Example sentences of "[is] [adj] about [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is controversial about functionalism is its claim that we are going to be able to make significant generalizations about behaviour only if we think about what is going on in the brain at a particular level of description . |
| 2 | What is confusing about locality is the romance attached to the concept which implies that remote governments have somehow been thrust off by street corner society . |
| 3 | What is different about obscenity is that the test requires a jury to pronounce a work wholly unfit for publication in a civilised society , which implies an immoral influence of a strikingly serious kind . |
| 4 | It is sad about Lovat being so badly wounded during the fighting . |
| 5 | Seen from this point of view , what is remarkable about neurobiology is how much we know about the brain , not , as you might think , how little . |
| 6 | What is unique about champagne is the particular combination of soil and grape varieties . |
| 7 | What is unique about capitalism is that exploitation and surplus labour can exist even within a system of free labour markets , so creating the illusion that the worker is also free ; but as Marx points out this is not the case . |
| 8 | Because we are not doing what we should be doing , we 'll hear a little bit more about that later , another one in Matthew twenty six and verse forty one , keep on the watch and pray continually , notice our New Year 's text is all about prayer is n't it ? |
| 9 | yeah and they can sell duds and they 're , you know , they 're not missing out , they 'll be making money and it can kill you , and it can kill you even if , you know , you can take the real Ecstasy and it can but supposedly what 's good about Ecstasy is that it 's a designer drug and it gets you on a really good high and you know you dance a lot and you |
| 10 | Of course , being in the same profession may increase a sense of rivalry between you — but what 's good about friendship is that we can take a little of this . |
| 11 | A society which is well-informed about AIDS is also more likely to be a compassionate one . |
| 12 | What is appealing about power is its importance and its potential . |
| 13 | The dna molecule is composed of the string of compounds called nucleotide , having four bases attached to them : A C G T. What is surprising about dna is that A and T will cling together , and so will C and G. A single dna chain , immersed in a pool of nucleotide , will latch on to its counterpart and thus be able to duplicate itself when the double chain is split apart . |
| 14 | What is special about nut-cracking is that it is particularly difficult and energy-demanding , and an adult standard of performance is reached only after 10 years of practice . |