Example sentences of "[vb base] about the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend knows that Opposition parties constantly carp about the level of pensions in Britain . |
| 2 | If you 've followed the plot so far , you 'll see what I mean about the conglomeration of bits and pieces from different instruments that have been amassed for this guitar . |
| 3 | This section reviews the trends in income and income maintenance while the next section examines what these trends suggest about the position of families headed by Asian and Afro-Caribbean parents . |
| 4 | So what you say about the rights of fathers is also about who is the ‘ real ’ father — the biological father or the man who cares for the child ? |
| 5 | Many disagree about the sequence of reforms . |
| 6 | The picture these volumes provide about the working of canals and their general state at the beginning of this century is vast and complex . |
| 7 | Geographical distance is no bar they will , for instance , happily protest about the doings of governments or individuals on the other side of the world , but only if those governments or individuals are white , European in culture and committed to liberal democracy . |
| 8 | Support workers also worry about the effect of setbacks on the generally negative attitudes of many people in the community to people with learning difficulties . |
| 9 | Trade officials worry about the impact of charges on the colony 's competitiveness . |
| 10 | Leakey said he tells farmers who complain about the cost of chemicals to employ labourers to clear pests . |
| 11 | So next time you complain about the price of products in the supermarket , remember what you do n't have to pay for . |
| 12 | People who complain about the failures of schools generally assume such a system , and indeed often judge schools by the examination results that they publish . |
| 13 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
| 14 | So there are a host of clues there if you like about the sort of things that people will actually do and these are all underlaid by an attitude . |
| 15 | I speculate about the number of hours Fairfax has spent , drink in hand , on insect-bombarded verandahs and stoeps . |
| 16 | Yes Chairman , er under four one six performance , I think that we should n't er allow this occasion pass without complimenting the work of our road safety officers , where we talk about the reduction of accidents in accordance with |
| 17 | Perhaps this is the place to digress a little and talk about the taking of facts from other writers ' books . |
| 18 | One theory children produce about the origin of babies is that they come out of the bowel . |
| 19 | Ask about the energy-consumption of gadgets when you buy them . |
| 20 | Consequently , when we ask about the autonomy of classes within the complex whole we are not asking about their ability — or lack of it — to make choices , any more than we would ask if a force of production could choose . |
| 21 | Opinions differ about the breadth of opportunities now available . |
| 22 | We are used to looking at faces , the faces of people , for their emotions and feelings ; and when we wonder about the emotions of animals we tend to look at them in the same limited way . |
| 23 | Please now think about the sort of stamps and other philatelic products you collect yourself . |
| 24 | If you decide to place your wedding list with a shop , it will save time if you think about the kinds of things you want before hitting the shop floor . |
| 25 | Erm how did that sort of perspective come about the sort of things could be theirs do you think ? |
| 26 | The intention is that the decisions that health authorities take about the placing of contracts should reflect the views of GPs and also the health authority 's assessment of the district 's local health priorities . |
| 27 | I care about the quality of jobs I do |
| 28 | As we shall show later , what people mean by their actions depends on what expectations they have about the actions of others . |
| 29 | Undoubtedly concern about the impact of robots and other microelectronic-based production equipment has been exacerbated by the depressed world economy and the high levels of unemployment in nearly all the major industrialised countries . |
| 30 | Another idea is ‘ a national network that will link working engineers and scientists with every school in the country … so that our boys and girls can see role models and learn about the work of engineers , scientists and industry ’ . |