Example sentences of "[be] [verb] about [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world .
2 In the second part we begin to look at some of the arguments which have been developed about the possible effects of new technology on the kinds of jobs available in the future .
3 While ample reassurances have been given about the financial implications of this massive support for South Africa , IRB delegates from New Zealand , Australia , France , England , Scotland , Wales , Ireland , Japan , Italy , Canada and Argentina were startled to learn in detail of the parlous state of the new union .
4 The 1984 village case study revealed that the Bangladeshi mothers ( some of whom had already been taught about the lobon-gur solution ) recognised four different types of diarrhoea and generally thought only one of these types to be an indication for the use of the lobon-gur mixture .
5 At a meeting of European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers in Dublin , Ireland , on Feb. 20 , Genscher sought to reassure those governments which had not been consulted about the two plus four agreement .
6 The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ .
7 Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles .
8 If you are writing about a twentieth-century author and you want ideas about the author or what to say about her or him , you can use the massive reference work published by Gale , Contemporary Authors ( which lists biographical and bibliographical information , together with other relevant comments ) and Contemporary Literary Criticism , which is described as " excerpts from criticism of the works of today 's novelists , poets , playwrights and other creative writers " .
9 By studying map Fig. 5 , it will be seen that small ruined sheds or " hutts " are sited about the opened veins whilst piles of hand cobbed , or knapped , deads are associated with these .
10 I am writing about a monstrous ordinariness .
11 Her claims to be heard are based on her spiritual topic matter and the historical accident that she writes at a time when she believes more has been revealed about the divine and therefore she possesses ‘ more information ’ than previously .
12 Little had been said about the other regional aspect represented by unemployment and economic decline in the Special Areas .
13 ‘ A lot has been said about the marvellous people who do look after Down 's Syndrome babies .
14 First , much has been said about the immediate effects of industrial action on the process of the project .
15 There is very little to say about the new Robert Zemeckis film that has n't been said about the old one .
16 Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions .
17 Well , just generally , we have n't restricted recruiting of care staff , in other words , unless we know there 's a decision been made about a residential establishment which there has n't been at present .
18 A wide range of comments have also been made about the simplistic nature of the grids as specifiers of where investment should be placed .
19 To counter-balance any shortcomings on the domestic front claims have frequently been made about the major contribution which financial services rendered to the economy through invisible exports .
20 IMPORTANT discoveries have been made about the early history of Glasgow Cathedral during recent archaeological excavations .
21 Harlequins ... 14 Swansea … .. 21 DO NOT believe everything that has been written about the parlous state of Anglo-Welsh matches now that the English clubs are diverted by the league .
22 Much has been written about the ritual practices , accoutrements , and spiritual calling of the shaman , who functioned as priest , soothsayer and healer .
23 It can be argued that no truly great novel has yet been written about the second world war .
24 Much has been written about the technological challenge of North Sea oil , said to be second only to the American space programme in scale .
25 Much has been written about the pure theory of public choice but , in spite of a few pioneering works ( the best known being Downs , An Economic Theory of Democracy and Olson , The Logic of Collective Action ) there have been few recent applications in political science .
26 Those opening words from Marx 's Capital could have been written about the long postwar boom , the most striking feature of which was a quite breathtaking growth in production .
27 Now a play 's been written about the darker days of his life in Worcestershire .
28 So much has already been written about the operational side of the industry that the public tend to take for granted the workforce whose expertise makes it all possible . ’
29 Much has been written about the pioneering spirit of the men and women who left their homelands in times of primitive travel facilities and poor communications , to settle on virgin land of which they had little or no knowledge .
30 Alternative energy technologies will be successfully diffused only if realistic assumptions are made about the real economic situation in the Third World .
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