Example sentences of "about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I threw myself with apparent enthusiasm into a conversation Marietta and the solicitor were having about the difficulty of finding and keeping reliable cleaning ladies . |
| 2 | Following a meeting this morning at the Department of Energy , may I ask him to arrange for the Secretary of State to make a statement answering the anger in Coventry , not just about the way in which the pit was closed and the loss of jobs , but the belief that the closure took place to mothball 40 million tonnes of medium sulphur content coal so that , were the Conservatives to be re-elected and the pits privatised , Daw Mill could take that coal out in a UDM pit ? |
| 3 | But that 's just about what she said — and just about the way she said it . ’ |
| 4 | Tip on the concrete and level out with a rake until it is just about the level of the formwork |
| 5 | He writes not just about the climb itself , but also about the ‘ mountains of life ’ that people have to face every day . |
| 6 | Conferences solemnly debate the environment but the environment is not just about the North Pole or the ozone layer . |
| 7 | And even if Harvey had written just about the whole of Amaranth 's damn speech , she would , were it to be successful , be more in need of his favours than Harvey 's . |
| 8 | I , we 're just about the middle of the road with it er , |
| 9 | Erm and it shows it 's er just about the turn of the century that is . |
| 10 | I want you to think not just about the story of the seal wife no , on your bottom eyes closed . |
| 11 | Women complain , not just about the pill , but the ideological package they are being asked to swallow : |
| 12 | Grosvenor House has traditionally been both an exhibition and a fair it is not just about the exchange of money with this American theme , I admit that we draw something of a blank . |
| 13 | On Saturday she again walked for some hours around and about the tree-lined , wide , clean streets of the spa town with its artistic colonnade and its many curative springs . |
| 14 | I hope that we will , I will debate even in this late hour , it 's not too late to debate this very important issue and let the people out there know that we are thinking of them , not just about the things that happened early on today but least that we are responsible enough to dis to discuss this motion and to press and press and press again so the government , hoping the government will do a U- turn , if you do n't you 'll be gone forever . |
| 15 | ’ And fuck it , it 's not just about the clothes that people wear . |
| 16 | Considerable discussion , interlaced with esoteric mathematics , resulted in the general agreement that it was worth about the equivalent of one very fat sacrificial boar . |
| 17 | Media analysis often arouses controversy , not just about the findings themselves but about their policy implications . |
| 18 | That particular guy was the first person out , then I was just about the second out . |
| 19 | The authorities were anxious not just about the state of students ' political thought but their physical and mental health as well since they were increasingly prone to fall foul of temptation . |
| 20 | That is just about the threat contained in the following proposals . |
| 21 | It 's because Richmond Tories are just about the region 's last bastion of a once great electoral tradition the village hall public meeting . |
| 22 | There 's nothing linear about it at all ; it 's just about the vibe of the place , the people , the way they live , the way they feel . |
| 23 | I said she had been trained properly , I was telling them just basically about Claire in general and just about the good of erm , things like things you like to talk about , and erm , so I just , I said , they cried poverty , I said , but you know , one minute she 's driving her old banger , and the next minute she 's got a K reg and outside the , |
| 24 | This is not just about the creation in a religious sense but Coleridge 's own creative writing . |
| 25 | That 's alright , just about the group conference |
| 26 | People and Places around and about the RNLI |
| 27 | The Viognier grape is just about the world 's rarest great white variety . |
| 28 | Not just about the E E C , but about Europe and Europeans . |
| 29 | Oh it would be just , just about the start of the First World War . |
| 30 | Both Robert Jones and Dewi Morris will be in action on the final Saturday of the Five Nations but Jones — probably only Ireland 's Simon Geoghegan has lost more ground than him in the course of the season — would need just about the game of his life to regain his lead over Morris as the other scrum-half to Gary Armstrong . |