Example sentences of "about [adj] [noun pl] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the fantasy about adolescent heroes is that they are in perfect command of their situation and can control the events and people around them . |
| 2 | The great thing about differential equations is that they produce nice smoothly continuous change in the quantities they describe . |
| 3 | What moves me very deeply about primitive peoples is that they still attach an enormous importance to a certain kind of communication which we have lost ; and that is that they allow the being of the person they are with to communicate with more than words . |
| 4 | What is most striking about such groupings is that they provide for careers on the football terraces . |
| 5 | Indeed , he does not seem to be aware that it exists : ‘ All Darwinism has to say about such miracles is that they are due to chance . ’ |
| 6 | One of the good things about such clubs is that they offer a range of courses , so that , having mastered the basics , you can progress to a more advanced level . |
| 7 | This kind of procedure may work with the majority but the marvellous thing about human beings is that there are always some not subdued . |
| 8 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 9 | And it is important to realise that the reason environmental pressure groups are more vocal and , apparently , finicky about these matters is because the environment does n't speak for itself . |
| 10 | ‘ The basic thing one must understand about these decisions is that they are desperately disturbing and agonising for the parents . |
| 11 | What is particularly interesting about these experiments is that they are all based upon the theoretical and philosophical framework Allison has devised , in which he has identified four ‘ interactive and interdependent ’ domains : |
| 12 | A key point about these inter-relationships is that CD-I , CDTV and any other similar platforms , are positioned firmly in a consumer electronics environment . |
| 13 | The important thing about these volcanoes is that since they are right in the middle of the Pacific , they are basaltic , and their basalts are hot and very fluid . |
| 14 | One theory about these openings is that they were Nature 's way of lightening the head to make it more flexible and manoeuvrable : shattered archosaur skulls might be proof of this . |
| 15 | The thing to remember about these batteries is that they should be stored in a way which prevents the accidental short-circuiting of their contact terminals : if they are shorted , the battery quickly overheats and will become unfit for further use . |
| 16 | The striking thing about these units is that they are virtually the same as other single cells that swim by themselves and have separate existences . |
| 17 | ‘ What is advantageous about cheaper guitars is that they tend to have one sound , and when you plug 'em in you either like the sound or you do n't . |
| 18 | The important thing about pink-collar jobs is that they pay less than ‘ male ’ jobs yet require skills and qualifications , often including some degree of ‘ well-spokenness ’ . |
| 19 | One of the most important things about constructive arguments is that they almost have to be step by step . |
| 20 | Quite clearly the most important thing about final presentations is that the play suits the talent available in the group . |
| 21 | I think , my own personal feeling about governing bodies is that erm they 're rather ineffective because there is n't really a role for them to play . |