Example sentences of "[det] people [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It never fails to amaze me how little some people know about the fish they are buying , even down to the most basic of aspects . |
| 2 | Before the study began , few people knew about the dolphin , but the upsurge in public interest prompted many locals to claim that they were seeing more dolphins recently than ever before , whereas in fact they had probably just taken greater notice of something that had always been there . |
| 3 | Although the institute now has a staff of 28 at its Kensington headquarters , it copes with the collection only because few people know about the free public listening service that it offers . |
| 4 | Few people know about the great lengths and the key behind the scenes roles French and Fordham played in South Africa 's return to the international rugby scene . |
| 5 | Few people know about the work of Y Care International , the charity that Yasmin le Bon supports so enthusiastically . |
| 6 | How much did these people know about the likely profitability of the books ? |
| 7 | Many people worry about the imagined complexity of defibrillators . |
| 8 | Very many people heard about the riots in the area last year , and heard the authorities ' explanations for them , but this programme attempted to find the root causes of the problems . |
| 9 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 10 | The leak could have come from any one of a large number of sources , as far too many people knew about the plans . |
| 11 | The gamble is that the more people know about the workings of behaviour the more they will use it skilfully to benefit themselves and others . |
| 12 | In England , Emily Davison died under the King 's horse , Anmer , at Tottenham Corner during the Derby , but more people worried about the injury to the horse . |
| 13 | The more people complained about the Neath forwards ' haircuts , the less inclined the Neath forwards were to change them ; the more people complained about Neath 's rugby , the less Neath were inclined to change . |
| 14 | Most people know about the Ozone layer in the earth 's stratosphere . |