Example sentences of "that [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we can understand the cellular forces that bring about changes in the shape of the embryo then we can begin to ask further questions . |
| 2 | The thoughts and images that bring about ecstasy should be accumulated from every source so that when one fails , then there will be others that can be tried . |
| 3 | The plausibility stems from the implicit allusion to ideology ; there are historical forces at work in human culture that bring about the obfuscation of meanings that are then hidden . |
| 4 | Thus our next problems are to understand what principles govern the establishment and modification of the interconnections between unimaginable numbers of nerve cells , how these interconnections endow us with higher mental functions , and the cellular mechanisms that bring about these remarkable processes . |
| 5 | When we looked at group psychology and analysis of the ego , we saw that it was processes that occur in the ego , such as identification and projection , that make social groups possible , that bring about the social order of psychological groups . |
| 6 | It 's not just what is repressed , it 's the structures of the ego that bring about these repressions , the identifications and so on . |
| 7 | It is therefore of great importance to identify and characterise the kinases that bring about these events . |
| 8 | ‘ For it is he that goes about to destroy me and my blood . ’ |
| 9 | All these people that tear about on the water on a Sunday do n't know what they 're doing and are in desperate need of someone to manage them . |
| 10 | As for cutting it away , it was obvious that to wander about on the other side of the rampart was to invite certain death . |
| 11 | What the hell was that kiss about in the middle of all this ? |
| 12 | ‘ What was all that palaver about outside ? ’ |
| 13 | Oh I think that occurred about erm , I mean now the , the trend is for long erm chromium stems you know with lights coming out of all different angles and they are very decorative in a very modern house and that will be |
| 14 | The most lethal amphibian venom of all is secreted by tiny arrow-poison frogs that clamber about in the leaves littering the floor of the South American rain forests . |
| 15 | This time Damien Cronin kept going a move that seemed about to die and Hastings just made the line near the corner . |
| 16 | I telephoned to the Union Jack Club asking for help , explaining the ‘ miracle ’ that seemed about to occur . |
| 17 | All the nerves in her chest and stomach tightened into one solid knot that seemed about to burst out of her throat . |
| 18 | There was the huge extension of state activity in other areas of social life that came about as a result of the ‘ warfare means welfare ’ principle of the 1940s . |
| 19 | I do believe that came about because of an incident for which Grandfather Hauxwell was responsible . |
| 20 | There are also these privatization a lot of husbands and wives bought these shares of privatization had it in joint names , well that tax will have been deducted and can be reclaimed also , so er this was a change that came about with independent taxation . |
| 21 | She said : " I felt at an earlier stage there were enough moderate Africans who could have taken their place alongside whites in government and there would have been much more evolution towards African leadership than the revolution that came about in the end . |
| 22 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 23 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |
| 24 | A germ , there 's a germ that floats about in the air and if it gets onto the skin when it 's broken . |
| 25 | I can not express to you the charm that hangs about a mountain like Ben Each as the mists swathe its rocky sides ; they rise , they fall , they whirl , they soar as on wings of light , they cast shadows , they give grand mystery , and anon reveal some hidden dell , some great bare precipice , or perhaps display a glowing patch of verdure . |
| 26 | Hence we see frogs , newts , slow-worms , toads and so on , where men have seen none , and for this reason it seems women have a greater bonding with slimy things that hang about pools . |
| 27 | though the pigeons that hang about the stairwell |
| 28 | ‘ He had a lot of wavy black hair on top that flowed about as he conducted , ’ she said . |
| 29 | He liked the air of legend that hung about his head . |
| 30 | ‘ So you 're Miss Theodosia Kyte ? ’ she said in a thin voice whose tone matched the air of acidity that hung about her . |