Example sentences of "[is] about [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , on paragraph nine the government 's own figures show that there is a shortfall of glee while the others who have a a social conscience , a and that they 've mixed , the site provision is n't keeping pace with the growth of the number of caravans and yet , what it 's proposing to do in this paper will make the situation worse by removing any incentive erm and any requirement on local authorities actually to provide the sites that are needed to make up that shortfall and it 's quite clear that what this is about is actually what it is happening in housing in general and that is shifting provision from the pri , from the public to the private sector . |
| 2 | What it is about is using our members ' money to benefit the people who represent them by moving the responsibility of training from national to regional level . |
| 3 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 4 | It 's it 's not about being able to get rid of them totally and we agree that we need some sort of level of arousal it 's being able to perform despite them to use that arousal to put into an effective presentation , and that 's what this two days is about is getting those butterflies for you to fly in formation . |
| 5 | Well no but that 's what this , this talk on is about is er well I forget the paper |
| 6 | The manager can manipulate some things to stave that off , but pop music is about being popular . |
| 7 | This is because they sing songs with titles like ‘ Love Girdle ’ , which , so the singer tells us , ‘ is about being in love with , well , a fat girl . ’ |
| 8 | A few weeks earlier that same candidate had drawn the member of parliament 's attention to ‘ one David Denholm an old worn out officer at Thorntonloch nigh Dunglass in East Lothian who is about being supperannuated ’ . |
| 9 | As Mr and Mrs Atkin from Newcastle , on their third Disney World visit , told me : ‘ Coming to Disney is about being in America . |
| 10 | ‘ Jean-Michel 's success is about being in touch with the market and adapting to suit it , which is what retailing is all about , ’ says an admiring Neil Prosser . |
| 11 | It is about outfoxing your opponent , about leading defenders into false positions … it is about being one step ahead' |
| 12 | It is about being one step ahead . ’ |
| 13 | this , this is about being in lines . |
| 14 | Beadle 's About 's on is n't it ? |
| 15 | that 's what it 's about is n't it , really ? |
| 16 | It 's about being young and terribly embarrassed and wanting to make an impression but not knowing what it is . |
| 17 | The English novelist Kingsley Amis , considering the film and its possible interpretations , came to the following conclusion : ‘ It 's about being bloody frightened of being eaten by a bloody great shark . ’ |
| 18 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 19 | This session 's about being pro-active rather than reactive . |