Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun sg] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour government sought from the start to construct and hold together a support bloc around the theme of a ‘ social contract ’ , and I propose to organise my account of the development of political forces in this period around that same theme . |
| 2 | In 1676 an arrangement was made with the widow of William Gape , a past Master of the Company , for plants to be transferred from her Westminster garden to Chelsea and work began on the building of a brick wall around the property . |
| 3 | Are we having a boat rip around the needles ? |
| 4 | Increased noise and fumes from traffic would inconvenience residents , despite plans to build a screening wall around the car park . |
| 5 | The Front 's formation the previous spring had been backed by Ferlinghetti , Rexroth , Bill Graham — whose role as a rock promoter around the Filmore ballroom was just emerging and Ralph J. Gleason , then a little known San Francisco Chronicle columnist , later one of the main inspirations , and writers on Jann Wenner 's Rolling Stone , just a year away from its first edition . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a testing point around the age of 29 and I knew Diana would change considerably . |
| 7 | Take a camel ride up the slopes or a coach tour around the summit . |
| 8 | The Health and Safety Executive sued the contractor , Quicksons , on Ryan 's behalf , for failing to erect a safety barrier around the scaffold . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's a post office around the corner from where I live , and every Thursday morning the pensioners start queuing outside from about half-past eight , whatever the weather . |
| 10 | A total of 135,000 Russian people were evacuated from a 100km radius around the accident zone . |
| 11 | Bellamy led over 200 children on a nature trail around the grounds of the hostel before cutting the ribbon to declare the hostel officially open . |
| 12 | Leave cake to cool in the basin , then run a palette knife around the edge and down the side to loosen it . |
| 13 | The company is busily registering Digivision as a trade name around the world , but has found that a small British firm is already using the name for electronic equipment . |
| 14 | Among the groups in Essex who carried on the tradition yesterday were members of the Great Tey Footpath Preservation Society and villagers from neighbouring Chappel , who teamed up for a 14-mile walk around the boundaries of the two parishes . |
| 15 | Another tip for a different effect is to wrap a plastic bag around the roller with a rubber band . |
| 16 | Each carbonate unit is characterised by the development of a shallow-marine platform around the edge of the basin ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 17 | Leith shot a glance at Naylor , seated next to her , who was n't even a tinge pink around the ears at his aunt 's revealing what , since there were others in her particular line who were far more senior , must surely be a lie . |
| 18 | No location is given for the event and the original tale concerns the defence of the country and the erection of a brass wall around the whole of England . |
| 19 | For example , the problem of representing three-dimensional figures in two dimensions lent itself to the splitting of animal forms so that they faced out in both directions , joined by a centre line around the mouth and spine . |
| 20 | The Gurkhas occupy a depth position around the oilfields . |
| 21 | Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 22 | At a time when plans for global communications seem to rest on the semantics of international standards , Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 23 | Schoolchildren delivered cans for recycling and took part in a treasure hunt around the gardens , Fairdell Park and Marton West Beck . |
| 24 | The dome also incorporates a built-in groundsheet with a 6″ lip around the door , this will ensure no unwelcome creatures can come wandering into your bivvy during the night . |
| 25 | ‘ A bloke told us to watch it because there was a police car around the corner taking names and addresses . |
| 26 | With equal conviction a neighbouring headteacher might adopt quite a different approach — arguing that only by building a curriculum and a school day around the child can learning be effective and meaningful . |
| 27 | In the picture shown in the photograph on the facing page , I chose a walnut oval frame with a gold line around the edge , and used a plain cream silk as the background , as I felt that this showed the roses to their best advantage . |
| 28 | The event commenced with Lorna entertaining the ladies on the terrace , currently with her plans for a flower border around the pool , while the men retired to the library with Robert for Scotch and business talk . |
| 29 | We believed , however , that many people who entered the competition from further distances would wish to plan a weekend break around the show . |
| 30 | Under the coastguard sector review , we have considered the most effective way to provide a coastguard service around the whole of the United Kingdom . |