Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other cases there were no restrictions on numbers of temporary workers or the duration of their employment , merely a requirement to inform or consult about their use . |
| 2 | Your local social services department should be able to advise you about help which it may provide or know about . |
| 3 | At Shell , we 're always open to our Customers ' suggestions , questions , complaints , even compliments — and anything else they want to say or know about Shell . |
| 4 | On our return from the Celtic path , I asked my guide if there was anything else I should see or know about . |
| 5 | IN THE recent report of the Church of England 's Doctrine Commission , We Believe in God , the doctrine of divine impassibility , that God can not suffer , is described as ‘ the most venerable theological position ’ and so it has generally been when Christians have endeavoured to think or speak about the nature of their God . |
| 6 | It 's more satisfying and exciting to add the art yourself than being told how to look or feel about something . |
| 7 | Whatever you may think or believe about my mother , you must understand that . ’ |
| 8 | Secondly , the question of sufficient interest has to be judged in the light of the relevant statutory provisions — what do they say or suggest about who is to be allowed to challenge decisions made under the statute ? |
| 9 | Rather , he is expressing his own agreement or disagreement in attitude , and to agree or disagree in attitude is not to agree or disagree about an attitude . |
| 10 | By the time the monthly nurse was installed once again , and Mrs Longhill was delivered of her second child — a daughter , to be named Prudence — Ruth had almost ceased to think or dream about anything . |
| 11 | Asked to name sources of credit out of the blue , people might well simply leave out or forget about some sources which in practice they could use , if they were offered that type of credit when they were buying . |
| 12 | Could this be because medics themselves suffer so grievously from the complaint , that they do not wish to talk or write about it ? |
| 13 | Use of technical terms is one aspect , for example , of how cogently pupils can talk or write about a topic , how explicitly they can express themselves , and how well they can suit their language to their audience and purpose . |
| 14 | I like to draw a diagram or chart rather than write or talk about something |
| 15 | However , what is behind Quine 's refusal to admit a prior substantive concept of reality — a corollary of his rejection of the a priori — is that our broadest conception of reality is derived from science ; ‘ science identifies and describes reality ’ and without science we have no way to think or talk about it at all . |
| 16 | ‘ What do the public know or care about when I 'm out training in the cold ; what do they care when I am injured ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He genuinely had no idea whatsoever as to who I was , and nor should he be expected to know or care about me . |
| 18 | Ah but I believed if I 'm going to discuss or argue about anything as regarding that I had to be interested in it . |
| 19 | No school of architecture or civil engineering wants to study or teach about building with earth . |
| 20 | If she reacts in this way , it will be best not to try to interfere or worry about her tiring herself out with too much activity , as this may be even more disturbing for her . |
| 21 | ‘ Diana clearly believed that Fergie should hear the news from her own lips rather than read about it . |
| 22 | Strewth , this all sounds a tad highbrow for a group who persistently hanker after the pleasures of life rather than moan about dark clouds on the horizon . |
| 23 | Strewth , this all sounds a tad highbrow for a group who persistently hanker after the pleasures of life rather than moan about dark clouds on the horizon . |
| 24 | I intend to retell the story ( rather than talk about it ) from the perspective of the primitive church . |
| 25 | ‘ I wish our church leaders would deal with the problem of young , male violence in the inner cities rather than talk about the Social Chapter , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Yet I am sure that Messrs Noah , Forget and Leconte neither did n't know nor care about that . |
| 27 | David Lapworth says the new gear box makes the car easier to drive because the driver is able to concentrate on driving rather than worry about gear changes . |
| 28 | We only wish our insomnia was due to our street lights being too bright or , at the very least , being in existence rather than concern about our families , friends and neighbours walking through our dark paths and streets . |
| 29 | I had n't let myself stop and think about it , but I knew there was something very wrong with me , and although I was n't depressed exactly , I was going through hell . |
| 30 | It gave me a few minutes to stop and think about what the hell I was doing . |