Example sentences of "[noun pl] about the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Once again , judicial views about the function and importance of judicial remedies , even if unexpressed , are bound to underlie decisions about the effect of alternative remedies .
2 find out teachers ' views about the significance , or otherwise , of such portrayals ;
3 Teachers ' Views about the Significance or Otherwise of Stereotypical Portrayal , and the Validity of Taking Steps to Avoid It
4 After all , despite his backward views about the wrongs of women , he really did work very hard for his poor patients !
5 Local offices display their service standard and encourage customers to put forward views about the service at any time or through Customer Satisfaction Surveys .
6 Two US scientists have been awarded the chemistry prize for a discovery that has changed scientists ’ views about the origin of life .
7 Two views about the origin of mankind have been current among the most notable scientists and historians .
8 However , if biographies of artists are carefully examined , it will be found that they do not necessarily contain much art criticism at all ; a biographer may prefer not to express personal views about the artist 's work ; a book 's main thrust may be to describe the artist 's own aims and ideas .
9 The hon. Gentleman — a Scottish Member — refused to take the opportunity to tell us what he would do about his Scottish problem at Ravenscraig , but he has views about the west midlands .
10 But then I have unprintably strong views about the keeping of the larger tankbusters , so I 'm probably biased .
11 The Commission 's point accords with the development of Stone 's own views about the perils of affective individualism and finds a prominent place in the opening theoretical section to the book .
12 In the previous section we have examined Marx 's and Engels 's views about the evolution of the family .
13 Two are related to the national revolution and to the growth of the nation-state : the first reflected differences between subject and dominant cultures within a multi-cultural society ( such as Switzerland and , in a recent development mobilizing a bias that was previously only potential , Belgium : Murphy , 1988 ) ; the second reflected differences between religious and secular authority , representing the ‘ old ’ and the ‘ new ’ in views about the location of power ( again , as in Switzerland , and also in The Netherlands ) .
14 The development of Soviet views about the character and role of neutrality , neutralism and non-alignment
15 He had no views about the direction of movement of spot or futures prices .
16 The social movements of the 1960s were relatively unsuccessful in producing such doctrines in a coherent form ; and the student movement , in particular , came to an end in a welter of conflicting views about the agencies and objectives of radical social change , beset by arguments about its own relation to the working-class movement , about the importance of cultural as against economic and structural changes in society , and about the role of violence in movements for social change .
17 He held the same views about the dangers of Serbian nationalism , and he tried to defend Pavlović from his accusers .
18 Despite these dilemmas and contradictions , there have been feminist movements in the past that have had clear views about the kind of housing that women want .
19 At the Sixth Plenum of the Twelfth Party Central Committee in September 1986 , the leading members of the Politbureau , such as Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang , put forward their views about the effects of continuing to ‘ open up ’ intellectual debate and introduce political reforms .
20 This search must necessarily take place against a broader background of views about the relationship between linguistic factors and educational development .
21 He said that some witnesses in the action had strong views about the rights of the public over the beach and quarrying which has been carried on there .
22 Hall 's positive views about the timing of the judges ' appointments probably originated as early as 1835 , when the plans for the new Houses of Parliament were being considered .
23 This surfaced prominently in considering members ' views about the core work experience requirements for membership .
24 The first stage of the process involves a conventional fact-finding exercise , where representative staff are interviewed to determine views about the purpose of the organisation , the role of the staff , and any problems that are pertinent to the study .
25 The choice of the European Family of Anti-Air Missiles ( Fams ) , rather than a rival American system , is likely to influence the French Government 's views about the BAe-Thomson link .
26 The theory that planetary movements can influence sunspot activity and thus the solar wind , which in turn affects the magnetic field of the Earth to which nature is attuned , may well be seen to endorse the Hindus ' views about the Graha .
27 They have mixed views about the benefit of lights when driving in fog .
28 The Rushdie affair , touched off by Muslim reactions to the publication of Salman Rushdie 's Satanic Verses and reaching a crescendo in 1989 when Ayatollah Khomeini called for Rushdie 's assassination , revealed irreconcilable views about the duties of government in the face of blasphemy .
29 Although there have been some famous poets who occupied this chair ( for example Matthew Arnold and W. H. Auden ) , it has much more commonly been occupied by dons ; and the point at issue when choosing candidates for the Chair of Poetry has very seldom been their views about the subject on which they are supposed to lecture , still less their competence to do so .
30 However , regardless of views about the benefits of legislation ( and this remains , as we shall see , a matter of some controversy ) , the evidence in the 1980s was that simply leaving action to employers had left older workers in an exposed and vulnerable situation .
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