Example sentences of "[to-vb] about [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commercial , scientific and industrial world of capitalism ( or socialism ) does not need religion in order to go about its business . |
| 2 | In Bajaur agency , the top opium and heroin producer in Pakistan , the government controls less than 36per cent of the district , leaving traffickers to go about their business peacefully and unimpeded . |
| 3 | Moreover , Zuwaya and Magharba thought that their larger groupings were temporary : activated to demand compensation , they then relapsed into the noumenon , leaving households to go about their business ; revenues from taxes were not kept in a fisc , but allocated to household budgets — and so on . |
| 4 | ( Even if the activities do present curbs on the rights of the general public to go about their business , street action might still be justified where , for example , it brings to public consciousness some injustice that would not otherwise receive a public hearing . ) |
| 5 | It is as if , once they had found an effective way of surviving and reproducing , and a relatively stable environment in which to go about their business , there was little pressure to change their way of life . |
| 6 | Against the need for a society in which persons are free to go about their business unmolested might be weighed other considerations such as the importance to be placed on freedoms of speech and assembly . |
| 7 | The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business . |
| 8 | Paging from Vodapage gives busy people like you the freedom to go about your business and get the message . |
| 9 | The smart-money crowd is saying that the revised scoring — with every race counting for title points — is tailor-made for this French Ferrari driver , who now has a more-than-willing helper in Jean Alesi to look after the business of returning the Ferrari compliment to Senna and allowing Prost to go about his business unencumbered by Brazilians wishing to use his piece of road . |
| 10 | And as if that were not enough , the church bell is also , by ancient repute , therapeutic : place inside it if you can whatever part of your body is troubling you , get the bell ringer to go about his business and you will , with luck , be cured . |
| 11 | I tried to forget about it and to go about my routine day as usual . |
| 12 | In 1910 he became partially paralysed , losing the use of his legs , but he continued to drive about his garden and woods . |
| 13 | Yet , paradoxically , despite a failure to agree about what education should aim for , what it should actually do , everyone seems to be certain both that it should do something , and that it is not doing it . |
| 14 | SCIENTISTS from Canada and the United States have given up attempts to agree about what effect acid rain is having on the environment of North America . |
| 15 | Deciding what the board needs to know about its school and community , and then discussing with the headteacher and school staff how best to become informed . |
| 16 | In knowing that something is an order one knows all there is to know about its relation to its execution . |
| 17 | Couples in this kind of situation , suddenly confronted by each other 's moods , prejudices , foibles , and , indeed , continued presence day after day , may find themselves facing a great new emotional challenge at a time in life when they thought they knew everything they needed to know about their relationship . |
| 18 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 19 | People who can allow themselves to know about their envy at least give themselves a chance of attempting to handle it relatively wisely . |
| 20 | She wanted him to know about her life , about her real self . |
| 21 | BBC bosses wanted to know about her love life … and if she had ever posed for sexy photos . |
| 22 | For nobody wanted to know about her bathtime invention . |
| 23 | But , ’ Jay teeters on the brink of a revelation , ‘ the A&R man does n't have to know about your music ; he has to know how the system works , how to get your material through the system . |
| 24 | Smash Hits will want to know about your make-up or your boxer shorts , Melody Maker leans towards aesthetics and primal therapy and the local Argus might just want to know a few biographical details and where your next gig is . |
| 25 | During the transfer to your resort , they will answer your questions and later , at a welcome meeting , will tell you all you need to know about your location ; including what there is to see and do . |
| 26 | I am sorry to bother you with my problems , but as my real mother , I feel you have a right to know about your daughter 's situation . |
| 27 | And , ’ she said confidingly , patting Meredith 's cold face , ‘ we almost despaired when he said you were determined to find out everything there was to know about your family . |
| 28 | You do n't want to know about your father 's past . |
| 29 | The boy was a wicked little bastard , but he had the right to know about his mother 's illness . |
| 30 | ALL Airdrie manager Alex MacDonald needed to know about his Cup Winners ' Cup opponents Sparta Prague was that they gave Rangers the old heave-ho last season ! |