Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I WANT TO TALK ABOUT black comedy on TV — I wo n't be long . ’ |
| 2 | So I want to talk about medical practices er |
| 3 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 4 | People want to read about real struggles in the sort of books written by people like Joanna Trollope and Mary Wesley . ’ |
| 5 | Women tend to talk about real things , whereas Nigel and I like to sit in a restaurant retelling old stories . |
| 6 | During counselling we tend to talk about physical symptoms . |
| 7 | We stop to chat about national affairs or the state of the Common , hardly ever about what was on the box last night . |
| 8 | Indeed , people begin to talk about under-developed Britain , or under-developing Britain , so that we now do n't see this sharp division between British problems as a developed country , and developing countries ' problems in Zambia , or Chile , or wherever , or India . |
| 9 | One test of our response to the change made by age is what we decide to do about grey hair . |
| 10 | Only in mathematics do we see a successful artificial and international language , though when we come to talk about visual language we may see something a little like it ; and music might count as a language , though one in which it is hard to say anything very definite . |
| 11 | But Weber gives wertrational action its own standing and importance and , when we come to think about expressive rationality later , we shall return to the topic . |
| 12 | ( Others besides embalmers need to worry about public reaction ! ) |
| 13 | She and her partner , woman or man , need to know about dental dams . |
| 14 | These guides are not absolutely essential ( the outline on nutrition in Chapter 4 tells you all you really need to know about healthy eating ) , but they can be very interesting ; the better ones give information about foods under specific brand names . |
| 15 | It includes everything you need to know about healthy eating , sport and exercise , along with tips on looking good and relaxation . |
| 16 | The association produces two useful booklets : Carpet Facts ( which tells you all you need to know about different types of carpet and how to choose the right colours and designs for your home ) ; and Carpet Care ( which gives tips on cleaning and maintenance ) . |
| 17 | a book mark of the information you need to know about English A Levels . |
| 18 | • All you need to know about herbal medicines |
| 19 | No longer is it adequate simply to maintain discharges within consent levels : now companies have to worry about environmental audits and integrated pollution control ( IPC ) . |
| 20 | You need to learn about good breeding . |
| 21 | Okay Suzanne before you go for your first sail there are a few things you need to learn about basic boat controls . |
| 22 | Erm there are again there is information , there 's lots of packages on environment there 's boo , booklets on it which Catherine gave to me and I think I need to think about specific areas in the school like Milvia 's doing but not to overlap if Milvia does think about that , to try something else , some other way . |