Example sentences of "about [pron] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transport of trees presented no problem : packed in chests with moss about their roots they could be kept out of ground two or three months , provided it was a dormant season . |
| 2 | However , if males differ in their quality , it could pay females to be choosy about which males they will mate with . |
| 3 | If you were going to worry about her feelings you would n't have started the affair in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | If you are in any doubt about its contents you should consult your stockbroker , bank manager , accountant or other professional adviser , authorised under the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 5 | Did you say he was in North Africa ? if we ca n't do anything about his legs we 'll give him a new head when he gets back . |
| 6 | Such policy simulation forms the basis of the advice that economists give to governments about what policies they should actually undertake . |
| 7 | The moral authority of law gets a foothold in the idea that it is rational to give special consideration to views which result from a process of impartial , informed and capable reflection , and this not simply because this process helps us to know more precisely what will promote independently ascertained moral goals but also because it is liable to result in superior judgements about what goals we ought to pursue ( Campbell , 1971 ) . |
| 8 | ( g ) the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the takeover ( in a contested bid , the offeror will need to think carefully about what arguments it will put forward in order to persuade the target 's shareholders to accept the offer against their board 's recommendation and , where it needs its own shareholders ' approval , its arguments justifying the proposed bid ) ; and |
| 9 | Jean would appreciate a note from you about what royalties she might expect in the near future , remembering she 's had a 500 advance . |
| 10 | They forgot briefly that they were having a fight ; instead they had a happy half-hour of fantasy about what books they could write and read and live with . |
| 11 | So if our , if you wanted to be eighty five percent confident about our inferences , right , we would reject that null hypotheses of no serial correlation , right , if we wanted to be ninety five percent confident about our inferences we would accept the null point of no serial correlation in tha in that case . |