Example sentences of "be [verb] about [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most important point to be made about postverbals is to distinguish them from the adjectives in the last remaining position , the extraclausal adjectives , which occur in an identical sequence of syntactic elements , but which correspond to a different surface structure as in : ( 45 ) the two reformers persevered undaunted two stagehands appeared , breathless They have the different intensional structure : |
| 2 | The final point which needs to be made about ethnicity is that as a speaker variable it can not usually be isolated from social class . |
| 3 | The first thing to be said about mistake is that it does not usually provide a defence , for liability in conversion is strict : |
| 4 | What can be said about fluoride is that at concentrations of even less than one part per million ( the official dose ) it can cause toxic reactions in sensitive people and recent reassessments of the fluoridation scene suggest that this measure may be much more harmful to health than has been hitherto realized . |
| 5 | The first thing to be said about Bateman is that he was a Londoner ! |
| 6 | A bit early to be thinking about Christmas is n't it ? |