Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] surround [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities on Feb. 21 banned demonstrations following large-scale protests by students who claimed that the government was attempting a " cover-up " of the circumstances surrounding his death , and had demanded Moi 's resignation . |
| 2 | Some are content to praise or vilify Althusser while never engaging deeply with his views , and many of the debates surrounding his work are conducted at this superficial level . |
| 3 | Colleagues , who 've been paying tribute to his dedication and exertise , say he 'd always been aware of the dangers surrounding his work.Ian Maclaren reports . |
| 4 | THE STRANGEST thing , tonight , is that L7 — the new Runaways/Girlschool/Rock Follies , depending on where you stand — wriggle out of the preconceptions surrounding their rock escapades and play like demons . |
| 5 | He remembered the vivid sunsets of his boyhood and the way the sun would hang like a crimson ball above the edge of the trees surrounding their house and then plunge out of sight as if it had been dropped in a moment of carelessness . |
| 6 | To look at them now , they seem eloquent , somehow symbolic , of the ideas surrounding their creation : aesthetic , yet dissected , sexual yet grotesque . |