Example sentences of "around [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , erm various terms have been erm thrown around about new settlements being an engine of growth and a sinkhole for future growth , erm the only point I want to make there is that any future growth beyond the present structure plan period of two thousand and six would of course be subject to the planning system , there is no automatic erm growth erm of any new settlement that is proposed or may be proposed beyond two thousand and six , and Mr Davis has indicated that at that time a new study will be carried out on the relative merits of the alternative options that were seen at that time . |
| 2 | We 'll iron out any problems we have , and ideally aim to implement the summer clubs with their own computer systems around about late May . ’ |
| 3 | Th this is something that is developing members will be aware of the er proposals for er competition for white collar services and we sh we recharge these costs at the moment historic leases and the central departments are at the moment developing er trading accounts for all these and as we develop that work we we can correct our previous charges so there will be some sort of changes in the way we charge and as I say that 's coming through in these costs committees because it 's it 's shifting money around between different committees so we shifted the budget at the same time . |
| 4 | It discounts the few 41s that might be around as non-production units . |
| 5 | Probably recommendable chiefly to Britflick completists and producers shopping around for cheap talent . |
| 6 | Eventually , satisfied that he had found what he wanted , the Doctor halted , waving the box around for final confirmation . |
| 7 | HOLY Week is a time when many people look around for devotional reading , and I suppose we should be grateful to the Observer for drawing attention to a ‘ dirty ’ book on sex for Catholics which has been written by the 30-year-old retiring editor of the Catholic Herald and a friend . |
| 8 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 9 | We can do exactly the same : look around for good ambush spots as you run , places which give you cover so that you can jump out and completely surprise your attacker as he rushes past . |
| 10 | The research concluded that , in some respects , patients could and did behave like consumers in a marketplace , shopping around for good quality care . |
| 11 | Shop around for good fish ; active and robust , with well-developed fins and good colour . |
| 12 | Once you have thoroughly reorganized your existing storage you can look around for new surfaces to conquer . |
| 13 | But he was advised to start looking around for other work . |
| 14 | Not everyone unfortunately has children so you may have to cast around for other members of the family . |
| 15 | Now the Board had to pay for Whiterock College , this could mean reducing the budget all around for other Colleges . |
| 16 | They look around for other explanations and ulterior motives . |
| 17 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 18 | Please could you confirm this is all OK , as if it is n't I shall be looking around for other people as my financial situation gets monthly more worrying ! |
| 19 | So why should we still be looking around for suitable composts ? |
| 20 | When the blacksmith decides to make some new tongs for himself , he may just look around for suitable pieces of scrap which he will then fashion into the desired tools . |
| 21 | For a moment it was as if he was casting around for suitable names , and then suddenly he was looking past Alexei towards Jehan . |
| 22 | Archbishop Fisher and Archbishop Garbett of York started to look around for scholarly clergymen and hovered over various names , ail of whom taught then or had taught in universities . |
| 23 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 24 | Some people think that having reasons for faith is an insult to God , as if we were desperately grubbing around for make-shift reasons to believe in him . |
| 25 | Japan looked around for diplomatic support , but this was not forthcoming from either Britain or the United States . |
| 26 | Snuffling around for untapped niche markets , Unipalm Ltd , based in Cambridge , has come up with Mail-it , a Microsoft Windows-to-Unix connectivity E-mail package . |
| 27 | These factors , coupled with the abolition of scale charges for conveyancing , caused the lawyers to cast around for alternative sources of income . |
| 28 | Unable to mobilize peasant support , the revolutionaries cast around for alternative strategies . |
| 29 | If their treasurers have n't yet written to you it may well be because they are busy shopping around for alternative banking services — as indeed I am . |
| 30 | few would deny that the CMHTs almost immediately ran into problems due to the squeeze on local authority budgets and found themselves scrabbling around for alternative resources ; |