Example sentences of "[pron] is [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children are remarkably resilient in this respect and there is little doubt that the fuss which is made about certain minor offences has more adverse effect on the child than the act itself . |
| 2 | Comprehensive evaluation of company performance over these broader activities is not available , but the little which is known about individual companies suggests that financial objectives were more important than they might appear on the surface . |
| 3 | ‘ A year ago we were told that Laura was dying today she is running about full of energy and looking great . ’ |
| 4 | Admittedly not , and while all his three plays are read more than seen , this one is read about more than read . |
| 5 | If one is talking about second adult rebates , of course it is true that we need to try to simplify the proposals , to overcome the administrative difficulties brought to our attention by local authority associations . |
| 6 | No material is given about their activities as Mufti , and no anecdotes are related about them in their capacity as Mufti , though something is related about each in his capacity as kadi . |
| 7 | If this were so , it would be as meaningless to make general statements about what a mouse or a cock or a cobra feels as it is to generalise about human behaviour . |
| 8 | The lack of analysis of specific songs in Adorno 's writings means that it is impossible to know whether he is talking about real pieces or , more likely , ideal types . |
| 9 | I would like to point out that when your Alexander teacher talks about ‘ unreliable feelings ’ he is talking about sensory feelings and not emotions or intuition ( a point that has confused many people in the past ) . |
| 10 | He is talking about social ecology on Tuesday 12 May at Lady Mitchell Hall , Sidgwick Avenue , Cambridge ; on 14 May at Bristol University Students ' Union in Queens Road ; on Monday 18 May at the Beckett Lecture Theatre of Leeds University in Woodhouse Lane ; and on Thursday 21 May at St James ' Church , Piccadilly , in London . |
| 11 | He is talking about senior managers at Thames Water . |
| 12 | Will he tell the House what he is doing about that and what discussions he is having with the Treasury ? |
| 13 | He is walking about Nice with dark glasses and bruises . |
| 14 | In figure 7.6 the capacitances to earth are represented as lumped together from nodes A , B , C and D. Notice that if nothing is done about these capacitances , they act in pairs across the arms of the bridge ; for example , the reactance of C A in series with that of C B is in parallel with the impedance Z 1 . |
| 15 | Almost nothing is known about many important issues . |
| 16 | At present little or nothing is known about these patients . |
| 17 | It was written by Mary Edgar to a Mrs Waddell ; nothing is known about either of them , but one would like to have known Mary Edgar who could write such a letter . |
| 18 | Again the question of just what is disorganized about disorganized capitalism surfaces for our consideration . |
| 19 | However , when we look closely at what is said about these various gods , we find that the god chosen by ( or who chooses ) Israel is quite unlike all the others . |
| 20 | Without recognising that knowledge of this kind is in play , we may misinterpret what is said about particular texts . |
| 21 | It also acknowledges its debt in what is said about electronic instruments to Repair or Replace ? |
| 22 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 23 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 24 | What is striking about many of these cases is that there is rarely further mention in the national press , but the sex fiend message has been amply conveyed . |
| 25 | What is striking about all these cases quoted is that , in every one , the eventual victim had already pursued his or her complaint exhaustively behind the scenes with the employer and only went public in desperation when the outrage was intense and no other recourse seemed available . |
| 26 | But what is striking about these debates is the shared assumption that the area was a ‘ good thing ’ for Britain . |
| 27 | What is striking about these two books is the sense they convey — little less unusual now than when they were written — of a strong and independent black community , in which people found their own way rather than having it mapped out for them by white expectations . |
| 28 | What is striking about these is that the code-switch points coincide exactly with the beginning and end of the insertion sequences , off-setting these clearly as London English in an otherwise Creole turn of the conversation . |
| 29 | What is striking about natural history illustrations is sometimes their longevity . |
| 30 | It was possible to establish plausible relationships between what is known about normal language acquisition , especially learning to read , and what is known about developmental disorders of language , especially developmental dyslexia . |