Example sentences of "it be [adv] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should it be primarily about celebration of success and ways of ensuring further successes or is it a time for grizzling at parents ? |
| 2 | I du n no how much it is — it 's probably about lOp . |
| 3 | Now I do n't wan na , want me to prattle on much more tonight , if it 's not worth speaking about , I think it 's probably about enough |
| 4 | No it 's probably about the same . |
| 5 | It 's probably about what time they 're coming back in . |
| 6 | It 's probably about one size |
| 7 | ‘ It 's mostly about birds . |
| 8 | Erm so , in principle we 've agreed that schedule , er I 'm waiting for erm Bob to sort V I out and the name erm as you may be aware erm Bob wants to call it client servicing and our view was that by and large it was n't a question of having to have loads more different screens we just needed them in different areas and they could , they 'd go to Louise to get where people were going to be and it 's mostly about the R S six thousand for commission erm on which there are only about twenty of those anyway , twenty seven so I did n't really see that as being a major issue . |
| 9 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 10 | It 's not about hair or women being shameful , it 's about respect , about being sacred . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not about these young chaps in particular , it 's about bottom , ’ boomed McAlpine , who is being described as Neil Kinnock 's speechwriter after the Labour leader , in his resignation statement , quoted his article praising the contribution of the Tory tabloids to the election victory . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not about us . |
| 13 | The aim would be to help people ‘ who never find love , it 's not about casual sex . ’ |
| 14 | It 's not about real people , whereas Coronation Street is . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Obviously , it 's not about a pigeon , ’ Margaret decides , ‘ there 's definitely an urban theme to the album . |
| 16 | No , it 's not about taking chances in the commodities market but rather a kind of theatre of concern about human potential in our era of heightened environmental concern . |
| 17 | It 's not about proving it ; it 's a moral question . ’ |
| 18 | We spend most of our time trying to pretend it 's not about God at all . |
| 19 | As far as I 'm concerned , and I 've through the whole scene of infertility , motherhood is about responsibility and privilege , it 's not about rights , and it 's responsibility that lasts a lifetime and it 's tremendous privilege to be a mother ! |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not about me , is it ? |
| 21 | ‘ You 're just peeved that it 's not about your subject , that 's all . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not about marriage . |
| 23 | It 's not about events , but about characters and their discourse ’ ( 160 ) . |
| 24 | But of course it 's not about animals at all . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , if it 's not about her death , what is it about ? ’ |
| 26 | Wycliffe said : ‘ It 's not about Alfred that I 'm here but another matter altogether . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's got ‘ Earth ’ in the title , it 's not about hunting but there is a fox , and I ca n't remember the publisher . ’ |
| 28 | So having introduced the idea that I S O Nine Thousand is about improving our management competence , it 's not about improving our technical competence , we are technically very good . |
| 29 | ‘ And no , it 's not about my laundry . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not about diving into the murky depths in search of treasure — that is just the impression we want to get away from ’ , insists Noel Fojut , Historic Scotland 's Principal Inspector responsible for underwater archaeology . |