Example sentences of "they [vb base] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their first scene together , where Fluellen begins with a feeling of respect for Pistol 's bravery at the bridge ( how obtained we know not ) , they dispute about the iconography of the goddess Fortune , Pistol in verse , Fluellen in prose , more coherently ( III.vi.20–60 ) . |
| 2 | The practice of editors varies substantially , and these points are intended to suggest that some simple changes could improve the ways in which they communicate about the process and their decisions . |
| 3 | They grumble about the Ossis ' exaggerated expectations and leisurely working habits . |
| 4 | They will disagree in some cases because they disagree about the likely consequences of a particular rule , and in others because they have different visions of what a good community is like . |
| 5 | Many parents concentrate so hard on finding the cash for private school fees , they forget about the cost of higher education . |
| 6 | One of the troubles about Hollywood , everybody 's so busy being exclusive and hiding their homes behind mountains of greenstuff , they forget about the unfortunate people who have to locate the said homes sometimes . |
| 7 | ‘ A lot of black people , they make it and they forget about the street talk , they forget what they used to be , and I think , regardless of whether you 're black or white , you should always keep in touch with your culture . |
| 8 | Whatever they say about the law being on the landlord 's side , if they wo n't go , the law wo n't make them . |
| 9 | Do you know what they say about the Fontana di Trevi ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He and his cousin , they reminisce about the war . |
| 11 | Political scientists and economists differ in the views they hold about the extent to which central government ought to control the activities of local government . |
| 12 | The price of books of academic criticism indicates that they are not aimed at the educated general reader ( once they cost about the same as a bottle of whisky ; now they cost three to four times as much ) . |
| 13 | He points to the increase in ‘ global cultural synchronization ’ through which information dependent countries are made more similar in commercially relevant areas to the information-independent countries from which most of the messages they receive about the world emanate . |
| 14 | It gets very predictable from here , folks , as the grumpy Crane — a leading biologist who nevertheless has kittens at the sight of a snake — and dour old Campbell trade verbal punches and then simmering , sensual looks as they scamper about the jungle trying to rediscover the magic mix . |
| 15 | Discussions around the educational achievements of British Afro Caribbean and Asian girls are also significant in what they reveal about the contradictions and reductionisms of both public and academic debate in the whole area of racism , culture and education . |
| 16 | Although it is obviously hoped that these accounts will be interesting as economic history , whatever they reveal about the working and role of government may also be relevant and applicable today . |
| 17 | There 's very few who 'll speak about the Curtain I think now cos they speak about the hotel , but we say the Curtain of Glen Ayloch And then and then further down was Dyke Ends and that was our lower end of the glen , so that was there . |
| 18 | Third , they complain about the way business is conducted , both in the chamber and in committees . |
| 19 | Not all women can use IUDs and they complain about the side effects of the Pill , but the Pill is much safer than an abortion . ’ |
| 20 | The US is hardly lily white in the battle over chip imports into Japan , and Japanese chip users say that their US suppliers have been cancelling deliveries in favour of US customers even as they complain about the difficulty of penetrating the market , according to Electronic Industries Association of Japan . |
| 21 | They complain about the expense , but it is still better than the alternative : ‘ Before , we worked the fields with pure lung power ’ . |
| 22 | I 'll act on this , try it out with the Lower Sixth … see if it upsets them … see if they complain about the load vis à vis English , etc … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Half the lies they tell about the Irish are n't true anyway , ’ as the old Irishman said . |
| 24 | Men and women can believe whatever they like about the nature of God , and worship whomsoever they like , from trees to cows to Mohammed , but in the privacy of their own homes . |
| 25 | of course it is , apparently say what they like about the Green Party but at least that 's one thing they 're doing something |
| 26 | Ask children what they dislike about the school . |
| 27 | They may not be unduly apprehensive about climate change , but they know about the greenhouse effect and how the state of the world and their own localities impinges on their lives . |
| 28 | They know about the development of science and its effect on their environment : one of them is a radio ham , another an electronics freak . |
| 29 | They know about the world . |
| 30 | They have reported what they know about the number of minke whales in the sea , but have made no recommendation as to how many of them might safely be slaughtered — or ‘ harvested ’ in the unpleasant terminology of the whalers . |