Example sentences of "they [be] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not even reflect the cognitive side of learning ; they are about the ability to recall and express accurately in a pressurised situation . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the general public is not yet as aware of these technical achievements as they are about the waste they dispose of in their dustbins each week . |
| 3 | Inside the computer if you open up the computer you see these little chips , silicon chips they 're about a centimetre perhaps in length and you 'll see a row of , nine or ten of them , that 's physically what the memory is . |
| 4 | The dippers are browny-black in colour with striking , snowy white breasts ; they 're about the size of a well-fed blackbird , but far more enjoyable to watch . |
| 5 | They 're about the size of a cigarette packet and come with a connector for one of the standard low-cost LAN cable types ( which usually means thin co-an and BNC connections ) . |
| 6 | Thirty four P they 're about an inch long . |
| 7 | Its little green-booted feet made running motions , though they were about a metre off the kitchens slate-tiled floor . |
| 8 | They were about a foot apart , by themselves , and lying in a pool of blood . |
| 9 | Mr Hurd has talked about these articles as if they were about the imposition of old East European ‘ socialism ’ ( with Chancellor Kohl leading the way ? ) . |
| 10 | They were about continuity , they were about the desire of Painting to go on living . |
| 11 | I bought the fish from a local breeder when they were about an inch long . |
| 12 | They were about an inch to one and a half inches in thickness and nearly two feet square . |