Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think people are right to be worried about the additives in our food ? |
| 2 | You are right to be concerned about protein levels , but without a very thorough understanding of canine nutritional science , you will end up tying yourself in knots . |
| 3 | People , however , can only mobilise their adult mature capacities if their peers are prepared to be curious about their social world and its implicit and explicit political structures as these exist in reality and in their minds . |
| 4 | Employees are likely to be concerned about how they will fit back into the system on returning from an overseas contract . |
| 5 | While the patient is suffering the frustrations and discomforts of being ill , you are likely to be worried about the long-term prospects of his recovery , how long it might take , or indeed whether he will recover at all . |
| 6 | Few are likely to be enthusiastic about taking up the burdens of having to compete . |
| 7 | It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it . |
| 8 | She was fast coming to the conclusion that it would be impossible to be neutral about Matthew Preston . |
| 9 | Ellen wondered if he had petit mal and looked it up in a medical dictionary — neither of them went to doctors if they could help it — but the entry was not very helpful , and it seemed in any case the kind of symptom it would be better to be vague about , not define , not name , for fear the naming made it worse , less likely to evaporate out of existence . |
| 10 | If it were possible to be clear about what power or general role the House should have , the relations between MPs and the executive could be adjusted accordingly . |
| 11 | It 's possible to be sad about your babies becoming children , and yet accept the fact that you wo n't have any more . |
| 12 | It is easier to be objective about , and therefore to recognise , the social bias of mathematics questions from abroad . |
| 13 | Yet it is dangerous to be doctrinaire about precise significance . |
| 14 | In the context there is much to be optimistic about . |
| 15 | I think it 's easy to be glib about this , there are clearly an awful lot of landlords and landladies around who provide an excellent service and merely want a reasonable rent in return for offering a decent service . |
| 16 | It 's natural , because peace drives have come and gone , so it 's easy to be doubtful about the success of yet another one . |
| 17 | I 'd say he was dead by eleven but it 's impossible to be accurate about these things . |
| 18 | That 's why it 's impossible to be prescriptive about how you should allocate your own time — and that 's why it 's essential that you learn how best to manage your time for yourself . |
| 19 | In the absence of any research findings , it is impossible to be sure about this , let alone quantify it . |
| 20 | It is easy to be complacent about the problems faced by older workers when looking for employment . |
| 21 | All too often it is easy to be casual about every-day chores on the farm . |
| 22 | It is easy to be romantic about a way of life at one remove . |
| 23 | It is easy to be paranoic about IT and the future , and that is hardly justified ; but constant vigilance is required . |
| 24 | But we are bound to ask what is supposed to be essential about it . |
| 25 | In the context of sociological research into child abuse , it is important to consider what is likely to be distinctive about a sociologist 's ethnographic account . |
| 26 | It is hard to be accurate about the ‘ success ’ of the Nicaraguan prison system in reforming offenders and reintegrating them into society . |
| 27 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 28 | With a background such as this it is hard to be optimistic about renewed efforts to achieve consumer success with a medium so firmly rejected by the market . |
| 29 | The trouble is that the past , like the present , is in the end not optional , and it is natural to be curious about it . |
| 30 | ‘ David Harrison was convinced that he would have won with a clear run and while it 's hard to be definite about that , he would certainly have been placed . ’ |