Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Let's think about the unsuccessful hospitals and , possibly more to the point , the unsuccessful ventures undertaken from time to time by otherwise efficient units . |
2 | However if you plan to do a lot of recording of teaching and can arrange for classes to come to one special recording room you may think about a two-camera system . |
3 | Whatever advertisers and their agencies may think about the respective merits of Conservative , Labour or even Liberal Democrat administrations , general election mean a windfall of about £10m worth of business for media owners and a favoured few advertising agencies — reportedly some £8m of that spent by the Conservatives , £2m by Labour and a meagre £250,000 by the Liberal Democrats . |
4 | Translated into seats , the result of the Norris poll shows that the Tories will be unopposed in the Commons throughout the next Parliament with a working majority of 650 , though psephologists may quibble about the low sample size — 30 — which could give a margin of error of about minus 60 per cent . |
5 | ‘ I really must think about the whole question , ’ she thought , as she went up the stairs to the flat . |
6 | As there is supposed to be a degree of coalition forces air control in that region , the British and American forces must know about the aerial bombardments . |
7 | A DS19 should cost about the same , but unless you 're buying for a museum , avoid the early models . |
8 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
9 | Your call should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
10 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
11 | This is a guide only and each club in the set should have about the same swingweight . |
12 | ‘ I must tell about the curious will he left . |
13 | Perhaps , though , we should worry about the overall build-up of methane . |
14 | I understand the concern that people may feel about the proposed change , but I am content that it should go thus . |
15 | There 's one paradox here that I think can confuse people and we ought to talk about a little bit and that is the libidinal aspect . |
16 | WHATEVER anyone might think about the amazing Norman Lamont saga , everyone will be agreed on one point : How can lawyers run up a Pounds 23,000 bill so simply ? |
17 | Whatever the gentleman in question might feel about the Hanoverian monarchy and the Jacobite cause he could , in the circumstances , hardly refuse to take the oaths to Government and cast his vote for his friend in a subsequent election . |
18 | I tell , I mean ju okay , forgetting the carpet at the moment it 's , it 'll cost , it 'll cost about a grand to get the toilets all done up |
19 | Oh well we 'll forget about the six to start with it takes too long . |
20 | minus a million , we 'll forget about the ten , just think of the minus a million . |
21 | And I 'll write about the strange talk I had with the Nielsen woman . |
22 | The papers might talk about the swinging sixties but the nearest most girls of Maura 's age got to it was in the clothes they wore . |
23 | They 'll complain about an individual flat , |
24 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
25 | Oh I could think about an awful lot of them I think . |
26 | Miss Hatherby explained in her dry , sibilant voice , that they were sent from Paris so that London ladies could know about the latest French fashions and have them copied . |
27 | I told him about Hirondelle and how Deacon Billingsley had lied about the yacht 's fate , and I confessed that though there was nothing I could do about a corrupt policeman , nor about what I strongly suspected had been the murder of a yacht 's crew , I was still curious about the island . |
28 | Once in the flat , with Brian having departed promising to see what he could do about an early appointment with Dr Shalcross , she tried to tell herself that she was feeling better , that this break was all she needed , that coming to London was the answer to any temporary difficulty . |
29 | There was nothing United could do about the second ; a great piece of football skill from Alan McLoughlin . |
30 | ‘ There was very little he could do about the horrendous injuries Cooper suffered in his two fights against Ali , but he saved him on countless other occasions with his quick , methodical work . ’ |