Example sentences of "[adj] about [art] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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1 | Both national survey data and smaller in-depth studies now enable us to document at least some of the financial effects of care-giving on women , although we still know very little about the consequences for women who begin or continue to give care in their own old age , or about the experiences of Black women carers . |
2 | We know that black elderly people , for example , have very little contact with formal social services but we know far too little about the reasons for this . |
3 | De Jongh sounded doubtful about the prospects for the idea 's success . |
4 | Bishop William Alexander preached an eulogy which was eloquent but somewhat imprecise about the qualities for which he was celebrated : |
5 | I am by no means gloomy about the prospects for British Coal , but its future success and security depend on its becoming more competitive and productive so that it can secure a large part of the British energy market in years ahead . |
6 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
7 | Even if individual employers were fairly bullish about the prospects for their own firm and intend expanding output and employment , they would postpone doing so until the real wage rate had reverted to its permanent value . |
8 | I do not believe that the House , confronted by a Bill of this complexity and contentiousness , can be altogether happy about the arrangements for its consideration in Committee . |
9 | While he is dealing with waiting list figures , will he tell us more about the figures for day patients ? |
10 | ‘ Did she say anything more about the messages for Maxwell ? ’ |
11 | Is he concerned about the rewards for that achievement — the brutal loss of employment , the economic devastation of the coalfields , the adverse effect on our balance of payments , which will get worse , the excessive and inevitable energy dependence , and the deceitful diversion of funds from the coalfields as a result of the Government 's approach to the European money that should be available to us ? |
12 | Kuwait had been particularly concerned about the plans for an American Rapid Deployment Force . |
13 | Oxford 's Labour MP has welcomed the improved service , but remains concerned about the prospects for the line . |
14 | He 's a little sceptical about the prospects for straw-based chocolate cake . |
15 | We are less sanguine about the prospects for simplifying the current range of protective designations , since each has validity and specific requirements , although we would support careful experimentation . |
16 | Tony Matthews , Food from Britain 's man in North America , was enthusiastic about the opportunities for both meat and meat products sales there as well as a renewed Scotch salmon venture when he spoke to food industry figures in Edinburgh . |
17 | It is difficult , therefore , to be dogmatic about the prospects for change ; one can only set out the patterns or trends which may come about . |
18 | Indeed many advertisers , fearful of too close a relationship with Oz and It , dismissive — or completely ignorant — of Time Out , but wishing for a way into a market that the then flagging Melody Maker and NME were failing to tap , seemed optimistic about the prospects for a new alternative British music paper . |
19 | I see no reason to be optimistic about the prospects for Soviet democracy . |
20 | A report on the economic outlook for Germany , published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) on July 5 , was optimistic about the prospects for the unified German economy , forecasting growth rates of 4 per cent for 1990 and 3@1/2 per cent for 1991 , with the additional costs of unification estimated at about 1 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) , a level which the report regarded as manageable without significant tax increases , though the report did warn that wage increases in East Germany could eliminate jobs . |
21 | In a statement on Aug. 26 Rohwedder was optimistic about the prospects for the Treuhandanstalt , particularly once unification had removed obstacles presented by the existence of two governments and two legal systems . |
22 | Many of the customers had young children and were worried about the plans for evacuation . |
23 | So there you have it — how can we be anything but proud of our achievements in ORCS in 1992 , and excited about the prospects for 1993 ? |
24 | The Act is silent about the criteria for admission to membership . |
25 | One did not have to oppose the war to oppose its consequences ; and there was nothing in the least unpatriotic about the demands for ‘ equality of sacrifice ’ . |
26 | Very frequently people closer to today 's marketplace than to the board are more realistic about the possibilities for their business than those at the top . |