Example sentences of "[noun prp] be about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunday trading laws allow fancy goods to be sold in souvenir shops , but the complaint against the Trust at Blickling is about the sale of clothing and plant holders . |
| 2 | ‘ The Food of the Gods ’ by H.G. Wells is about the invention of a food which causes living things to grow to six or seven times their ordinary size . |
| 3 | ‘ Frankenstein ’ by Mary Shelley is about the life of Victor Frankenstein . |
| 4 | ‘ And you know how particular Daniel is about the bathroom . |
| 5 | Aye , she gave me Amy 's about the day before , I thought I look at it now , so , I only just got it in time . |
| 6 | I told Sotheby 's about the Saraceni |
| 7 | " The current joke in Teheran is about the fox who was hurrying out of town . |
| 8 | If as Mr Dalyell alleges , the EEC is about the push for lead-free petrol , one can expect a propaganda barrage more far reaching than Associated Octels recent £100 000 advertising campaign . |
| 9 | He described plays and revues he had seen , but most of what he wrote to Hanns was about the ballet . |
| 10 | Jones v Sherwood was about the sale of a business and should have been reported in one of the principal general series . |