Example sentences of "it be about [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got ta have a direction , and it 's not about who gets the best jobs and who gets the best power positions , it 's about dictating an agenda by the members for the members in the interests of our members , the T & g 's members and all trade unionists in this country . |
| 2 | It 's about accepting and dealing with responsibility and not being overwhelmed by it . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's about throwing away our inhibitions , ’ says Paul Nathan . |
| 4 | If it 's about Take That I do n't wan na hear . |
| 5 | It 's about investing in the future and allowing people to control their own destinies with a little expert help . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's about getting a little of my sanity back again . ’ |
| 7 | I feel that it 's about creating the warmth and security at home , in school , wherever they are , from outside to help build up their sense of warmth and security from within , and to enable them to learn how to deal with some of these issues so that they can cope with the difficulties of life when they grow up . |
| 8 | Whereas with us , it 's the other way round , it 's about chucking it out , it 's actually anti-analytical . |
| 9 | It 's often put that hunting is good for the countryside that it 's about controlling foxes the scientific evidence rather puts that to pay the scientific evidence certainly indicates that fox hunting makes very little difference to control of foxes in the countryside and there is some evidence to suggest that fox hunting actually encourages more foxes to breed and that we end up with more foxes , so it seems to be self defeating in that respect . |
| 10 | In other words it 's about buttonholing a large crowd , together , instead of chasing them individually . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's about building up a character till you know everything . |
| 12 | It 's about watching for this cycle we do this sort of thing in many aspects of our life . |
| 13 | What we 're talking about , w what we intend to talk about in July is not just whether or not our policies are the right ones but the practicality of implementation , which is actually the hardest bit of all to grasp , and what sort of things we might do , whether it 's about spending more money , whether it 's about influencing people , whether it 's about physically restraining people on where they should go . |
| 14 | It 's about using biological controls and chemicals in moderation so there 's no risk to consumers . |
| 15 | It 's about looking |
| 16 | ‘ The more I 'm into music and the more I 'm into guitar playing , I realise it is n't about how great a guitar player you are ; it 's about writing songs and it 's about fitting guitar and voice together . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's about terrorizing my little sister , ’ replied Ethel . |
| 18 | And you know I , I actually had phrases like bra burning thrown at me and erm I I said that feminism to me is about having the same opportunities as men and I put few of the phrases er er you know along those lines and so everybody round the table said well yes I believe in that too , I said well then you 're feminists and so it 's about valuing or devaluing words as well and you know you just made the point about changing words , but how far do we go with this ? |
| 19 | On the other hand , one can argue that it 's not about , necessarily , what individuals want to do , it 's about providing a framework that is good in health and safety terms . |
| 20 | IT 'S about knowing what you want |
| 21 | It 's about trying to be an individual , putting your own look together . |
| 22 | Abbott offers the disarming creative theory : ‘ It 's about trying to find something to persuade someone . ’ |
| 23 | It 's about trying to understand what is going on , almost through the eyes of the participants themselves . |
| 24 | But it 's about trying to define requirements to the , to the best erm level and best degree . |
| 25 | And most importantly it 's about having fun — NOW ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's about putting the positive , funnier side of things in your face . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's about putting something back into your roots . ’ |
| 28 | And it 's m and again it 's all about opening things up , it 's about putting in erm getting someone like that and all that erm |
| 29 | It 's about because the company after all is you it 's a group of people and so er it 's about putting over the right image so quality presentation to a client the image . |
| 30 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |