Example sentences of "[adj] about the idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people get very upset about the idea that there might be any causes operating in the social world ; they fear that causal influences on human action rob people of their freedom of choice and dignity of action . |
| 2 | One of the referees was sufficiently negative about the proposal that Fleischmann , at least , was nervous about the idea . |
| 3 | The agency is dubious about the idea . |
| 4 | There was something most unpleasing and incongruous about the idea of Beuno shackled to a wife . |
| 5 | MOST voters expect a hung Parliament after Thursday but half are unhappy about the idea , according to Gallup 's final pre-election survey for The Sunday Telegraph . |
| 6 | There was to her something romantic about the idea of sitting with him in the place where she had so often sat alone , eating a poached egg or macaroni cheese at a shaky little oak table . |
| 7 | Few people are happy about the idea of an animal having to die so that either they or their pet can feed , and might well be prepared to eat a synthetic steak if one could be produced — and to serve it up to their cat . |
| 8 | She did not feel that she could tell McAllister that Mrs Darrell had designs on Dr Neil , and that she , Matey , was not very happy about the idea that Mrs Darrell might become Mrs Cochrane . |
| 9 | Branson realised the difficulty of trying to influence a Tory minister , whom he suspected was fairly sceptical about the idea of government interference at all . |
| 10 | Loretta could not decide whether he was genuinely unenthusiastic about the idea , or whether it was the alienating effect of his upper middle-class accent . |
| 11 | Paul knew the Lake District well from his mountaineering days at university , so he was enthusiastic about the idea of living there . |
| 12 | Rather dubiously I put it to the Chairman and I was relieved to find that he was quite enthusiastic about the idea . |
| 13 | Although he did not reject a fact-finding mission outright , Major was clearly less than enthusiastic about the idea . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not crazy about the idea , but I guess it 's better to be remembered for something ! |
| 15 | what kind of things do you want to have audio described , so there are , I mean there 's still quite a bit , but she got quite excited about the idea of involving one of the proper , well not proper , one of the , you know , official professional market research firms , as well in terms of doing this work , maybe , maybe getting money from the Arts Council to actually pay them |
| 16 | That 's when I started to get excited about the idea , I wanted to get away from here . |
| 17 | Attlee was ecstatic about the idea of his viceroy staying on , perceiving it as ‘ a great boost for Britain and for the Commonwealth ’ , a sentiment shared by the now fully evolved Commonwealth statesman — he had been perhaps the first to see the possibilities of the role — General Smuts : ‘ This does not look like quitting ’ , he cabled to Attlee on hearing the news . |
| 18 | There was indeed something bizarre about the idea that protection was the way to unite the Conservative Party . |
| 19 | He was gleeful about the idea of a Faber ‘ Vaudeville ’ production in 1929 where he starred as a baritone singing Bolovian Ballads and a song about a blue baboon . |
| 20 | Mr Rifkind is lukewarm about the idea . |
| 21 | In the next Conservative government , Edward Heath was so lukewarm about the idea that between 1970 and 1973 only nine political knighthoods were awarded , provoking complaints of knight starvation . |
| 22 | There was nothing novel about the idea , but that alongside with liaison meetings of all the groups and the Union around specific issues , helped to strengthen links between us all . |