Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were more uncertain than their parents had been about these things . |
| 2 | According to Danas ( 9 September 1986 ) , in 1985 the number of persons subject to this tax was a little over 13,000 ( compared with about 9 million persons in employment or self-employment in that year ) , and the tax raised was about 1 3 billion dinars ( compared with a total gross public revenue in that year of 3,736 billion dinars ) . |
| 3 | Their argument had been about that ; some minor point or another . |
| 4 | The first observation I was able to make when the books were gathered together was that , although almost all the press coverage had been about public libraries , since they were the focus of political controversy , only c . |
| 5 | The fourteen-gallon tank had been about one quarter full of fuel , and both it and a second partially-filled tank were each found to contain over a quarter of a pint of water , the result of condensation forming in the tanks over a six-day period . |