Example sentences of "about [subord] it " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | About where it is . |
| 2 | In the solid ( below the glass transition or in the crystalline state ) the " spaghetti " is somewhat less able to slide about than it is in the liquid state . |
| 3 | ‘ What about if it was ten years ago ? ’ you may ask . |
| 4 | How about if it was smirring |
| 5 | ‘ How about if it was the only way you could save yourself losing every corporate customer you 've got ? ’ |
| 6 | What was P P G three revised all about if it was n't about er the issue of affordable housing ? |
| 7 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 8 | You talk about if it 's something you 're used to you talk about something and you know what you 're talking of and somebody a bit like actual |
| 9 | And if it if it I 'm more surprised about if it 's successful . |
| 10 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 11 | Something one does without properly thinking about because it helps a friend out . |
| 12 | Um one of the things that you sometimes find is that the abuse is characterised is something special , something secret , something that you should n't tell anybody else about because it 's our secret and you know what happens to people who tell secrets ? |
| 13 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 14 | It was just that City enjoyed one of those rare days when everything went right , even though some of the Maine Road faithful will have mixed feelings about whether it was an occasion for celebration . |
| 15 | ‘ There are many reservations about whether it would be approved ethically . ’ |
| 16 | Halfway through this advertisement , I started worrying about whether it might not have been intended as a joke . |
| 17 | They debated about whether it was right for Tinkerbell to look such a ‘ raggedy ’ fairy : should she have worn a dress ? |
| 18 | Until we demonstrate that , the case for increasing expenditure on elderly people has to be very modest , and related to what evidence we have about whether it will improve their welfare . ’ |
| 19 | It is the excuse given now for all hunting , but the misuse of a concept of a practice like that proves nothing about whether it is itself legitimate . |
| 20 | Confusion increased when different industrial tribunals and different divisions of the Employment Appeal Tribunal disagreed about whether it was legitimate under the Act to pursue such claims . |
| 21 | There was then a single race , the Rouge Flamande , but plenty of argument about whether it should be uniform red or pied . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ said Gay , ‘ he 's not classical , whatever else he is ; besides , people always argue about whether it 's a hard or soft C. He 's rather a mystery dog , is n't he ? |
| 23 | And I think if you start analysing it and trying to think back to how or why , or questioning why it happened , you start worrying about whether it 's going to happen again , and then it wo n't happen . |
| 24 | Since the object of the session in the first place was to play a part in helping the patient to deal successfully with a problem which has been troubling him , provided the session fulfils that role we do not need to worry unduly about whether it was a real regression experience or not ( although , as I have already stated , I feel quite strongly that the majority of cases are indeed genuine ) . |
| 25 | ‘ We can look at our culture in a very direct way , without worrying about whether it 's positive or negative , what anyone else thinks , and we can really identify with it all . ’ |
| 26 | Out of the corner of his eye the Captain took in the man 's elegant , obviously expensive clothes , noted the perfume not quite smothered by cigar smoke , and remembered the remark about whether it was worthwhile going to bed . |
| 27 | Indeed , it is an oddity that he seemed to see the criminal justice system as being the only aspect of the environment that influences individual decisions about whether it is worthwhile to commit crime or not . |
| 28 | MIPS seemed a little diffident last week about whether it would be doing an R5000 as previously suggested ( UX 380 ) . |
| 29 | Now we 're talking about whether it can be a story about human beings or animals . |
| 30 | First , there is an assessment ( sometimes negotiable ) about whether it is technically within the discharger 's power to do something about the ‘ problem ’ . |