Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] about the " in BNC.

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1 But he soon became the keenest and most enlightened Italian expounder of the Council , and wrote a pastoral letter for Lent 1962 , Pensiamo al Concilio ( Let's think about the Council ) , that learnedly explains to the Milanese what is going to happen .
2 Let's think about the unsuccessful hospitals and , possibly more to the point , the unsuccessful ventures undertaken from time to time by otherwise efficient units .
3 Let's think about the party .
4 Let's think about the body , Inspector .
5 Let's think about the number of regions we have , the T & G have got seven , we 've got ten .
6 Let's think about the trainee .
7 Whatever advertisers and their agencies may think about the respective merits of Conservative , Labour or even Liberal Democrat administrations , general election mean a windfall of about £10m worth of business for media owners and a favoured few advertising agencies — reportedly some £8m of that spent by the Conservatives , £2m by Labour and a meagre £250,000 by the Liberal Democrats .
8 This is fact is a debate about personal freedom the freedom of our tenants to choose the quite legal activities that take place on their farms for whatever we may think about the merits and de-merits of angling or shooting fox hunting , these are activities that Parliament has decided are permissible .
9 Nevertheless serious misgivings may persist about the wisdom of ascribing identity to meanings .
10 Requirements may exist about the amount of memory that is required to run a system .
11 When official conservation often does not work , part of the problem may lie in the assumptions which the conservationist , government servant or politician may make about the cause of failure .
12 Translated into seats , the result of the Norris poll shows that the Tories will be unopposed in the Commons throughout the next Parliament with a working majority of 650 , though psephologists may quibble about the low sample size — 30 — which could give a margin of error of about minus 60 per cent .
13 Well we 're probably alright for the other things for the time being , but we may need about the the Weber erm .
14 I 've come to you because I want you to tell me everything you can about Mr Hatton with particular reference to anything you may know about the source of his income . ’
15 This more general knowledge concerns both what the speaker or listener may know about the discourse topic , and what he/she knows about conventions which are normally followed in speaking and writing .
16 ‘ I really must think about the whole question , ’ she thought , as she went up the stairs to the flat .
17 You must think about the time that you have available to spend with an animal .
18 In such an atmosphere of public mistrust , questions must arise about the purpose of the tax system .
19 I do n't even think you should think about the music business when you start .
20 ‘ Guides should be setting the example and I think we should think about the way we put adventure first . ’
21 For if the relations between the individual and society are as close as he believes , we must take them into account ; instead of grounding explanations upon one part we must theorise about the whole to which all the parts belong .
22 As there is supposed to be a degree of coalition forces air control in that region , the British and American forces must know about the aerial bombardments .
23 So surely they must know about the situation between Ross and herself ?
24 What did reach them , over Malawi radio , was Dr Banda 's assertion that ‘ what you should know about the bishops is this : to be fair to the bishops , they have apologised .
25 Children should know about the processes by which meanings are conveyed , and about the ways in which print and other media carry values .
26 Children should know about the processes by which meanings are conveyed , and about the ways in which print and other media carry values . ’
27 Surgeons should know about the potential of this subject and be prepared to participate in projects that will improve the health of their patients .
28 The Labour party should know about the cost of restructuring because it did so itself when in government .
29 I tried to reason with her that he should know about the baby but she refused to call back or write to him .
30 There is not enough evidence to decide this issue , but there is enough to be sure what we should feel about the conclusions he draws concerning Othello : One part of this antithesis follows — some men must be servants — but not the other : why can not all masters be served ‘ truly ’ ?
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