Example sentences of "[modal v] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chest circumference should be about equal to the height at the withers , plus 20cm . |
| 2 | If the politics of the eighties has been characterised by Mrs Thatcher 's confrontational style , Mr Kinnock believes the politics of the nineties must be about international negotiation and co-operation . |
| 3 | It must be about ordinary people taking control of our own lives . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 5 | Five that 'll be about right |
| 6 | Six thousand 'll be about close enough . |
| 7 | It could be about particular authors who 've been through the public-school system , or even about the way the system works at close hand . |
| 8 | Whatever reservations there may be about individual decisions from time to time , the basic premise that most planning decisions should be taken locally has never been seriously challenged . |
| 9 | But , yeah , that 's about a hundred miles you see , that would be about right , yeah . |
| 10 | Santa Clara , California-based RasterOps Corp warns that it will record an operating loss and take a $5m to $7m restructuring charge for the third quarter ending March 31 : it says third quarter sales will be about equal to the second quarter 's $25m , and it blames ‘ general market softness and lingering effects of the transition from third party channels to its own sales force . |
| 11 | ‘ The new approach will be about direct generation of business . ’ |
| 12 | The very nature of Amnesty 's activities means that many of the articles will be about brutal and disturbing events around the world . |
| 13 | It can be about other universities . |