Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] about [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will continue to be problems if science teachers are personally doubtful about girls ' ability to do science well ; even if their doubts are not voiced ( and anecdotal evidence suggests they sometimes are ) , girls are unlikely to respond unless teachers show they believe that girls have something to offer science as well as the reverse . |
| 2 | Lush do n't sing about the sort of thing that Hole and Babes sing about , but it does n't say anything less worthwhile about women 's experience . |
| 3 | Feminist psychology 's greater awareness of the discipline 's complexities makes it more conscious of psychologists ' social construction than traditional psychologists are , and more uncertain about psychologists ' status as rational , unified subjects . |
| 4 | I know that the hon. Member for Dundee , East is particularly concerned about students ' ability to meet accommodation costs from within their resources . |
| 5 | A lot of women do this , they 're very tolerant about boys ' mess in the home and untidiness generally , and in a sense they , they lay the foundations , right from the very beginning , of boys ' growing up to think of women as kind of household servants . |
| 6 | They are very tolerant about boys ' mess in the home and untidiness generally , and in a sense they lay the foundations right from the very beginning of boys growing up to think of women as kind of household servants — this attitude , you know , boys will be boys and they make a mess and poor mum has to do all the washing . |
| 7 | He was not very good about women 's clothes , only noticing whether they were becoming or not , but he recognised the quality of hers , and of the big leather handbag she had placed on the desk . |
| 8 | Second , the seminar group will consider the extent to which the theory and data currently available about individuals ' decision-making in this field can inform the policy reform process . |