Example sentences of "about [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main clause , for its part , expresses a judgement about or a reaction to the fact of the infinitive event 's having acceded to existence . |
| 2 | In terms of the simple free volume concept each chain end requires more free volume in which to move about than a segment in the chain interior . |
| 3 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
| 4 | By then several million years have elapsed since the birth of the star and its iron core contains several solar masses and has a density of about and a temperature of about 109 K. Further collapse is inhibited by the electron degeneracy pressure : this pressure is the direct consequence of the Pauli principle requirement that two electrons can not occupy the same quantum state . |
| 5 | Therefore the few staff sit up late at night to prepare lectures on a few things they know about and a lot of things they know not much about , and spend their time keeping one page ahead of the class and depending on the textbook . |
| 6 | In other cases , individual workers made their own judgements about whether a person was likely to benefit from the care programme approach . |
| 7 | But there is no real decision which has to be made about whether a child should live or die , for nobody has the right to make such a decision . |
| 8 | In these cases one never finds a whole tree fossilized , and it is necessary to piece together the whole plant by making intelligent guesses about whether a frond of one kind is persistently found with a particular fossil trunk . |
| 9 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |
| 10 | There is a debate about whether a ministry for women is a liability . |
| 11 | The proposal is likely to divide the group since some councils are voicing doubts about whether a referendum is the best way forward . |
| 12 | Disputes about whether a reference had been to an expert or an arbitrator have produced many lawsuits . |
| 13 | Questions , however , might arise about whether a dispute is a valuation/technical dispute to be referred to an expert or one that should be referred to an arbitral tribunal or the court . |
| 14 | When you question yourself about whether a phrase is ambiguous or vague , the litmus-test is usually ‘ Did I intend it be written that way ? |
| 15 | But how do you find out about whether a planning application has been made in the first place ? |
| 16 | We should be concerned about whether a science teacher is available to teach a science lesson , or whether the only person available is someone trained over a very short period . |
| 17 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 18 | Shrug and pout in Arthur pouted and Celia shrugged refer to a gesture used as a conventional signal ; Arthur pouted his lips and Celia shrugged her shoulders , however , are non-committal about whether a signal was intended , and indicate merely that a certain movement was performed . |