Example sentences of "have [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received about the home improvement grants scheme . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the level of parliamentary representation from England ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 3 | To ask the Lord President of the Council what representations he has received about the allocation of parliamentary time for private Members . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about the level of expenditure on maintenance for Cleveland 's schools ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about the future strength of the Territorial Army in Scotland . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received about the speed with which motorway repairs are undertaken . |
| 7 | A three-way dispute has developed about the costs of the venture . |
| 8 | Something of a myth has developed about the universality of ‘ live ’ variety that can be explained in terms of generalizations based on those great centres London and New York , and by the ubiquitous nature of printed sheet music which often used the name of a star as a selling gimmick and which took songs into many pubs and drinking saloons as well as into many homes . |
| 9 | Virtually everyone has heard about the importance of adequate protein in the diet . |
| 10 | He has heard about the ‘ Hello curse ’ , where loving couples tell in the glossy how good life is together … and immediately head for a break-up . |
| 11 | The investment bank wishes to maintain relationships in order to ensure future business , to preserve its reputation , and to maintain the value of any information it has gathered about the firm in question — which is obviously unsaleable . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State must reflect a little on the answer that he has given about the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | The German Association of Water and Gas Utilities has protested about the decision because of the extra pollution that will result . |
| 14 | The move came as a sign of frustration by Britain and Hong Kong over the way China has protested about the proposals since they were announced last October — but has failed to come up with any alternative ahead of elections already scheduled for 1995 . |
| 15 | Britain has protested about the proposed visit to Baghdad of former West German Chancellor , Willy Brandt , to try to secure the release of hostages . |
| 16 | As long as she is ‘ fed and watered ’ , she writes , the local authority is satisfied : ‘ It has forgotten about the quality of my life . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ That silly bastard has forgotten about the petrol and has tried to light a fag ! ’ exclaimed Duncan . |
| 18 | It seems clear that what has happened here is that Johnson has forgotten about the problem of finding ways of making meaning plain and has shifted to a different lexicographical problem , namely how to provide an exhaustive definition of words so that their entire meaning is made explicit . |
| 19 | Of the driver it would be reasonable to say that she must have seen them but she has forgotten about the pigeons and just did n't notice the lights and roadworks . |
| 20 | Subsequently A finds the original certificate and , either because he has forgotten about the sale to B or because he is a rogue , then purports to sell the shares to C. The company will rightly refuse to register C whose only remedy will be against A ( who may by this time be a man-of-straw ) unless he can successfully invoke against the company the so-called doctrine of estoppel by share certificate . |
| 21 | Thus has come about the present status of evolution of which man is the apparent culmination but not the real summit ; for he is himself a transitional being and stands at the turning point of the whole movement . ’ |
| 22 | The great psychologist Carl Jung has written about the ‘ symbolism of illness ’ . |
| 23 | Despite the best endeavours of every serious historian who has written about the subject , this myth is still widely believed . |
| 24 | In this book , which will also serve as the catalogue for the exhibitions , has it been you who has written about the unpublished drawings ? |
| 25 | However I am not so enamoured of the sound of my own voice that , bearing in mind what er Dr has said about the amount of business , I would insist on inflicting it upon it if someone would be prepared to second it and the convenor and the assembly be prepared to accept it . |
| 26 | I , I 'm a general practitioner and I would like to back up initially what the convenor has said about the study pack that has come on child abuse but I have a question . |
| 27 | It is important for the parties to realize that the conciliation officer will tell the other side what each has said about the claim . |
| 28 | I agree with everything that the hon. Gentleman has said about the unacceptable level of unemployment in Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | Will the Minister confirm that , notwithstanding what the hon. Lady has said about the cluster of leukaemia in the vicinity of Thurso , all the scientific studies that have been done fail to prove any connection with work being done at Dounreay ? |
| 30 | I have listened with care to what the hon. Gentleman has said about the matter . |