Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun pl] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a willingness to accept claims about the functional relations between the properties of social.wholes and those of individuals as explanatory also stems from a sympathy with the underlying interest of holism . |
| 2 | Deborah Coles described the testimony of the medical officer responsible for F as an attempt to avoid questions about the justification for F 's treatment . |
| 3 | But due to the lack of official interest , it has been left to the Merchant Navy Association to make enquiries about the possible striking of a commemorative award by the Surrey-based firm Award Productions , who have recently attracted attention with their issue of a National Service Medal . |
| 4 | If there has been little precise guidance to team members about the professional relationships and operational procedures to be followed , so , equally , there has been little guidance about their relationship to the rest of the service system . |
| 5 | Brave Joe Daly , 20 , drove through London at top speed to warn police about the terrorist attack . |
| 6 | The development of a curriculum which inculcates in children respect for cultures different from their own is surely worthwhile , as is an attempt to correct misconceptions about the role of women in society . |
| 7 | An information office is shortly to be set up by East Hampshire District Council to answer queries about the drainage work taking place in the village . |
| 8 | It is therefore preferable for the drafter to avoid disputes about the consequences of breach of a particular term by defining the consequences of breach explicitly . |
| 9 | O. J. Braddick ( personal communication ) has pointed out that unlike monocular perspective cues , the differential perspective cues described here could be exploited without the need to make assumptions about the homogeneity or isotropy of the elements making up the surface . |
| 10 | The head teacher must also inform the parents ( or pupil , if aged 18-plus ) of their right to make representations about the exclusion to the LEA and/or governors . |
| 11 | Anthropology has played a significant part in illustrating ways in which symbolic use is made of the body to make statements about the condition of society itself ( Mauss 1935 , Douglas 1973 , Blacking 1977 , etc. ) , and hair became an apposite symbolic indicator of the problems the forces of control were faced with at this time . |
| 12 | In the first study , carried out by the Institute of Manpower Studies and the RNC , researchers have concluded that the experience of PRP for nurses in the USA has produced ‘ sufficient evidence to raise doubts about the efficiency of monetary incentives in raising employee performance in the public sector ’ . |
| 13 | Following his address to the diocesan synod at Chelmsford Cathedral on Saturday , members will have the chance to ask questions about the issues raised . |
| 14 | we have set up co-ordinators in every local education authority to train teachers about the harm drugs can do , a nd to bring the fight against drug abuse into the classroom ; |
| 15 | The rather disconcerting message comes from Bradley Allen , director of investor relations , in London last week to brief investors about the company 's efforts to return to profitability through restructuring , cost-cutting and changes in technology . |
| 16 | In Armagas Ltd v Mudogas SA [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 385 the House of Lords held that where an agent had no apparent authority to make statements about the subject matter of the contract , a party dealing with the agent could not argue that the agent had apparent authority to make statements about his own authority , nor that the principal was vicariously liable for his fraud . |
| 17 | It may be possible to prevent employees misrepresenting the effect of the terms by including a specific provision excluding their authority to make representations about the meaning or effect of the terms . |
| 18 | The effect of a term excluding the agents 's authority to make representations about the meaning or effect of the terms would appear to prevent the other contracting party claiming that the agent had any actual or apparent authority to make such statements . |
| 19 | An important service for distance learning students is the Henley Extended Learning Programme ( HELP ) which allows students to connect with a central database to retrieve details about the course , workshops , examinations and administration . |
| 20 | Speaking in a radio interview , he said the group had a duty to dispel myths about the treatment of Roman Catholics in the province . |
| 21 | NB Any alleged failure by the doctor to disclose risks about the treatment , which might have enabled the patient to give an informed consent , does not invalidate the consent . |
| 22 | If she could think of a good reason to ask questions about the missing don among his colleagues , she might well come up with some interesting answers . |
| 23 | And , the memo went on , it was his duty to make representations about the conduct of the exam ‘ where that leaves something to be desired ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ People are gaining confidence in the profession to make assertions about the importance of values and ethical judgments . ’ |
| 25 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 26 | Mr Sjogren said that Talb had agreed in principle to answer questions about the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 27 | It should aspire to reflect the processes of teaching , learning and schooling in order to educate judgements about the adequacy of educational provision and the quality of experience pupils have . |
| 28 | The Conversation Analytic approach to code switching taken here relies on the responses of the participants in a conversation to warrant claims about the work which a particular code switch is doing . |
| 29 | At the time of the Vatican conference , I did not know how to use the " no boundary " idea to make predictions about the universe . |
| 30 | It has been suggested that subjective risk in driving may have many similarities with emotional arousal in other circumstances , thus the best way to make predictions about the potential effects of subjective risk on memory for driving situations is to review the general literature on the relationship between arousal and memory . |