Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] around " in BNC.

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1 The use of a heron scarer or wires around the perimeter of the pond , or a net over the pond is advisable if your pond is visited by herons .
2 ‘ We did not have enough heart or bravery around the penalty area where it matters most against a team that was committed and strong .
3 If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’
4 HOUSES & GARDENS AROUND BRITAIN CRUISE
5 One was not moving either weight or air around the countryside .
6 Swollen , inflamed parotids ; sub-mandibular glands too — they may be stony hard with a sensation of tension or pressure around them ; pains often shoot into the ears on swallowing ; dry rough throat with difficulty swallowing especially hot things ; pale face and skin .
7 Woosnam and Faldo won their match against Wadkins and Stewart around the turn when in the space of nine holes from the 6th they conspired to produce eight 3s .
8 I was lucky enough , through my association with the Stornoway Sea Cadets , to sail whalers and dinghies around the islands and to cruise extensively in their forty-five foot motor vessel and training ship , T.S .
9 He wanted only to be gone , to break out of the circle of reproach and injury around him .
10 Muscle relaxants during pregnancy , these get into the baby as well and it relax the baby 's muscles and they would relax these ligaments and muscles around the hip joint which means that the hips can be not as they should be , alright ?
11 The kind of technological developments demanded by the Plan , from new types of automobile propulsion to reformulated hair-sprays , will heavily influence technical research and development around the globe .
12 A team of eight scientists measured height , weight and girth around various parts of the body .
13 It is now generally acknowledged that a man is usually at the peak of sexual potency and performance around the early twenties ; thereafter a slow decline sets in .
14 The strike action came as the culmination of two weeks of widespread price riots and strikes by 80,000 public sector workers , during which 7,000 people were arrested and an estimated four killed , with 12 others wounded , as the Army and the police confronted protestors looting shops and markets around the country .
15 She creates multiple relationships and teams around her by giving people ‘ stakes ’ in each project , solidified by promised personal benefit .
16 Yet in the back of his mind this young man harbours a trunk full of doubts and confusion around sex .
17 I could put some such running , grasping lines of light and shadow around Nimue and Merlin .
18 Internationalisation — Company Programmes have developed an understanding of working with multicultural groups and the differing managerial styles and practice around the world .
19 If the orbits of M and m around each other are not circular then , with or without synchronous rotation , during each orbit the tides on each body will oscillate around the average orientation , the axial rotation rates being constant .
20 The major slick , and the only one posing a serious threat to wildlife , had emanated from the Mina al-Ahmadi terminal in Kuwait , and from oil storage tanks ruptured in combat at the Saudi border town of Khafji ; smaller slicks came from Iraq 's Mina al-Bakr terminal and facilities around Bubiyan Island .
21 But given the copious evidence that chimps simply can not get their lips and tongues around enough sounds , their cross-modal associations pose no threat to Geschwind 's theory .
22 One way of fitting in closet and sleeping space together , apart from the fold-up bed idea , is to build wardrobes or shelves around a bed-size area to form a bed alcove .
23 Unusual soreness or redness around the mouth , nose or eyes .
24 On the other hand , if there were more than three spatial dimensions , the orbits of planets around the sun or electrons around a nucleus would be unstable and they would tend to spiral inward .
25 No , I soon thought , not for me hang-gliding or white water canoeing or push-biking around the Himalayas or starring in parent/teacher bloody and painful , and of course exciting , rugby matches !
26 The entrances can be defined as those holes exhibiting quantities of scraped-out sand or soil around them , whereas a bolt or exit hole is simply that , a hole in the ground with no other clue to its whereabouts than that hole .
27 General Accident will insure you for all sums which you may be held legally liable to pay in connection with your caravan and the plot on which your caravan is situated together with any fences , hedges , posts or chains around the plot resulting in
28 Langbaurgh counts in the bar and Redcar around the stage .
29 They did as they were ordered , and when the arms began to flail again Mother Francis brought her hand in a resounding blow across Sister Mary 's face , sending her backwards against the wall , where she stood , quiet now , her mouth agape and froth around her lips .
30 If you buy all the trips , then we 'll give you a great voucher pack which will save you £££ 's in discos and clubs around the resort .
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