Example sentences of "about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it ca n't do anything about dry or damaged hair . |
| 2 | Mad rumours circulate about Croatian doctors determined to murder them . |
| 3 | A videotape made by the JNA had been broadcast on Jan. 25 , purporting to show Spegelj at a private meeting boasting about Croatian arms purchases from Hungary , and discussing plans to kill JNA officers . |
| 4 | I 'm not sure about rhyming perestroika with balalaika , Chas Garvey , but I 'll let it pass . |
| 5 | When they were asked to make a rhyming judgement , the shadowing interfered with performance , as it did with the judgements about rhyming word pairs . |
| 6 | Only Rugby Union holds out against the commercial tide despite widespread speculation about covert payments to players . |
| 7 | Revelations in the press in July about covert police funding of Inkatha , the Zulu-based organization led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi , led to a crisis in the National Party government , dubbed in the media " Inkathagate " . |
| 8 | It also sought ( i ) a multiparty commission of inquiry to investigate the full extent of government involvement in the violence and in the secret funding of political activities ; ( ii ) the public dismantling of all special forces of the SADF and SAP , including those composed of foreign mercenaries ; ( iii ) immunity from prosecution and protection to be given to state employees who gave evidence about covert operations ; ( iv ) the trial of all police officers and SADF personnel identified by past commissions as culpable for perpetrating violence . |
| 9 | Eliott Abrams , 43 , assistant secretary of state from 1985 to early 1989 , pleaded guilty in a federal court on Oct. 7 to two charges of illegally withholding information from Congress about covert US support for contra rebels in Nicaragua . |
| 10 | Before it whisked out of sight I got the impression of a bloated grey body standing about hip-high to me on four thin legs . |
| 11 | Object-oriented systems keep track of the qualities of quantities , and complain about attempted daftness . |
| 12 | It is reasonable to expect that public attitudes and beliefs about attempted suicide will affect its incidence . |
| 13 | They point also ( 1987 , pp. 18–19 ) to an entrenched ‘ disbelief system ’ which includes scepticism about attempted reforms and a belief-far from groundless — that such reforms often fail . |
| 14 | At times ‘ the Shadow ’ becomes a personification of Sauron , as in Frodo 's remark about mocking and making quoted earlier , at times it seems no more than cloud and mirk , as when the Riders ' hearts ‘ quailed under the shadow ’ . |
| 15 | Lakatos 's parable about hypothetical planetary misbehaviour , reproduced on pp.65–66 , indicates the difficulty . |
| 16 | Here the Committee has preferred to rely on speculation about hypothetical problems rather than on the unchallenged evidence that employed solicitors have conducted cases for years in the lower courts without complaint . |
| 17 | Although I am always prepared to enter discussions with the hon. Gentleman about hypothetical matters , one must also balance the amount of time and expense that it would take to comment on something that is not a reality . |
| 18 | This effect will probably be temporary , says scientists , but this is no reason for complacency about ozone-depleting chemicals . |
| 19 | We believe , however , that further study is needed before firm recommendations about umbilical cord clamping can be made . |
| 20 | And I bring it to you in the context of our conversation about junior church . |
| 21 | Left Welfare Assistant with class to go to see about Junior Staff Meeting Agenda . |
| 22 | We frequently talk with the BMA about junior doctors ' hours . |
| 23 | What about contracted-out employment ? |
| 24 | My own view is that neither Mr Baker nor Mrs Rumbold knew very much about the complex debate that has been going on at least since Rousseau about progressive education , and that they did not realise that my Group would be strongly opposed to Mrs Thatcher 's views about grammar and rote-learning . |
| 25 | A " moral duty " may similarly exist in the case of a specialist journal circulating only , say , to members of a profession , who would have a shared interest in receiving information about discreditable conduct of a fellow member . |
| 26 | There are also a dozen or so whitish spots about half-pinhead size . |
| 27 | His scientific ideas had harmed his political chances before , so he stuck to generalities about preserving memorials of the distant past . |
| 28 | The society has about 1 , members across the Northern Ireland , people from all walks of life with a common interest in learning about preserving architecture of value . |
| 29 | This guide contains information about specific medical conditions which may affect older people in residential and nursing homes and other places where they may be cared for — such as hotels and guest houses . |
| 30 | If representations were made to him , by , for example , MPs , about specific cases , Lyon often intervened to help the people involved . |