Example sentences of "is [adj] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that about the bloke that used to go out with Joan Collins ? ’ |
| 2 | Is that about the festival ? |
| 3 | The first stanza of the poem concentrates on a small incident and is specific about the power of the sun to wake up the dead soldier as it used to when he slept in a field . |
| 4 | But this is , I believe , slightly misleading , for although he is right about the mixture of often contradictory emotions , it is wrong to give the impression that the weeping is of the same order of emotional experience related to the child being a patient in actuality . |
| 5 | If Mr Nitschke is right about the hotel being the last of its type in London , it will be the second time around for the property . |
| 6 | In the first place there is much that is right about the confessionalist stance . |
| 7 | He is right about the success of the anti-inflationary policy . |
| 8 | After all Bilbo is right about the road outside Bag End leading all the way to Mordor . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman is right about the principle of humanitarian aid , although he is wrong about the details . |
| 10 | The right hon. Gentleman is right about the significance of that age group , but I am trying to point out that the age for offending has become very young . |
| 11 | ‘ I have no doubt my friend is right about the way Selden died , ’ said Holmes . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman is right about the siting of the energy technology support unit at the AEA , but he will be aware that the ETSU is a discrete unit working full time on renewable energy . |
| 13 | What is odd about the comparison made in Webb is that the comparison is used as the evidence to show that the unfavourable treatment is not gender related rather than as the basis of a comparison for similar treatment . |
| 14 | What is odd about the fact that admiral Horley ruled Hungary between the two War World Wars ? |
| 15 | What is different about the use of the pronouns ? |
| 16 | He is calm about the fact that Ecstasy is easy to fake : ‘ Although some people are selling bleach pills it can burn a hole in your stomach . |
| 17 | The reason why Lieberson is doubtful about the control variable approach is the selectivity processes are probably operating within the control variables themselves and involve factors which affect the dependent variable but in unmeasured ways . |
| 18 | With the Clinton administration under the intensive care of political healer David Gergen , less and less is clear about the fate of health-care reform . |
| 19 | If the social worker is clear about the level of ongoing responsibility for the situation , wanting feed back about how arrangements worked out , this may well make all the difference to the success of the planning . |
| 20 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 21 | The hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde is clear about the answer , but the rest of the Opposition do not agree with him . |
| 22 | Boasting a record of never having had a serious incident or accident in its history , Aurigny is careful about the selection of its pilots , most of whom are mature and experienced aircrew with backgrounds in airline and/or military flying . |
| 23 | Smith is embarrassed about the award , believing that it should have gone to Graham Gooch . |
| 24 | What is interesting about the system is that the driver can decide for himself — by pressing a button — whether or not he wants to use these features . |
| 25 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 26 | Juxtaposed to each detail from the Passion sequence is another about the life of Christ which sets the Passion in the context of the scheme of salvation . |
| 27 | If the report is complimentary about the target and its business , then there is a risk that the vendor will wish to renegotiate the terms . |
| 28 | From his review of American research , and his own work with the School Improvement Project in New York City , Edmonds is convinced about the efficacy of school reform in developing and realizing the potential of pupils in inner city schools . |
| 29 | What is dangerous about the theory of ideology is that having described the structural relationship between knowledge and extant social relations , it is presumed that a correct attitude will enable the ‘ true ’ account of the world to emerge . |
| 30 | If he is vague about the meaning of Christ 's death and resurrection , he can not hope to introduce others to Jesus as their Saviour . |