Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the drone of insect life around us I could distinguish the sound of an aeroplane engine . |
| 2 | The most effective prevention for leeches was not our trouser elastics , as we had believed , but a squirt of insect repellent around the tops of our boots . |
| 3 | He has also examined the well-publicised cluster of leukaemia cases around the Dounreay nuclear plant and concludes it is likely to have been caused by exposure to incoming oil workers rather than radiation from the plant . |
| 4 | As there is such a high incidence of leukaemia clusters around Dounreay and Sellafield , we should be trying to reduce , not increase , the level of reprocessing . |
| 5 | The recent discoveries of horse burials around the site of the original find of 1653 , and probably to be associated with it , have , however , provided further indications of paganism . |
| 6 | Correct exposure for dull quartz usually results in serious over-exposure of feldspars , with development of halation areas around the grains , while correct exposure of feldspars produces marked under-exposure of quartz grains . |
| 7 | Relations with the USA which had generally been amicable under the Bhutto government , underwent a serious crisis in October 1990 following the suspension of aid worth around US$570 million on grounds that Pakistan was engaged in a nuclear weapons programme [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 8 | This has been surprisingly little used even in the US , and the recent work by the CLE on it has had considerable impact in changing the direction of labour economics around the world . |
| 9 | If you conceive the , the organism has a temporary packaging as a kind of protein coat around its , its genes , which T four bacteria clearly is , then once the genes have been passed on , the packaging is no further use and can be discarded . |
| 10 | Hypotheses such as fluctuations in solar radiation come up again and again ( recently , for example , on the evidence of coral reefs around Barbados ) . |
| 11 | The ideas that a circuit of Burgers vectors around a dislocation is not closed motivated Michael Berry to think about closed orbits in a variety of new contexts . |
| 12 | The Brennans , who currently boast millions of album sales around the world , are better known as the Irish folk band , Clannad — while Maire 's younger sister Enya is also enjoying great success with a new solo album in both the UK and American charts . |
| 13 | The occurrence of leatherback turtles around the British Isles is n't as rare as was once thought ( Questions , October ) . |
| 14 | The simple reason for which they failed to make the headlines and fire up the imagination of rugby pundits around the world is that they were blacks and coloureds in an apartheid-ridden South Africa . |
| 15 | He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world . |
| 16 | The Environment Secretary , Michael Heseltine , has rejected planning proposals for the use of green-belt land around the city of Chester for housing and industrial development . |
| 17 | There are hundreds of specialist archives around the country . |
| 18 | In an old house , it may be that gaps in the skirting boards are the chief causes of heat loss and/or draughts , in which case a quick brandishing of wood filler around the home will solve that problem . |
| 19 | The accord also included agreement to ‘ foster stability of exchange rates around current levels ’ . |
| 20 | For example , Steve Jobs organized the Apple office as a circle of work areas around a central foyer . |
| 21 | Mr Mandela , who is on a three-day tour of powderkeg areas around the Natal provincial capital Pietermaritzburg , said earlier he planned to attend tomorrow 's funeral . |
| 22 | AFTER INTENSE PRESSURE FROM BRUCE HARRIS AND THOUSANDS OF AMNESTY MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD , POLICEMEN IN GUATEMALA HAVE BEEN RECONVICTED FOR THE MURDER OF NAHAMAN CARMONA LOPEZ |
| 23 | For example , in one case a number of Staffordshire businessmen were keen to make a bid for a £75 million contract for the construction of security fencing around a British military base in Germany . |
| 24 | The check in some early pianos and the development of piano technique around the turn of the 18th century |
| 25 | The pattern of population redistribution around the country 's metropolitan regions is best seen as an evolving one ( Champion , 1983 ) , though the broad picture is one of absolute loss of population from the older urban cores in favour of the newer suburbs and ( increasingly ) the surrounding towns . |
| 26 | Possible changes would include the reporting of sensitivity analyses in league table documents or , as more economic evaluations of health care interventions are undertaken alongside controlled clinical studies , the use of confidence intervals around estimates . |
| 27 | Durham Wildlife Trust already owns scores of nature reserves around the county . |
| 28 | The police say that they 've had reports of sightings of Sir Roy around London . |
| 29 | These are the design clues that spell ‘ Ferrari ’ to the countless thousands of sports enthusiasts around the world . |
| 30 | Later other improvements came along such as putting a cylinder of safety glass around the flame to improve the illumination , and covering the gauze by a metal bonnet to protect it from accidental damage . |