Example sentences of "about [pron] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement may be entirely false , and deeply upsetting to the person about whom it is made . |
| 2 | Breach of the peace is no longer an essential element : all that is required is a defamatory statement of some seriousness , and " seriousness " may be inferred from the public position of the person about whom it is made . |
| 3 | It is one of those Bills about which it is said , ’ Where is the beef ? ’ |
| 4 | The adjective beautiful , for example , denotes a quality which can be found in many different objects and therefore does not by itself indicate the nature of that about which it is said . |
| 5 | Erm but yeah but that 's one of er oh pass me pass me the thing I do n't actually when I think about it it 's getting nearer the time . |
| 6 | So what I 'm saying is erm I happen to think that the A L O stuff is some of the most valuable stuff that we do , it 's really one of the main ways forward and if we just sit back and do nothing about it it 's gon na just be wiped out at a a swipe . |
| 7 | When you 're when you 're talking about what it 's cost us to get him those bearings |
| 8 | There is nothing manufactured by man that has not been designed , because whether it 's a Rolls-Royce engine or a piece of printed paper , there 's always a decision to be made not only about what it 's going to look like but about how it is going to be made and how it is going to operate . |
| 9 | over the years , the Team itself has got much closer in terms of its common aims and objectives … [ now ] we 're much more confident about what it is trying to achieve . |
| 10 | They are times when the behaviour of an animal is uncertain ; which is just the kind of time when other animals will want information about what it is going to do . |
| 11 | This criticism depends on a view about what competence with a concept is , a view about what it is to know the meaning of a word , about what it is to know the rules for the application of that word , rules that take you from one instance to the next . |
| 12 | This criticism depends on a view about what competence with a concept is , a view about what it is to know the meaning of a word , about what it is to know the rules for the application of that word , rules that take you from one instance to the next . |
| 13 | If the model is rotating , or apparently flying backwards , or you are in any doubt about what it is doing , apply some forward cyclic . |