Example sentences of "it be [verb] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's designed around the principle that participation is more important than winning . |
| 2 | The formula for calculating the tension of an open-wound string is likely to give a figure over 10 per cent too high because the theory behind it does not consider the deviation of the winding wire from a circular cross-section as it is bent around the core . |
| 3 | The aims of Reflexology are : to relax stress and tension , the cause of approximately 75% of today 's diseases and ailments ; to relieve blocked nerve impulses that end in the feet , to improve circulation , for it is at the feet that the blood , as it is pumped around the body , changes direction . |
| 4 | Funded partly by the RSPCA but not by pig producers , it is built around the idea of allowing a sow to do what comes naturally when she settles down to her accouchement . |
| 5 | It is built around the respect , empathy and warmth expressed by the social worker for the client . |
| 6 | She tried to tear off the balaclava , but it was tied around the neck , so in her shame and fear she attempted to shield her body with her handcuffed arms . |
| 7 | It was built around the year 1800 at the crossing point of the brook and the Grand Union canal , which it carries above it . |
| 8 | One of the chief glories of this house is that it has been little altered since it was built around the middle of the sixteenth century . |
| 9 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |
| 10 | From then on , it was working around the clock with tons of gear filling 3 huge lorries . |
| 11 | It was wrapped around the body and over the left shoulder where it was draped in folds which nearly reached the floor . |