Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [be] [adj] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One has to be realistic about these places . |
| 2 | It does seem that the social profile of the bridegrooms of our " compesses " displays several significant differences from that of their fathers , though one has to be careful about interpreting them . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but one has to be careful about opening the door at night . ’ |
| 4 | Any consideration of ageism has to be clear about the difference . |
| 5 | The new remit has to be clear about the purpose and contribution of members , corporately and individually . |
| 6 | The manager has to be clear about the purpose of improvement and will use knowledge and support which can be brought from other places into the field which he or she can directly manage . |
| 7 | In making time to provide reflection the head not only has to be clear about the relative priority of helping out , taking on chores and providing workaday leadership but also has to have confidence in the extent to which his or her colleagues expect leadership . |
| 8 | The decisions involved in a budget are never easy , but this year the Chancellor has to be concerned about the high and rising level of unemployment , the danger of renewed inflation as a result of the sharp depreciation of the pound , the large and rapidly growing budget deficit and the deficit on the balance of payments . |
| 9 | The decisions involved in a budget are never easy , but this year the Chancellor has to be concerned about the high and rising level of unemployment , the danger of renewed inflation as a result of the sharp depreciation of the pound , the large and rapidly growing budget deficit and the deficit on the balance of payments . |
| 10 | Pearce believes a professional manager can be equally successful at running a variety of companies , but he needs to be selective about the switches he makes . |
| 11 | Although I fully understand why the Secretary of State needs to be cautious about the Maxwell case , will he be more firm on the need for change ? |
| 12 | First , theory needs to be explicit about whether it is dealing with symmetrical or asymmetrical , reversible or irreversible relationships . |
| 13 | If anyone needs to be convinced about the need to release the money for grants , it is the hon. Gentleman 's right hon. Friend , Commissioner Millan , who is now attacking the additionality rules that he defended when he was Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 14 | In an article in the TES ( 14/9/90 ) Mary Castle claimed that there are fourteen local authorities that insist their schools should have no direct contact with journalists , so one needs to be clear about the LEA regulations before giving a story about the school to the press . |
| 15 | Leavis , however , professes to be unworried about any historical or conceptual vagueness , since he is more concerned to seize the opportunity and mobilize the symbolic force of " cultural tradition " in order to " check and control the blind drive onwards of material and mechanical development , with its human consequences . |
| 16 | Nobody , not even the credit markets that lend the Bank billions , appears to be worried about that now . |
| 17 | ‘ She seems to be worried about him . ’ |
| 18 | Thirdly it helps to be specific about the tasks to be undertaken and the time to be allocated to them . |
| 19 | For someone who claims to be insecure about his appearance , he seems pretty well informed on the subject of fashion . |
| 20 | It also claims to be concerned about Quorum 's marketing tactics . |