Example sentences of "[adj] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 2 | ‘ Excuse me , please , ’ she said politely , but there was nothing polite about the angry , scornful glitter in her grey eyes . |
| 3 | He ca n't do very much short-term about the federal deficit , although he 's sharp enough to see that borrowing short-term cuts interest costs . |
| 4 | I was quite apprehensive about the whole NCT ‘ scene ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ But I am depressed about the usual attitude in schools . |
| 6 | Tamar laughed with her and realised that she felt less depressed about the forthcoming confinement after this little spell of humour . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm still depressed about the Red Rocking Horse , ’ Clare replied vaguely . |
| 8 | Publicity was limited and , as the deadline approached at the end of 1987 , inaccurate rumours were rife about the exact meaning of the regulations . |
| 9 | 1989 : As CD outsells vinyl for the first time , rumours are rife about the impending arrival of a blank , recordable CD . |
| 10 | Senior civil servants , the privileged connoisseurs of prime-ministerial style and procedure , tend not to be purist about the operational implications of Cabinet conventions , except when routinely deploying them in the occasional public lecture or dismissing requests for the early declassification of harmless material . |
| 11 | Nelson is emphatic about the frequent misconception that Berlioz is all bluster and little form , pointing out that a composer with roots in Gluck , Mozart , and to a certain extent Beethoven , would hardly take a disorganized approach to presenting his own musical ideas . |
| 12 | ‘ Was Grandad very upset about the seamed stockings ? ’ he said , gently . |
| 13 | The book alleged that Diana was upset about the long-running relationship between Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles . |
| 14 | ‘ She is very upset about the whole thing . ’ |
| 15 | Frankly , I 'm quite upset about the whole thing . ’ |
| 16 | The priming experiments can tell us something more specific about the visual recognition system used for identifying words . |
| 17 | In the Guide and Small Prints , ( 1814 ) , he is very specific about the exact spot from which a particular scene should be drawn . |
| 18 | They are important in understanding the instincts lying behind people 's relations to ethnic , racial and nationalist politics but we need to become much more specific about the social and historical circumstances in which these latent feelings are actually felt and expressed . |
| 19 | One way is to be more specific about the expected effects of internal markets . |
| 20 | It is at this point that his analysis starts to become much more specific about the particular kind of capitalism with which he was dealing and the especially important group supporting fascism . |
| 21 | ( Actually , the Brits are right about the European space effort , but that is not the point . ) |
| 22 | She was absolutely right about the salt-water lagoon , which is of European status as a bird refuge , but other , neglected parts of the island grew dense and dark with rhododendrons . |
| 23 | ‘ I was right about the Black Land . |
| 24 | By the way , you were quite right about the higher price — dedicated gamesplayers do n't mind paying that little extra , especially for that whole lot more . |
| 25 | You may be right about the other two though . ’ |
| 26 | But I 'm right about the other thing . |
| 27 | But she had been right about the other thing , so maybe she was right about this . |
| 28 | Erm but to be honest I , I think you 're right about the Christian angle because I do think that erm , although I enjoyed that year , |
| 29 | He is entirely right about the British contribution to Europe , both in the long term and in the past few years when much of the present shape of the Community has arisen from initiatives by this country . |
| 30 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |