Example sentences of "about [conj] [art] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're thinking about if the ball is coming to you you 're watching the ball . |
| 2 | They say that hunting 's for er er human pleasure , er , I mean personally I 've only been to one hunt , and I do n't see what all the the , the , the , the trouble 's about because the huntsman is only a spectator , it 's the hounds that are hunting the fox and it is to keep the foxes down . |
| 3 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |
| 4 | The proposal is likely to divide the group since some councils are voicing doubts about whether a referendum is the best way forward . |
| 5 | Questions , however , might arise about whether a dispute is a valuation/technical dispute to be referred to an expert or one that should be referred to an arbitral tribunal or the court . |
| 6 | When you question yourself about whether a phrase is ambiguous or vague , the litmus-test is usually ‘ Did I intend it be written that way ? |
| 7 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 8 | Femininity is fine , but suggestiveness is n't — the office is not the place for braless nipples or knickerless minis , and if you 've any doubts about whether an outfit is unsuitable , do n't wear it ; |
| 9 | A debate even begins about whether the army is not getting a little trigger-happy in its nervous and no doubt terrified tension . |
| 10 | It also begs a question about whether the government is changing its tune ? |
| 11 | Deciding whether to release a prisoner on parole , for example , needs a judgement about whether the prisoner is likely to commit another offence . |
| 12 | All you have to do , with any of these research methods and findings , is to decide which answer ( if any ) tells you the most about whether the commercial is any good . |
| 13 | Well that 's extremely laudable , but I do n't think on the whole the public are too worried about whether the thing is legally constituted . |
| 14 | This test is ambiguous as to whether or not D must have thought about whether the woman is consenting , but there are those who argue that one can not be said ‘ not to care less ’ about something unless one has considered it . |
| 15 | For a second or so we are undecided about whether the patch is an after-image or a spot of mildew on the wall . |
| 16 | Scepticism about the relation between words and things indeed raises a question about whether the Renaissance is a phenomenon or whether it is a signifier , a discursive practice , which acts as a supplement for , say , the activities of the early modern period which are the things ostensibly being signified by the term Renaissance . |
| 17 | Further , the law requires that the consent be informed , and whatever that may mean , it certainly raises questions about whether the transsexual is fully able to comprehend the implications of surgery , both because of the uncertainty always contingent upon such an operation , and also because of the supervening anxiety which operates to play down , at least before surgery , any consequences which may be inconvenient . |
| 18 | The debate about whether the priority is to ‘ deepen ’ or ‘ broaden ’ Europe is sterile . |
| 19 | While Jensen contends that ‘ [ a ] lthough the evidence is not literally 100 percent in support of the efficient market hypothesis , no proposition in any of the sciences is better documented ’ , there is in fact substantial disagreement about whether the market is efficient in the most relevant sense , that is , in reflecting companies ' underlying value . |
| 20 | Finally , the proposals would create legal problems , despite statements that the APB makes to the contrary : the courts may interpret any references to uncertainties in an audit report as a form of qualification which requires a statement by an auditor , under s 271(4) of the Companies Act 1985 , about whether the matter is material to assessing the legality of the dividend . |