Example sentences of "[vb infin] about the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 2 | Let's think about the number of regions we have , the T & G have got seven , we 've got ten . |
| 3 | Now I 've got four letter Ps to do with the voice er and what I want to do is is think about the comparison of aspects of the voice when we have a normal one to one conversation and compare that with the same aspects when we 're making a presentation standing in front of a group . |
| 4 | Typical of the government 's hypocrisy , in Pink 's view , that it could bleat about the failure of exporters while at the same time putting every sort of obstacle in their path . |
| 5 | There is no point in denying them , even though we may justifiably quibble about the subjectivity of palaeontologists , the imprecision of the boundaries and the importance of the hidden gaps . |
| 6 | The States contributed some fine tries but kept their finest hour to a rendition ( it did n't matter about the multiplicity of keys ) of ‘ American Pie ’ . |
| 7 | Whichever approach is adopted ( that of the SDPP or of the School Management Task Force ) the head has to decide whether it is practicable in his or her school to assume that the more that teachers are asked to do in the way of auditing , laying plans , implementing them and reviewing them , the more they will understand about the effectiveness of pupils ' learning . |
| 8 | ‘ Footballers get paid well and it makes you wonder about the standard of players at the moment . ’ |
| 9 | Furthermore , you should not hesitate to ask as many questions as you want about any points that are unclear or any technical term that you do not fully understand — including in particular any questions you may have about the level of charges . |
| 10 | If you can forget about the row of portaloos in the background it could almost be the real thing . |
| 11 | All right , let us talk about the production of goods that people buy in shops and the production of machine tools that industry wants to buy . |
| 12 | Let's talk about the plight of families . |
| 13 | This is an alcohol this is an ether now while we 've got the opportunity we 'll talk about the naming of ethers before we get onto this this last form of structural isomerism . |
| 14 | You can argue about the amount of resources devoted to health but what you can not sensibly argue about is that the resources devoted to health care should be used to maximum effect . |