Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 2 | Their models have been evolving as circumstances have changed and explain much of what has been happening at the level of the industry , but say little about the behaviour of individual firms . |
| 3 | MOST modern books on Japan say little about the Japanese . |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is appalling that the Opposition whinge on about the failure of this country to export , when we know that what we need from both sides of the House is unanimity to help exporters and not complaints about them ? |
| 5 | You may , of course , add to your letter later in writing or say more about the case at the Appeal Committee hearing . |
| 6 | We say more about the resolutions in the explanatory notes but if you have any queries about them please telephone our Shareholder Enquiry Office where the staff will be able to help you . |
| 7 | Will the Minister commit himself and the Government to the development of the coal industry in Scotland and say more about the Government 's intentions for Monktonhall , lest Yorkshire face the same problems as Scotland , as the Bishop of Durham made clear this weekend ? |
| 8 | When the light fades , the swifts say more about the weather |
| 9 | Clarke writes a good deal more intelligently — and entertainingly — than many who prattle on about the future . |
| 10 | We wo n't be able to nod off as news presenters drone on about the world 's woes and mother-in-laws ring with the latest family crisis . |
| 11 | ‘ At present I worry most about the unemployment statistics , the poverty data and any suggestions of tampering with the Retail Price Index . ’ |
| 12 | The figures that I quoted were given in a written answer to a question that I put down about the cutbacks in regional preferential assistance . |
| 13 | The sediments themselves reveal much about the environment of deposition , as was shown in Chapter 3 . |
| 14 | Here 's a little report I put together about the game down in Southampton . |
| 15 | Ask children what they line best about the school . |
| 16 | They worry also about the possibility that war could spill out into the so-far peaceful bits of the Balkan neighbourhood ( see below ) . |
| 17 | The fear about bed blocking is acknowledged in Newcastle 's assessment procedures , which speak repeatedly about the need not to delay discharge . |
| 18 | Support staff who remain with the women worry increasingly about the lack of continuity . |
| 19 | Yet for all the theories put forward about the qualities required to win the Masters , it provides one of the best opportunities for a rank-and-file player to win a major title . |
| 20 | But , for the first time , they have had their ambassador in Washington speak publicly about the issue . |
| 21 | Some teenage mothers complain bitterly about the attitudes and treatment they receive in antenatal clinics and classes and in hospital , which are sometimes patronising and even rude . |
| 22 | Industrial developers and housebuilders complain bitterly about the rate at which land is fed into the development pipeline , yet at the same time are dependent on planning to provide a degree of certainty and support for profitable investment . |
| 23 | Officials complain less about the feebleness of the treaty and talk more of goals such as enlargement and aiding Eastern Europe . |
| 24 | is that what 's making you all clam up about the potential for women 's traditions ? |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I suggest you give up about the beginning of September . |
| 26 | But people complain sometimes about the flushes , but I was glad when I had a flush because I felt better after having flushes ! |
| 27 | Over some excellent claret at the judge 's lodgings in St Albans , he said , ‘ What I remember most about the trial — and I had n't expected it — was the character of Eck . |
| 28 | ‘ The first playback to the A&R people is the thing I dislike most about the job , ’ he concedes . |
| 29 | MUCH stress is laid by educationalists on literacy and numeracy , but we hear little about the importance of being articulate . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , we hear little about the role and inestimable value of leafcutters in channelling nutrients through tropical forests , as they convert leaves into rich humus . |