Example sentences of "[be] [adj] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 2 | It will be difficult for him to be baleful about the Millennium . |
| 3 | While Smyth might be right about the consequence of the Party being too heavily associated with the Church , he is wrong in reading backwards from that possible consequence to the motives of the men who debated at Presbytery . |
| 4 | You may be right about the other two though . ’ |
| 5 | And you might be right about the supplies . |
| 6 | Danzigers had good reason to be apprehensive about the Versailles Treaty arrangements , and they were not alone . |
| 7 | Thirdly it helps to be specific about the tasks to be undertaken and the time to be allocated to them . |
| 8 | It 's difficult to find companies willing to be specific about the changes or benefits that have resulted from the services of a consulting guru . |
| 9 | ‘ We had to be specific about the exercise question because people have different ideas about what exercise is . |
| 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 | We can be facetious about the examples that I am using . |
| 12 | This is by no means to be unrealistic about the difficulties facing our dialogue . |
| 13 | McLeish last played for Scotland against Bulgaria in a European Championship qualifying tie , since when he has battled injury to the extent that both player and national coach could yesterday be candid about the reasons why his sudden recapture of the captaincy of his country has a storybook feel . |
| 14 | It 's natural , because peace drives have come and gone , so it 's easy to be doubtful about the success of yet another one . |
| 15 | So be careful about the subjects you give . |
| 16 | what other departments feel to your to your people , because wha , you do have to be careful about the indoctrination , this is what I believe so it 's right , we 've got ta we do have to strike a balance . |
| 17 | We have however to be careful about the interpretation . |
| 18 | To create illusions you have to be careful about the details . |
| 19 | Of course this does not mean that we should not be careful about the metaphors which we use . |
| 20 | As R. H. Thouless 's classical experiments on ‘ phenomenal Regression to the ‘ Real ’ Object' have shown , we can be wrong about the presentation appearance even when , short of holding a pencil at arm 's length and measuring , we are doing our best to be right about it . |
| 21 | I hope that I will prove to be wrong about the Bill . |
| 22 | Until that budget is actually er , settled , it 's difficult to be definitive about the actual amount of money that 's available for the purchasing plan for ninety four , ninety five . |
| 23 | Liz Headleand stared at the scene with a marked lack of dismay , as Kate Armstrong knelt down and started to dust the earth off Giles , looking up to ask anyone who might be interested about the little blobs of white polystyrene that always seem to come mixed with bulb fibre : ‘ What is this stuff ? ’ asked Kate , ‘ I 've often wondered , ’ as she proceeded to re-pot a hyacinth with one hand while stroking Giles 's shoulder with the other . |
| 24 | Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want . |
| 25 | Let us be clear about the causes of our present economic travail and where the blame lies . |
| 26 | Let me be clear about the reason . |
| 27 | In an article in the TES ( 14/9/90 ) Mary Castle claimed that there are fourteen local authorities that insist their schools should have no direct contact with journalists , so one needs to be clear about the LEA regulations before giving a story about the school to the press . |
| 28 | Any consideration of ageism has to be clear about the difference . |
| 29 | Let us , then , be clear about the difference between longevity of service and older people joining committees or boards as their first appointment . |
| 30 | The new remit has to be clear about the purpose and contribution of members , corporately and individually . |