Example sentences of "[adj] about [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It in many instances it is n't specific about levels of traffic reduction which are significant . |
| 2 | The purpose of this section was to discover as much as possible about trends in staffing and recruitment , the internal policies of institutions on Language in Education , and a little about the attitudes of tutors in this area towards their field . |
| 3 | We feel guilty about sins of commission and sins of omission — when we have done something we should n't or when we have not done something we should . |
| 4 | The design staff and manual workers at Lucas jointly felt that there was something seriously wrong about forms of technology which could make product systems as complex as Concorde while in the same society old people were dying of hypothermia . |
| 5 | They were vague about dates of departure , and only shrugged and said bad bokra , a phrase which literally means " the day after tomorrow " but is generally understood to imply something rather more indefinite . |
| 6 | Before waxing lyrical about types of communication we need firstly to appreciate the uniqueness of the hotel environment . |
| 7 | Overweight individuals tend not to be so relaxed about fluctuations in body size as slim people . |
| 8 | He particularly was concerned about problems of scale as a practical problem , that is it may well be in a small town you could have a direct democracy , a face-to-face community where people can talk to each other and argue with each other and meet on a regular basis , but as soon as you get cities , countries , nations , direct democracy of any sort is erm absurd |
| 9 | The Alzheimer 's Disease Society is concerned about surveys by Community Care and Doctor which indicate that local authority financial cuts under the new community care system will affect elderly people and other groups ( News , page 1 and ‘ Can the rift be healed ’ 1 April ) . |
| 10 | But the Home Office told us it was concerned about attacks on prison officers and it will be reviewing staffing levels . |
| 11 | Glennerster , for example , while supporting the general aims of decentralisation , warns of the dangers of damaging inter-agency co-ordination and planning ; he is particularly concerned about links with health services and the fate of specialist teams concerned with mental handicap , mental illness and geriatric assessment . |
| 12 | The mid-1970s brought increased economic pressure to bear on all business activities , and this had the effect of making advertising agencies become more concerned about reductions in company advertising budgets . |
| 13 | Even electronic publishers can be sniffy about novels on disc . |
| 14 | An anonymous respondent , similarly reticent about details of search firms ' names , agreed that ‘ large buys prestige in the eyes of candidates ’ , but warned that using these firms ‘ tends to restrict the choice of employer ’ from which to hunt and find candidates . |
| 15 | The authors fail to emphasise the difficulties that arise from the lack of information available about indications for treatment . |
| 16 | One can not be distanced from or emotionally neutral about issues of self-knowledge . |
| 17 | Looking to the future , architects are increasingly pessimistic about levels of work with 41 per cent now expecting a fall . |
| 18 | Stewart , now 27 , is scathing about attempts by officialdom to tackle homelessness and says ministers like Peter Lilley , the Social Security Secretary , need to experience the problems of the homeless directly . |
| 19 | Maclennan is more optimistic about improvements in forecasting than the Coopers and Lybrand team , partly because Scotland has a unique source of house price information ( known as the Register of Sasines ) . |
| 20 | The firm that makes the ties sold in the country 's department stores , is optimistic about prospects at home . |
| 21 | If our staff are worried about problems at home or work they can not achieve that , ’ said , staff relations manager with Standard Life in Edinburgh , explaining the company 's decision to provide an Employee Assistance Programme ( EAP ) . |
| 22 | The hon. Lady was also worried about methods of debt recovery , but admitted that legislation states that a court order is needed . |
| 23 | Since then , prison service has become more anxious about questions of security and control , and confidence in the rehabilitative ideal has declined . |
| 24 | erm I think there are one or two of the elderly tenants in particular who felt really very anxious about activities at night time , and they 're going to have their property stolen , or things thrown at their house . |
| 25 | ‘ Mr Punch doing penance for his error of 35 years ago , ’ — presumably around 1884 he had said something silly about women in Parliament — ‘ and begs to offer his respectful congratulations to Lady Astor ’ . |
| 26 | He was sensitive about questions of telephone tapping . |