Example sentences of "to be precise about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 2 | The influence of an international market is not easy to be precise about , though the appearance of work in a Biennale or an art fair can be impressive in itself . |
| 3 | Parents ' groups come and go whether or not there are CMHTs and it is difficult to be precise about the CMHT contribution in this field . |
| 4 | Whatever the uncertainty about whether God exists , the theist has a duty to be precise about what he or she means by ‘ God ’ . |
| 5 | It is difficult to be precise about the outcome , but again the general impression seems to be that there has been no significant and continuing deterioration , and some well-placed observers thought that behaviour had , on the whole , improved . |
| 6 | One obvious problem in establishing and using age norms is that , for any given child , it is not easy to be precise about when any specific skill has been mastered . |
| 7 | The number of Greek-speakers on the Slav side , equally hard to be precise about , is perhaps half that . |
| 8 | The need here is to encourage children to be precise about what they want to find out in their work . |
| 9 | The further problems are associated with difficulties that are encountered when trying to be precise about just how probable a law or theory is in the light of specified evidence . |
| 10 | Clearly it is not easy to be precise about the numbers of mentally disordered persons who need help , but some figures of those actually receiving care or treatment are a rough guide to the size of the problem . |
| 11 | Specificity of a system is the extent to which it permits the indexer to be precise about the subject of a document . |
| 12 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
| 13 | You do want me to be precise about what I tell you ? ’ |