Example sentences of "be about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you must be about the only person in London that has n't heard , ’ Bragg said drily . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 3 | The biographer , therefore , is likely to work on people of some fame , whatever their spheres of activity may be , and so the biography is more likely to be about the famous ( or notorious ) person , the outstanding success or the eye-catching , unusual personality . |
| 4 | This question was supposed to be about the Baltic states , but as we have become hooked on gold , I think that we had better have the answer . |
| 5 | It was to be about the –wicked stepmother ’ in Snow White , something from her point of view , redress some of the balance . |
| 6 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 7 | This time , however , it will not be about the great philosophical issues of class warfare and who should run the world ; it will be simply about where students can sit to hear a lecture . |
| 8 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 9 | ‘ My houses have to be about the right thing , ’ he told Endill . |
| 10 | It could n't be about the fire-damaged gin . |
| 11 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
| 12 | And people do live in other parts of the area , and they need telephones — from what I 've seen of the place they 'll be about the main link with the outside world . |
| 13 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |
| 14 | I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people . |