Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish I could have 2,000 words to write about THE SIZE OF HER HANDS . |
| 2 | The terms were used in some LEAs to identify children on Statements of Special Educational Needs , and they were adopted by some authors to talk about the curriculum ( Gulliford 1985 ) . |
| 3 | Finally , reward those who have read the papers by giving them the most opportunities to talk about the material and to express their views . |
| 4 | Keeping in touch with all local voluntary groups , clubs and local organisations in order to obtain opportunities to speak about the work of the health service and the employment opportunities . |
| 5 | It is a gross slander on the miners to talk about the cost of coal and about productivity when miners in Britain are achieving record productivity figures . |
| 6 | A particularly ferocious gust brought Leonora to her feet to roam about the room wishing passionately that the weather would improve . |
| 7 | Often groups can be given a " familiarisation visit " , going behind the scenes in the archives to learn about the range of documents and the methods of preserving and caring for them . |
| 8 | Mrs Whitehouse wrote immediately to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications to complain about the episode , receiving an apologetic reply from Lord Hill of the BBC . |
| 9 | In between clearing up her parent 's affairs she was doing deputation work , visiting various places to speak about the work in Africa . |
| 10 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 11 | I have extraordinary things to report about the child . |
| 12 | Checklist of questions to ask about the company so that you are well informed before the interview |
| 13 | ‘ The idea that people with no professional expertise in education could go into schools and have relevant things to say about the teaching methodology seems patent nonsense . ’ |
| 14 | At last week 's meeting members took a trip down memory lane with Ron Beach , who had many fascinating stories to tell about the village — and he also prompted a few reminiscences from others who had tales to tell . |
| 15 | Probably she would have a good few stories to tell about the world they had come from . |
| 16 | They have some fairly disparaging comments to make about the study of ‘ use ’ as a predictor for weeding . |
| 17 | John has some mysterious tales to tell about the castle : ‘ Visitors often say that they can smell newly-baked bread in the drawing room in the eastern tower . |
| 18 | This is an important area for school librarians and teachers to consider about the design and layout of information held on the microcomputer in relation to the identification of curriculum-related keywords and the development of information skills . |
| 19 | But England ceased to become a Catholic er country and we had the Reformation and the emphasis changed from people looking at these spectacular coloured windows to learn about the Bible bec er and people started to read , literacy came in . |
| 20 | Unlike a pension fund in either Britain , America or even Japan , these interlocking shareholders have strong economic reasons to care about the performance of the firms in which they own shares . |
| 21 | ‘ I would advise any 14-year-olds to forget about the glamour of Man-chester United and Arsenal and join their local clubs . |
| 22 | The space of the hall would be defined by an electron cloud : the volume required for one or more electrons to revolve about the nucleus at high speed . |
| 23 | At Llanvillin his oratory caused two huge butcher-like men to dance about the room in excited admiration , and at Bala , he provoked a violent quarrel among the justice , the doctor , and others of the parish who were gathered at the inn . |
| 24 | Cronenberg 's crazed , controversial , body-rebelling movie had some salient points to make about the video nasty furore then current , but scenes like the one where Deborah Harry stubbed a cigarette out on her breast got all the attention . |
| 25 | The atmosphere in C was slightly more informal ; this was in large part due to the physical layout of the lecture rooms , which bore a greater resemblance to school classrooms — students sat on chairs at desks and the lecturer 's podium was on the same level as the desks , allowing lecturers to move about the room answering questions . |
| 26 | The group tasks in Video Plan 15 on page 62 encourage students to think about the way a programme was put together . |
| 27 | d ) careers talks Talks by employers enable students to learn about the range of opportunities available to them . |
| 28 | A COMPLAINTS system is being set up by a local authority to make it easier for residents to complain about the service that the council offers . |
| 29 | I 'm feel that it is the remit of this council , or indeed other district councils to talk about the whole of the county of Cambridgeshire , particularly when they start mucking around with issues well outside their own geographical area . |
| 30 | My main research technique , participant observation , was coupled with informal interviews to learn about the past and about areas of life I could not observe . |