Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hero of modern times is the individual , and Wordsworth only knew one individual well enough to write about — himself ! |
| 2 | He might visit from time to time should a story miserable enough to write about crop up , but there was no way he was going to edit the paper from there . |
| 3 | Workers who can be exposed to excessively cold weather conditions have not only to know about survival measures during over-exposure , but be able and willing to carry them out . |
| 4 | think feminism has to provide a unified , positive alternative for all women , in order for them to be able not only to know about but to reject and try to escape subordination ( 1979 : 129 ) . |
| 5 | The role of women 's publications is not only to inform about products , events and issues of interests to both women and men , but to discuss styles of living . |
| 6 | ‘ Time enough to worry about that . |
| 7 | Sometimes parents fail to give the true reason why something upsets them because they think the youngster is not old enough to know about such things . |
| 8 | Been in combat long enough to know about fall-back positions in case things go wrong . ’ |
| 9 | I received a strong impression that it was not enough to know about injustice and suffering ; practical solutions had to be found . |
| 10 | Only to talk about the contract and the copy . |
| 11 | I think his pleasure was merely to talk about it in that calm way to a completely ignorant young girl . |
| 12 | But it is not enough to talk about ‘ jobs ’ as if , provided enough people have jobs , all is well . |
| 13 | I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about . |
| 14 | Well it is possible of course and I think that er the European Nations , including those in Eastern Europe er ought to be getting together to consult about what we can do , because I do n't think it 's right simply to send these refugees back as the er Italians have been doing , er in fact there likely to be amongst . |
| 15 | Strangers bend their heads together to talk about me . |
| 16 | They were mixing and mingling , her guests ; the young were speaking to the old , men were speaking to women , Left was speaking to Right , art unto science , and only a few impossible old dullards of the financial world had drifted together to talk about pay comparability and public sector borrowing and the GNP . |
| 17 | Hundreds of people from all over the world have come together to talk about elves , hobbits and dragons . |
| 18 | Despite occasional misgivings , however , he was optimistic enough to speculate about the form which the next Labour Government might take … |
| 19 | Enough to fill about |
| 20 | I think it 's much to do about nothing quite honestly . |
| 21 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 22 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 23 | Their relatively humdrum job these days is merely to argue about the best mechanism for finding out what the people want , the best way of looking after the country 's interests abroad and , in economics , the rival merits of maximising productive efficiency and maximising compassion for the poor devils who get least out of the efficiency . |
| 24 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 25 | Had n't she enough to think about ? |
| 26 | Time enough to think about resuscitating the idea after he was dead . |
| 27 | It 's a big temptation because I still believe four or five of us are good enough to think about playing for Wales . |
| 28 | Aggie gathered up the letters from the table , returned them to the writing case , then rose heavily , saying , ‘ Time enough to think about that . |
| 29 | In this country it is only the older , the inherited rich or a few intellectuals who are relaxed enough to think about the unprivileged . |
| 30 | David Singleton , prosecuting for FACT , said Sturdy had worked in the video business long enough to learn about counterfeits . |