Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it market itself more effectively to its potential customers , many of whom are unclear about what factoring is or what it can do for their company ? |
| 2 | Many of them are unhappy about current proposals . |
| 3 | I 'm sure , but they 're many of them are concerned about their budget because they live off a fixed pension |
| 4 | Seventy per cent of them are worried about where they are going to stay on release . |
| 5 | But having 22,000 students milling around my city , I am delighted about the Government 's attitude to student discounts and particularly to the student gap , as it is called — the three months which often used to cause problems under the old community charge arrangements . |
| 6 | Most such answers imply enjoyment , even ‘ I am interested in it ’ ( which at least suggests the prospect of happy hours of observing , reading , thinking ) ; but ‘ I am curious about it ’ is neutral as far as enjoyment is concerned . |
| 7 | If I am right about what the fluke genes are doing , it follows that we can legitimately speak of fluke genes as influencing snail bodies , in just the same sense as snail genes influence snail bodies . |
| 8 | If I am right about the masculine character of the women pioneers of agriculture we can see that the fact that the followers of the Phrygian mother-goddess castrated themselves is a nice illustration of Freud 's idea of the ‘ shadow of the object falling on the ego ’ : the ultimate reproach against the new agricultural mother was that she was masculine , and therefore the self-punishment came to fit her crime while confirming the identification with her in the most exact way possible . |
| 9 | But whether or not I am right about a Niemecz on paper 60 rpm for the machine 's flywheels , the tempo relationships of the pieces on all three machines ' barrels are a constant and it is interesting to see that the tempo range for pieces either minuet-like in character or specifically called minuets ( in available manuscripts or because of the music 's original sources ) roughly corresponds to the ranges of minuet tempos metronomized by Hummel and Czerny for Mozart and by Czerny for Haydn . |
| 10 | ‘ I am uncertain about my future as at the moment it seems we do n't have a manager . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I am depressed about the usual attitude in schools . |
| 12 | But I am sure about one thing . |
| 13 | But the best reason , and the one I am sure about , is that I 'll kill you if you do n't . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That 's the one thing I am sure about . ’ |
| 15 | I am unhappy about Europe , about the recession — talk about hating the one you love — and I think the NHS would be more efficient under Labour , their baby after all . |
| 16 | The existing station passed most criteria , although I am unhappy about the unsecured wiring , which uses extension leads . |
| 17 | What I am certain about is that there is a long term future for this cinema and that we 're aware |
| 18 | I am glad that he is to reply , because I am confident about his knowledge of this large subject . |
| 19 | I feel good , I like the circuit and I am confident about everything now . |
| 20 | I am sad about that . |
| 21 | ‘ In Holland if coaches do n't do well they get the sack , so I am philosophical about the matter . |
| 22 | My views on these systems are open at the moment , but I must admit that , like many , I am dubious about the claims of many similar products . |
| 23 | I am dubious about their confidence that British industry is already experienced in a wide range of PWR work , and has technical and manufacturing competence at the levels ready to receive successfully the transfer of information specific to PWR components . |
| 24 | He has visited Britain several times but he has never been even close to being caught and I am pleased about that . |
| 25 | ‘ On the international scene , I am pleased about my Eire qualification . |
| 26 | ‘ I am sorry about this , ’ begins the driver 's voice . |
| 27 | He said , nicely , " I am sorry about not going out painting tonight , Alice . |
| 28 | I am sorry about that young man . |
| 29 | I am sorry about what happened … |
| 30 | I am sorry about the late arrival of our response which is partly due the time involved in consulting member organisations . |