Example sentences of "only about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This use of Shakespeare , the central figure of Anglo-Saxon culture , stresses that the poem is not only about the cultural change in Venice , but about that at the heart of our own language and culture also . |
| 2 | Given the close link which the Scarman Report established between questions of policing and the ‘ wider social context ’ , the programme of action which it outlined contained proposals not only about the reform of the police and the introduction of new methods of policing and riot control , but about employment policy , social policy , and policies on racial discrimination . |
| 3 | ‘ Spiritual direction is not concerned only about the spiritual dimension of the person . |
| 4 | Information collected about the relatives of cancer patients showed that only a minority have anything more than superficial contact with the staff caring for the patient , and a number of these relatives would have welcomed an opportunity to share their anxiety , not only about the patient but about their own feelings ( Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | The fuel used was carefully chosen — hard Welsh nuts only about the size of marbles . |
| 6 | Provided the example set is good , the student will learn not only about the physical care of the patient but also about his psychological needs . |
| 7 | Secondly , LeMond seems to care only about the Tour , not the season 's round of other events . |
| 8 | It is one of the great virtues of this history of JPL that Clayton Koppes tells us not only about the scientific and technological progress of the laboratory , but also about the financial ( and managerial and political ) aspects . |
| 9 | Several commentators express concern not only about the practicability of the exercise , but also about the additional costs it will impose . |
| 10 | The earliest known elephants date from about 50 million years ago — well after the event — and were then only about the size of a pig . |
| 11 | ‘ I ought to stop thinking only about the — ‘ |
| 12 | Do n't worry about what people say , only about the tones of their voices , their cough , their indrawings of breath . |
| 13 | No , they said , we are talking only about the responsible use of contraceptives by those who have already had several children . |
| 14 | History used to be written only about the activities of the small group of men and women who held positions of power . |
| 15 | The Ministry is accused of caring only about the historical artefacts themselves , and neglecting their significance in context . |
| 16 | Most dealers are content but some have expressed alarm not only about the expense but the difficulty of showing large objects such as tapestries in an enclosed space and the inconveniences of artificial lighting . |
| 17 | This sport was not only about club meetings on Sunday afternoons , not only about the sort of races Mosley himself had driven in ; Formula Two all over Europe with Jim Clark , Jochen Rindt , Graham Hill and the rest , until Clark — the brilliant , beloved and lamented Scot — was killed at Hockenheim in 1968 . |
| 18 | John Murrell recommends that parents ask not only about the raw results , but about how much each re-take candidate managed to improve . |
| 19 | The biographies were terse and restrained , as far as his private life was concerned , and effusive only about the names and quality of his publications She thought that she might ring Peter de Salis , and ask him about Mrs Denham , but she did not want to do this , in case Mrs Denham was a lady of such fame that ignorance of her would prove to be positively compromising . |
| 20 | The hidden curriculum may transmit messages not only about the time perspective of tasks , but about identification with them , and in particular the non-identification that is implied by the idea of scepticism . |
| 21 | ‘ Only about the rose on her pillow at Christmas … with the pearls . ’ |
| 22 | Have you talked only about the bride cooking for the bridegroom when you know she is a career girl and a women 's libber , and if she is not some of the audience will be ? |
| 23 | This tells us only about the feasibility of screening , not about effectiveness . |
| 24 | Learn from each essay , not only about the period , but also how you are developing the skill of essay writing . |
| 25 | Not only about the city , but about myself , even . ’ |
| 26 | She talked to friends , not only about the happy times they 'd had together but the inevitable disappointments . |
| 27 | Scarlet despised her methods , as she knew Clarissa would despise hers , for Scarlet agitated herself only about the nutritional content of food and held in contempt the misplaced aestheticism of the lily-contoured table napkin . |
| 28 | In Cairo , exhausted by the traumas of recent weeks , she had been concerned not only about the Shah and his morale , but also about their four children who had gone ahead of them to the states . |
| 29 | ‘ They tell you only about the big names and the famous dates . |
| 30 | I am concerned only about the kind of Europe that we will have . |