Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [noun pl] about the " in BNC.

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1 The hotline scheme coincides with a new £1.2m exhibition gallery at the museum , ‘ Food for Thought ’ which is intended to entertain and to instruct visitors about the past present and future of food , food industries , eating out , and food fashion — ranging from Lyons corner houses and Palm Court tea rooms in the 1920s and 1930s to the coffee bars of the Fifties and McDonalds fast-food outlets of the 1980s .
2 I agree also that it is absurd to suggest that there is anything wrong with national testing of pupils ' progress at certain ages , both to inform parents and to inform localities about the performance of their schools .
3 As a result of this observation , the clinic manager decided to train VHWs to weigh children , to interpret the chart and to teach mothers about the charts ( Van der Walt et al , 1991 ) .
4 The effect of video-pop was to shift the balance between pop 's aural and visual elements ( and to favour genres , like teeny bop , in which visuals have always been crucial — hence the ‘ second British invasion ’ of the American charts and the success of groups like Duran Duran and Wham ! ) ; and to raise questions about the construction of pop sexuality .
5 I will attempt to address this theme in the context of the current situation and to make suggestions about the future of support for special needs in the primary school based on experience of good practice in the past and present .
6 Aware of the need for effective practical techniques of odour control , in June 1971 , the Department of the Environment set up a working party with the following terms of reference : ‘ To examine the problems of unpleasant odours emitted by offensive and selected other trades , and to make recommendations about the best practicable means for their minimisation and suppression ’ .
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