Example sentences of "about [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubts have already been raised about the cost of the proposals , about possible legal difficulties and about shareholders ' willingness to play the role assigned to them by the APB . |
| 2 | The student stands with his legs apart at about shoulders ' width , sinks his abdomen low and keeps his back straight . |
| 3 | There is a very serious and respectable literature on cash flow accounting for the business sector which argues that the traditional accruals accounting statements are too subjective and hide crucial information about organizations ' performance . |
| 4 | Unfortunately Gameson 's remark about listeners ' confusion is true . |
| 5 | A second report on the same research study gives further information about clients ' use of the fund . |
| 6 | The status and function of these courts came into question during one of the most critical of these enquiries , that presided over by Lord Wilberforce in 1972 into the dispute about miners ' pay which had led to a widespread stoppage of work . |
| 7 | The Labour leadership was sceptical about workers ' control , indeed Cripps is reported as having said ‘ I think it would be almost impossible to have worker-controlled industry in Britain even if it were on the whole desirable ’ ( Coates & Topham , 1975 , p. 60 ) . |
| 8 | Little is said about workers ' consciousness ( awareness and interpretation of their situation ) , or the social and political impulses towards joining the labour movement which have undoubtedly been important in Western Europe . |
| 9 | But worries about psychologists ' neutrality continually resurface in the discipline , in a history which includes 1960s concerns with experimenter effects ; 1970s ethogeny ; a 1980s preoccupation with the social representations which psychologists as well as subjects draw on ; and a long list of attempts to replace living with automated experimenters , from written instructions , to computers . |
| 10 | Feminist psychology 's greater awareness of the discipline 's complexities makes it more conscious of psychologists ' social construction than traditional psychologists are , and more uncertain about psychologists ' status as rational , unified subjects . |
| 11 | Doubts about banks ' capital reserves , which include stock in clients ' companies , and property-related bad debts may continue to undermine confidence in the market as a whole . |
| 12 | Second , the seminar group will consider the extent to which the theory and data currently available about individuals ' decision-making in this field can inform the policy reform process . |
| 13 | He started talking about individuals ' opinion poll ratings . |
| 14 | Secondly , we summarise what we know about managers ' use of external information in general ; there is an overwhelming preference for informal rather than formal information sources . |
| 15 | Thank you for your letter also ; I was so terribly sorry to hear about Marbles ' demise — such a characterful friend — and I felt for you so much . |
| 16 | After last week 's defeat by Aston Villa , doubts were raised about Rangers ' ability to stay the pace . |
| 17 | I repeat what the hon. Member for Antrim , South ( Mr. Forsythe ) said about patients ' private needs payments . |
| 18 | A SAFE stolen from Darlington Health Authority did not contain confidential documents about patients ' health problems . |
| 19 | If the Government refuses to do anything about auditors ' liability , will it be credible for the APB to refuse to pursue its proposals on the role and scope of audit ? |
| 20 | What he actually said , in a Commons debate about teachers ' pay , was that the shadow education spokesman was a ‘ silly woman ’ a comment as inaccurate as it may have been offensive . |
| 21 | There was anxiety that judgments would be made about teachers ' handling of classes , based on too few visits . |
| 22 | Assurances were given about the number of lesson visits on which judgments about teachers ' competence would be based , and an attempt to make the procedure more ‘ egalitarian ’ , or ‘ fraternal ’ was blocked . |
| 23 | They may not have information about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular books , or for books on particular subjects , or the extent to which users locate substitutes for their original choices , or the extent to which users browse or take up materials on impulse , or the manner in which impulse choices are taken up . |
| 24 | Unfortunately public librarians know very little at present about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular subjects . |
| 25 | There will continue to be problems if science teachers are personally doubtful about girls ' ability to do science well ; even if their doubts are not voiced ( and anecdotal evidence suggests they sometimes are ) , girls are unlikely to respond unless teachers show they believe that girls have something to offer science as well as the reverse . |
| 26 | During our efforts to spread our ideas about girls ' work we encountered much anti-lesbianism , while at the same time we began to be challenged about our racism by Black women , among whom were some out Black lesbians . |
| 27 | Testing is the key to raising standards in our schools by providing clear information about pupils ' progress . |
| 28 | If specific information about pupils ' ability , eligibility for free school meals , any disabilities etc. is required , then a painstaking search is undertaken each time for the particular piece of information required . |
| 29 | Should we really be making judgements about pupils ' ability to relate to each other , and to adults , or even about their skill on the telephone ? |
| 30 | In deriving more detailed criteria capable of being used , for example , to generate the required assessments , it is necessary to make use of what is known from previous research about pupils ' learning and attainment in the topic concerned . |