Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] about [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A palace aide said last night : ‘ We were all a bit apprehensive about the lunch but when they arrived they put everyone at ease . |
| 2 | Maybe he 's a bit cranky about the scale so it may be a conscious decision that goes without . |
| 3 | Naturally the glorious weather was a talking point with the General : he might be forgiven for thinking the Micks were a bit blasé about the temperature and the change of scene from London ceremonial duties . |
| 4 | She wanted us to make her a Shaker-style chest , and there was something a bit peculiar about the dimensions , so Luke and I went to Bracken Cottage . |
| 5 | In time to come , John would add some new words all about a bird he knew who kept trying to commit suicide : ‘ Blood on the ceiling blood on the walls , blood on the floor . ’ |
| 6 | The court attributes the Direction to concern expressed in the Court of Appeal in Novac ( 1976 ) 65 Cr.App.R. 107 and Thorne ( 1977 ) 66 Cr.App.R. 6 about the overloading of indictments . |
| 7 | The Gulf War , for instance , fitted in quite precisely with some of the things forecast in Isaiah Chapter 13 about the destruction of Babylon . |
| 8 | Oddly , the majority of books available about the cultivation of waterlilies tend to display pictures and descriptions of the rarer and more unusual varieties . |
| 9 | The strategy effectively neutralised what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner with an electorate wary about an upsurge in union power under Labour if it could be made an issue . |
| 10 | Detectives are expected to interview David Main about the discovery . |
| 11 | The Frank & Walters look dubious about the crew 's certainty . |
| 12 | Frankly , the general tone of your question is so selfish that it makes me a bit dubious about the prospects of your marriage . |
| 13 | ( Calle 's show also includes , in the gallery 's smaller room , the piece she did for the Carnegie International about the theft of Old Master paintings from Boston 's Gardner Museum . ) |
| 14 | On the move once again , Sam told his young fireman all about the legend of the bridge . |
| 15 | Alice began to tell the Cat all about the game . |
| 16 | up until just six years ago crews unhappy about the weight of their cox would bring them down into the brewery for a spot of heavy labour — shovelling mash , to get their weight down . |
| 17 | The Duke of Edinburgh who arrived on July 26th about the Leith Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Co. vessel s.s . |
| 18 | This passage shows Leapor enthusiastic about the prospect of financial success while she is critical of certain attitudes toward money . |
| 19 | But with the business community apprehensive about the election outcome and worried at the prospect of a Labour government there is no comparable improvement in business confidence . |
| 20 | Dounreay has been involved in discussions with Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. about the possibility of reprocessing spent fuel rods from AECL 's NRX , NRU and Slowpoke-2 research reactors , five more Slowpoke-2s from universities and colleges — from Toronto , Montreal , Halifax , Edmonton and Kingston — and yet another Slowpoke-2 at the Saskatchewan research council in Saskatoon . |
| 21 | Suddenly , one of the organisers called my number , I had to take off my socks and shoes as you had to do the jump in bare feet and I had to go over to get weighed again on different scales to make sure I was using the correct cord ( they were very safety conscious about every aspect of the jump ) . |
| 22 | The project also faces legal challenges from the Santiago-based Grupo de Acción por el Bio Bio and fishermen concerned about the impact on fisheries downstream . |
| 23 | Some reports suggested , however , that the claims had been deliberately highlighted by Pan Am officials concerned about the company 's liability in a series of multi-million dollar suits [ see p. 37898 ] . |
| 24 | It 's the story all about a man who had two very nice daughters . |
| 25 | Chair , on the recommendations erm on item D , I 'm a bit unhappy about the use of the term ‘ natural ’ disasters , because I believe that many of the disasters that people in Oxford are actually giving money for are man made disasters , particularly matters of international economics and the unfair burden , erm unfair distribution of wealth which places a whole sector of the world in poverty , and I think , you know , you do get a magnificent response from people in Oxford to these charities , and we must be aware that there are a whole number of greater issues involved , and while I hear what you 're saying earlier on about you ca n't take on the problems of the whole world , I think when people are actually giving money to charities for example , like Oxfam , they are often unaware of these issues , and we do have a wider role in making the , joining with organisations like Oxfam in spreading public awareness on these issues . |
| 26 | There are those who are a bit cynical about the benefits of bonding with the bark . |
| 27 | Thus Part III requires information to be given about the employment , training and promotion of disabled persons , Part IV about the company s arrangements for health , safety and welfare of employees , and Part V about ‘ employee involvement , ’ i.e . |
| 28 | But analysts also said if the dividend had been cut , it might have made investors nervous about the July BT3 share flotation , when the government intends to sell all of its remaining 22% stake in the group . |
| 29 | Its manufacturers employ more workers in Guangdong than they do in Hong Kong ; its hotels are filled with tourists and salesmen en route for Peking and Guilin ; its accountants , bankers and lawyers service thousands of foreign firms wide-eyed about the profits which they believe will one day be made from a billion Chinese consumers . |
| 30 | And there are lots of people who live in Scotland who tell stories all about the seals . |