Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , given that in the words of one critic , the implementation of Model B , for example , would result in ‘ a massive realignment of powers and institutions , raising profound questions of identity for the universities as well as the polytechnics ’ the Green Paper says little or nothing about a national policy for higher education . |
| 2 | Although these techniques developed by Sibbald et al ( 25 ) using a computer programme to determine the optimum allocation of land to agriculture and forestry make it possible to reach a more objective decision about the allocation of land to agriculture or forestry in an integrated scheme we , as yet , know little or nothing about the impact of agriculture or forest development on rural communities . |
| 3 | It means giving the report to someone who knows little or nothing about the actual subject and asking them to say what they do n't understand about it , right down to individual words and sentences . |
| 4 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 5 | Many recognised the ‘ Rameses ’ and ‘ Catherine ’ titles , but had seen neither show , and knew little or nothing about the imminent Turkish and Vatican exhibitions . |
| 6 | They come with minds as empty as their notebooks , knowing little or nothing about the subject . |
| 7 | She herself knew little or nothing about the organisation , and Donna wished she could have happened upon someone as knowledgeable on the subject as Mahoney had been . |
| 8 | Members frequently make the comment that they know little or nothing about the structure of the IBOA , the decision-making process — in short how the IBOA operates . |
| 9 | The Butterfly and Natural World Centre ( 7 ) and the National Birds of Prey Centre ( 6 ) are close by ; or what about a trip to one of the local vineyards or ‘ pick your own ’ farms . |
| 10 | Or what about a W.A.A.F. ? |
| 11 | ‘ Or what about the women who work in the offices where these calendars are stuck up ? ’ |
| 12 | Or what about the Irish Republic ? |
| 13 | Or what about the newspaper headline : " Religious mania behind terrorism ? " |
| 14 | Or what about the Bosporus ; the last traditional boat used to umpire the races at the regatta . |
| 15 | When the cops went to see him again this afternoon , he flatly refused to say why he was there , where he stayed , or anything about the trip . |
| 16 | The Patois index therefore tells us everything and nothing about an individual speaker : it tells us whether that person uses many or few Patois features overall in their talk , but nothing about how he or she uses Patois and English as part of a communicative strategy . |
| 17 | The article said nothing about my answers to these critics , and nothing about the content of my actual talk at Wellesley College . |
| 18 | The other CD had at least a text explaining the context of each piece , but again no libretto and nothing about the opera or its composer . |
| 19 | The closed blades were not smeared with blood , and nothing about the scissors screamed out that they had taken a human life . |
| 20 | However , insurrection and revolution , whether by peasants or others , explain little more than the timing of some cases of serf emancipation , and nothing about the abolition of slavery . |
| 21 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
| 22 | Yes I just wondered if I could ask Mr er if it was item nine page seven yes , its item nine erm row five and its about a report being brought to the committee on trans proportion policies relating to public transport by extending free transport to school children and students beyond the statuary obligations of the council . |
| 23 | ( Ash had also written a poem about Gibbon and one about the Venerable Bede , historians of greatly differing kinds . |
| 24 | And something about the tone of Churchill 's letter displeased Ramsey . |
| 25 | A week ago a man on the run had come into her house , he had been unkempt , his hair curling thickly about his face , he had not been as well groomed as the man standing before her now , but the breadth of shoulder was the same and something about the dark eyes staring into hers touched a chord . |
| 26 | ‘ But the engine was quiet and seemed to run well , and everything about the owner seemed legit , ’ he says . |
| 27 | Everyone and everything about the Medau Society gives me a special and warm feeling . |
| 28 | So when he rang up that evening to tell me he was taking a fortnight 's leave towards the end of June and what about a trip north as soon as term ended , I did feel as if the fates themselves had taken a hand . |
| 29 | And what about a diminished seventh ? |
| 30 | And what about a helmet ? |