Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE TV presenter Fiona Armstrong yesterday spoke for the first time about why she has quit the breakfast station GMTV — and dismissed talk about the notorious ‘ F ( for fanciability ) factor ’ . |
| 2 | The locals are already trading gossip about the hundreds of youngsters packing the beach . |
| 3 | The collection of essays edited by Joyce ( 1987 ) is an important contribution to the history of work , not only for the satisfying ways in which it challenges orthodoxy about the social and political role of work , but also for its advocacy of the need to rethink work as a social construct . |
| 4 | On the one hand they strengthened the polytechnics ' resistance to the institutional review element in the CNAA 's procedures , but on the other hand they confirmed for the CNAA the value of gaining intelligence about the overall health of the institutions . |
| 5 | But Home Secretary Michael Howard described speculation about the Prime Minister 's future as a ‘ midsummer spasm ’ and said that the question of a challenge did not arise . |
| 6 | The Cross-reference table contains information about the 600,000 cross-references found in the source material . |
| 7 | ( EEC amplifiers record changes in potential , but , because they automatically filter out slow changes , are unable to provide information about the actual position of the eyes . |
| 8 | Thus formative evaluation provides information which can be used to improve a course , whereas summative evaluation can be used to provide information about the overall worth of a given course , to help in the decision as to whether or not the course should be continued . |
| 9 | The research aims to provide information about the expanding area of Saturday job working by young people , 16-18 years , who are in full- time education . |
| 10 | Hence , it is usually most convenient to use correlation measurements to provide information about the larger scales and spectrum measurements for the smaller scales . |
| 11 | Within the definition of a root form of a word is contained information about the inflected forms of the word . |
| 12 | Many of our users want information about the present situation , or at least the most recent data available , and are not interested in data from previous Censuses . |
| 13 | Nonetheless it was possible to obtain information about the major services received , and their costs are presented below . |
| 14 | Scott told Burn about the proposed delegation and assumed , probably correctly , that Donaldson intended to enlist Burn 's support for it . |
| 15 | The hon. Member for Birmingham , Hall Green ( Mr. Hargreaves ) also intervened in the Secretary of State 's speech yesterday , expressing anxiety about the new tax . |
| 16 | Ariel began to communicate with the strangers in English ; she told Kit about the hot springs up the mountain , hoping he would let her go there . |
| 17 | Erm I understand that the House Builders Federation have written to my headquarters on expressing concern about the possible temerity of the regional office having actually put forward a suggested figure for housing provision in North Yorkshire . |
| 18 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 19 | Sally Greengross , Director of Age Concern England , has written to British Telecom ( BT ) expressing concern about the likely effects on older people of the price rises announced on 1 August ( see Information Circular , September 1991 ) . |
| 20 | Publishing information about the private lives of individuals without their consent ‘ is not acceptable , unless there is a public interest overriding the right of privacy ’ . |
| 21 | Soil can be taken to recover pollen grains , tiny snail shells , seeds , small fish and bird bones and insect remains , all of which can provide evidence about the immediate environment of the site when it was occupied . |
| 22 | Erm , so it 's tempting to see er anorexia as part of this whole picture , because it usually happens in younger women usually at the beginning of their reproductive careers and there is usually , or so therapists report , conflict usually with parents related to things like career , er possible choice of marriage partner which erm create conflict about the young , about the young woman 's er future reproductive life . |
| 23 | The rangers are always happy to answer queries or give advice about the best walks and trails to follow when you are out and about so please feel free to approach them and ask for their help . |
| 24 | that 's what I 'm saying , if you go then the following day we 'll bring Philip and then by which time you most probably got news about the old codger here |
| 25 | And that is why Peter 's office decided long ago that he was not the person to be first to hear news about the latest software products . |
| 26 | We wish to express concern about the above scheme which does not seem to be compatible with the environmental principles adopted by the European Community over recent years . |
| 27 | Fighting for the interests of British Carpet Manufacturers and the 1400 employees of the company , Ralph Ellis , Chief Executive of Stoddard Sekers International , met fourteen MPs at Westminster to express concern about the continuing recession and the need to restore consumer confidence . |
| 28 | US officials had shown concern about the increased emphasis on a " European identity , " pressed by France in particular . |
| 29 | Taken with other environmental indicators , such as land snail shells and insect remains , they also give information about the prevailing climate . |
| 30 | Both of these techniques give information about the solid surface rather than the bulk . |