Example sentences of "it about " in BNC.
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1 | And it could be said that not only is it about imitation — it is also , as are other tours de force , itself an imitation of something . |
2 | The reader can not have failed to notice that J. A. Fodor is fast emerging here as the bête noire , in that he both presents the strongest case for the representational theory of the mind and champions the conclusion which flows from it about the impossibility of concept-learning . |
3 | Earlier this year AMP acquired London Life , the mutual British life insurer , for just £15m which , with its own operations in the UK , gives it about a 1 per cent market share . |
4 | There is lot of it about these days and not just in the police service . |
5 | Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group . |
6 | Just what is it about Barbados that produces so many wonderful cricketers ? |
7 | What was it about his captaincy , then , that was so special ? |
8 | What is it about Peter Cook or John Hegley that predisposes me to smile even before they open their mouths ? |
9 | He 'd used it about a lot of his friends behind their backs , particularly if they were homosexuals or had other sexual tastes he considered unusual . |
10 | Now she could say it about someone else . |
11 | What was it about generalisations ? |
12 | What is it about any situation that stops you succeeding ? |
13 | AIR FRANCE last night signed a deal with Sabena , giving it about a 25 p.c. stake of the troubled Belgian national carrier . |
14 | Appraisal is therefore not about identifying individuals for financial reward or promotion nor is it about penalising ‘ poor ’ performance — they are separate management processes . |
15 | I want to warn it about Mr Crangle s expedition . |
16 | He thought it about the stupidest remark he 'd ever made — and so did she by the look on her face . |
17 | What is it about PolaGraph that sets it apart from all the other black and white films ? |
18 | What was it about the station that was so fascinating ? |
19 | The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ? |
20 | But this is not about justice , nor is it about International law . |
21 | In 1985 , however , the Government specifically rejected calls for another inquiry like Lord Scarman 's , arguing that since the riots were a ‘ criminal enterprise ’ it was useless to search for social explanations or to have yet another report advising it about what to do . |
22 | The only role created on him by an experienced choreographer was that of a Negro pugilist in Andrée Howard 's Mardi Gras , and that ballet , although striking in its strange , suggestive drama , was such an idiosyncratic , atmospheric piece that he was unlikely to learn much from it about form or structure . |
23 | If she has a dry mouth condition offer her a wet feed with the bit in position to teach her to move it about better . |
24 | Market forces would then bring it about that ‘ bad ’ schools would simply wither away , or be compelled to become ‘ good ’ , if they were to remain open . |
25 | Their use as a screen or selector seems to dictate the curriculum rather than merely to reflect it , and to bring it about that easily measurable accomplishments should be given priority , the repeating of acquired factual information , or the mechanical performance of skills picked up without understanding . |
26 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
27 | But what was it about the concept of citizenship that made it so popular in political discussion and why were ‘ boy labour ’ reformers so eager to introduce working-class adolescents to its supposed virtues ? |
28 | What is it about local economic policies that make them ‘ local ’ ? |
29 | Reading the report , it is clear that many of the ideas in it about people 's perception of risks are his . |
30 | GPU alleges that the commission failed to warn it about the safety hazards of the Three Mile Island reactor . |