Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no point in denying them , even though we may justifiably quibble about the subjectivity of palaeontologists , the imprecision of the boundaries and the importance of the hidden gaps . |
| 2 | We did not only speak about the service , but also about other aspects of ecumenism concerning our local community . |
| 3 | We may only conjecture about the degree to which these subjective assessments were influenced by prior experience of the school in other contexts , the existence of good or bad relations between the reporter and the staff of the school , and the personal prejudices and preferences of the individual concerned . |
| 4 | Such an historical perspective must be our long-term goal , even though for the present we can at best only hypothesize about the nature of the development processes at work . |
| 5 | Yet while he did n't much care about the outcome of Plainsong , except in a generally patriotic sense , he cared very much that it should n't fail in any way that would leave a vindictive Foreign Office with a load of blame to distribute . |
| 6 | But if the literary text says , ‘ The door was open ’ I can not ask the text what it means by saying that the door was open , I can only speculate about the significance of that door — opened by what agency , leading to what discovery , mystery , goal ? |
| 7 | One can only speculate about the line the UK legislature would take , should it address itself to this problem , except that it is not too difficult to predict that the present administration would change the law so as to minimise the protections afforded to the worker . |
| 8 | At present we can only speculate about the nature of the origin of the oesophageal motor abnormalities and their role in the ‘ eventual ’ development of reflux disease and oesophagitis . |
| 9 | One of the most fundamental questions which has been posed is whether we can properly speak about the drama as writing . |
| 10 | David Bailer does not think about the past very often . |
| 11 | She did not think about the thing inside her now . |
| 12 | A. W. Mair , Loeb Library ) , we shall not quarrel about the date of the Alexandra . |
| 13 | I wanted to talk to you about the things that er you 've got from the meetings and to just think about the pricing issues . |
| 14 | ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality . |
| 15 | She did not know about the incident at the Chagall museum , she knew nothing but her conviction that Joseph was a murderer . |
| 16 | ‘ So you did not know about the dog ? ’ |
| 17 | The MP who went to sea at 14 did not know about the motion and said he appreciated the gesture . |
| 18 | When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings . |
| 19 | A day later , Edouard still did not know about the baby . |
| 20 | Presenting a product at its true value to a consumer who does not know about the product requires more than objective information because the consumer may not know how that information relates to his or her needs . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh now , dear me , Sergeant , let's not beat about the bush . ’ |
| 22 | Eliot did not beat about the bush . |
| 23 | UNIP secretary-general Alexander Grey Zulu added his voice to the official rejection of multiparty politics , when he said in Kitwe on May 21 that those advocating the reintroduction of multiparty politics " should not beat about the bush as to their real motive , which was to acquire power " . |
| 24 | The midfield 3/4 , presumably including Macca & Strach , will have to get their act together , and lets not beat about the bush , ‘ drop the dead f*****g donkey ’ and play Wallace and Forrester up front . |
| 25 | I mean , let's not beat about the bush here . |
| 26 | ‘ It does not matter about the ice , ’ the assistant replied , philosophically , ‘ you just need a big spade . ’ |
| 27 | Since Thresher suspended Mr Newton and Mr Onanuga with the stern warning that they must not speak about the affair , the pair have been hiding . |
| 28 | If he did not understand about the unicorn or about the many and the one he understood Marian still less when she talked about simple things being difficult . |
| 29 | Macbeth is a classic case of a man who does not understand about the co-operation between free will and luck . |
| 30 | For one thing we do n't know what they 'd charge , and for another they might not understand about the Time Fire . |