the authors are so hesitant about the future . |
| 10 | Tories who feel rebellious about the railways , may not have to push their protest to the point of voting against the government . |
| 11 | ‘ Michael was apprehensive about the leap and I said : ‘ If you do n't feel like it , I will jump on and do it . ’ |
| 12 | He went off to the kitchen , leaving Leonora apprehensive about the rest of the evening . |
| 13 | For this reason I was apprehensive about the approach to The Grey Corries , a fine ridge-walk to the south of Spean Bridge . |
| 14 | As Peter Ackroyd has pointed out in his biography , Eliot was apprehensive about the approach of war : which was not the same as being faint-hearted . |
| 15 | But with the business community apprehensive about the election outcome and worried at the prospect of a Labour government there is no comparable improvement in business confidence . |
| 16 | A palace aide said last night : ‘ We were all a bit apprehensive about the lunch but when they arrived they put everyone at ease . |
| 17 | Although he had passed Responsions and had few debts at Oxford except for books , his father was already apprehensive about the cost of an Oxford education , with Ernest in his final year of training to be an art-teacher and Reggie with a consuming passion for Shakespeare and the stage , and no other interest . |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , Ken was apprehensive about the position I might inherit when I touched down . |
| 19 | ‘ At first , we were apprehensive about the process of signing , then it was the same about deals in Europe and now I think Brian will be helpful when we sort out the American side . |
| 20 | Helen cheerfully returned home , but apprehensive about the effect of this ‘ ghastly suspicion ’ on her hysterical mother . |
| 21 | Budapest also remain apprehensive about the nature of Romania 's future political parties , and particularly those of the National Christian Peasant Party , which was recently formed with the help of Mrs Doina Cornea , one of Romania 's leading former dissidents . |
| 22 | Maryon felt quite apprehensive about the experiment and wondered what it would be like to live with Alan during the diet . |
| 23 | ‘ West Brom will be less apprehensive about the replay , but playing away from home has not presented us with any major phobia . |
| 24 | Israel accepted the concept of a limited regional conference ( a " ceremonial " opening session followed by direct " twin-track " negotiations between Israel and the Arab states on the one hand , and Israelis and Palestinians on the other ) , but was deeply apprehensive about the authority of the conference to impose a solution and about Palestinian representation and European , Soviet and UN participation . |
| 25 | In addition , analysts — like many others — are apprehensive about the prospect of VAT being imposed on books ; Pentos itself believes VAT of 5% on books is likely . |
| 26 | He had been somewhat apprehensive about the encounter in view of the way their last meeting had ended , but fortunately she seemed to have put her irritation behind her . |
| 27 | Like Charles himself , the government had seriously over-estimated the likely degree of Jacobite sympathy he would encounter and they were particularly apprehensive about the security of Chester , which barred the way into North Wales . |
| 28 | Danzigers had good reason to be apprehensive about the Versailles Treaty arrangements , and they were not alone . |
| 29 | Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note . |
| 30 | His story mirrors the gifted boy in Jodie Foster 's 1991 film Little Man Tate , who became depressed about the world 's problems by the age of seven . |