Example sentences of "a number of [noun] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I personally do believe that it would have been much better if ministers had had a number of discussions about the Falkland Islands in the period preceding the invasion of the Falklands by the Argentinians . |
| 2 | There have been a number of discussions about the implementation of the RENAVAL programme between Scottish Office officials , representatives of the local partnerships , which include district councils , and officials of the European Commission . |
| 3 | The United Kingdom has spoken bilaterally to a number of countries about the non-proliferation treaty . |
| 4 | In 1986 it entered into an agreement with a private firm to operate the gardens , despite clear warnings from a number of sources about the viability of the company concerned . |
| 5 | This was done very effectively in the late seventies in campaigns by Whitbread , who ran a series of ads asking for public comments on a number of propositions about the law affecting pubs and licensing ; and subsequently by the major banks , who ran a joint campaign partly designed to deter the threat of nationalization — a campaign which attracted many thousands of replies from the public . |
| 6 | Among the manifestations of these attitudes are the statements of some defendants in rape trials , which may show an indifference towards the wishes of women , or a belief that the wearing of attractive clothes or an invitation to coffee is a sure sign of willingness to engage in sex ; and the attitudes of some police-officers in the early 1980s , influenced by any one of a number of assumptions about the prevalence of false complaints of rape , about the ‘ typical ’ rape as an attack by a stranger , about the presence of injuries or bruises in ‘ genuine ’ rapes , and so forth . |
| 7 | All of us , then , tend to make a number of assumptions about the family based on our common-sense , everyday experiences , and these assumptions find their way into sociological research . |
| 8 | Despite the limitations of mortality data it is possible to draw a number of conclusions about the distribution of health and illness in later life . |
| 9 | While it would be misleading to present the members of the Annales school as a wholly homogeneous group committed to a single methodology , they nevertheless hold in common a number of views about the study of the past . |
| 10 | They felt that a number of questions about the random nature of intervention by artists should be posed before embarking on such a strategy . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend asked a number of questions about the treatment . |
| 12 | The European programme for completing the Single European Market by the end of 1992 has raised a number of questions about the labour market . |
| 13 | So I think there are a number of questions about the principle about the nature of criteria , what would be appropriate in a structure plan , what would not be appropriate in a structure plan as well as , would it be helpful , unhelpful , impossible to have some order of priority . |
| 14 | To do this , I must rely on the truth of a number of facts about the world , and about the optical properties of my eyes . |
| 15 | By the end of the eighteenth century a number of facts about the brain had emerged . |
| 16 | That is , it is possible to hold as true a number of theories about the world , it being impossible to choose between them on strictly evidential grounds . |
| 17 | This chapter has made a number of points about the way in which PNP policy was formulated and communicated ; about the means and manner of its interpretation ; its substance ; and the strategies adopted to secure its implementation . |
| 18 | Councillors said they have been approached by a number of people about the poor repair of the road . |
| 19 | Child psychiatrist Dr John Pearce , author of a number of books about the role of parents , including the recently published Bad Behaviour , is one expert who tries to tread the middle ground . |
| 20 | And there are a number of fallacies about the media , radio and television in particular , you will be going into this at various points during the couple of days , and one fallacy is that radio and television are meant for mass audiences . |
| 21 | Mark Hewish makes a number of statements about the efficiency of cruise and Pershing II missiles without giving much evidence . |
| 22 | Notwithstanding that position , the Council clearly had a number of reservations about the design , alignment and environmental impact of of a western relief road and we 've asked the County Council to pursue its proposals for a western relief road on the basis of a single carriageway all-purpose road , and to give further consideration to ways in which environmental concerns can be ameliorated . |