Example sentences of "[adj] in [noun] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repainting schemes in particular have been more imaginative , and for example one can proudly take overseas visitors interested in railways around our great cathedrals of the steam age now doing record business in a whole variety of ways … more trains and passengers , more refreshment facilities , many more shopping complexes . |
| 2 | There are about 700 Boeing 747s in operation around the world , and rather fewer Douglas DCI0s and Lockheed Lloll Tri-Stars : the so-called jumbo jets , the wide-bodies , those given the suffix ‘ heavy ’ — as in ‘ Cathay Pacific 200-Heavy ’ — by the air traffic controllers . |
| 3 | Many elderly people are quite capable of maintaining old friendships , making new ones and keeping themselves interested and involved in life around them without any help from their children . |
| 4 | Like Jesus , he used his poverty to be totally available to those in need around him . |
| 5 | In what military sources described as the fiercest fighting for months , an estimated 40 left-wing guerrillas and 20 soldiers died on May 23-25 in clashes around Dabeiba , in Antioquia province , 600 km north-west of Bogotá in the foothills of the Andes . |
| 6 | They 've been withdrawn from sale , but its feared other mowers with similar cabling could still be available in shops around Britain . |
| 7 | Company chairman Luciano Benetton appeared naked in newspapers around the world earlier this year with the caption ‘ I want my clothes back ’ in a charity stunt . |
| 8 | So far , the single has made almost £3 million in sales around the world , says Arista Records boss Clive Davis . |