Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the back of Radway 's enquiry into women 's romance reading lies a question about the political impact of such activity . |
| 2 | ‘ Connie says she wonders a bit about the sort of God who could make the human race and love it . |
| 3 | In chapter nine Rolle writes a prose-poem about the efficacy of a prayer in which the Holy Name is a focus for all that he understands about the process of redemption . |
| 4 | Uitsmijter , under the academic compulsion to explain , adds a note about the nature of prophecy among the Masai and — the comparative method — among other tribes such as the Dinka and the Nuer . |
| 5 | My father has a theory about the link between mind and bowel being both crucial and very direct . |
| 6 | He went on : ‘ BR have not talked to us about limiting overtime , but it says a lot about the industry when limiting shifts to 12 hours a day is considered progress . ’ |
| 7 | The change says a lot about the persona he was already being driven into . |
| 8 | It says a lot about the present that the recent past has become the subject of much dewy-eyed recollection — mostly by people who were still at primary school when Grandmaster Flash began cutting his way into musical history . |
| 9 | Deborah ( Chapter 2 ) mentions how advertising ‘ pretties up periods ’ , and it is a fact that since putting ads on television for sanitary products , the Independent Broadcasting Authority has had more complaints than for any other product , which says a lot about the public 's discomfort and embarrassment where periods are concerned . |
| 10 | The speed at which ejaculate is estimated to spurt from the penis says a lot about the pressure that 's built up before its release . |
| 11 | It says a lot about the quality of US diplomatic thinking that the Americans were flattered to be put on the same level as the Soviet rulers . |
| 12 | The most disturbing figure was the relatively small number of accidents to make this grim total — 7,960 — which says a lot about the circumstances . |
| 13 | Would you say that this particular debate in itself says a lot about the future role and the growing importance of the European Parliament ? |
| 14 | The subsequent change in the areas tested raises a question about the validity of the tests as a representation of the curriculum — a similar problem to that of the NAEP . |
| 15 | Inevitably this raises a question about the logical structure of existential propositions in general . |
| 16 | Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson has commissioned a life of Barbara Cartland from Tim Heald , as part of a three-book deal which also includes a book about the final year before the handover of Hong Kong to China , The Last Governor , and a third ‘ highly confidential ’ project . |
| 17 | I think a grade of E1 5a is fair and reveals a lot about the ‘ feel ’ of the route . |
| 18 | William of Newburgh , who lived in the twelfth century , records a folktale about the large Neolithic round barrow known as Willy Howe . |
| 19 | However , following one reflection by another reflection constitutes a rotation about the intersection of the mirrors , unless the mirrors happen to be parallel , in which case the product is a translation ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 20 | The contents of a bookcase tells a lot about the owner , people say . |
| 21 | This is because the student asks a question about the use of some part of the library when he/she is motivated to learn that particular point . |
| 22 | And who gives a damn about the people who do care ? |
| 23 | The ownership and control of these things explains a lot about the way the world still works . |
| 24 | Finally , there remains a question about the patients who present with significant ST segment depression , probably indicative of a subendocardial myocardial infarction , but which might be unstable angina . |
| 25 | Like individualism itself , it becomes a claim about the kind of causal factors that will provide us with an understanding of the social world . |
| 26 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 27 | His brother Lewis , a successful alternative comedian ( another who betrays the treasured privacy of his humour ; Scots regard jokes as intimate gifts between friends ) does a routine about the rest of the universe lying outside one 's own front door . |
| 28 | A problem arises when a person makes a mistake about the circumstances by which he is confronted and supposes himself to be under attack when in truth he is not . |
| 29 | Gone are the days when guys thought it was girlie to be groomed , the new man of the 90's makes a noise about the fact that he knows how to look good and what 's more these guys now have more beautifying products than old socks ! |
| 30 | The report makes a recommendation about the assessment of claims for income support , and the payment of such support . |