Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Translated from the original French , the 16 takes of fantasy and fable in Flammes de Pierre are set around the Mont Blanc range which the author knows well . |
| 2 | Most relocation policies are developed around the issue of the finances involved in buying and selling property . |
| 3 | Index futures are traded around the world , in North America , Europe and the Far East . |
| 4 | Formal user groups are organised around the General Household Survey and the Labour Force Survey . |
| 5 | Nodules are formed around the larvae mainly in the wall of the caecum and colon when , due to their size , they can travel no further within the arteries and subsequent rupture of these nodules releases the young adult parasites into the lumen of the intestine . |
| 6 | A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents . |
| 7 | A further example is shown in Figure 5b for ( AT ) 5 GC(AT) 5 in which the only reductions in DNase I cleavage are located around the central GC . |
| 8 | But the new workers of the modern age must live , and so homes are built around the machine 's food supplies ; crowded and sprawling , urbanism begins forming part of the machine 's superstructure . |
| 9 | Could schools be built around the project method , in which the tyranny of traditional subjects was loosened ? |
| 10 | The other Commando units were spread around the village in a very tight perimeter , and in places very close to the German positions . |
| 11 | There existed at that time , a real threat of an invasion of the British Isles by the French forces under Napoleon , so militia groups were formed and Martello Towers were erected around the more vulnerable coast line , to ward off and give warning of any sign of an invading fleet . |
| 12 | The ECG also monitors the amount of blood being pumped around the body — crucial in major surgery where blood loss and supply have to be carefully balanced . |
| 13 | He was that one , of course , and the night found him sitting in the back of a purring car being driven around the frosty streets of London in search of somebody to help him finish the story . |
| 14 | Pictures were flashed around the world of the two of them cavorting recklessly on a beach . |
| 15 | Dinner parties were built around the episodes . |
| 16 | Demand did not stretch to either Lloyds , which struggled to end 4 firmer at 359p after reports of a large line of stock being offered around the market both late on Wednesday and early yesterday , or Abbey National , off 2 at 266p . |
| 17 | Through the holes in the side of the Hongkong Banking Group building in Bishopsgate , papers fluttered on desks , books were scattered around the rooms . |
| 18 | An incision is made in the lower right abdomen through which the appendix is located , clamped and removed — a purse string suture is inserted around the stump and is pulled closed . |
| 19 | Their programme is built around the friendships , rivalries , correspondence and music of four of the 18th-century 's most successful and prolific composers — Telemann , Handel , Bach and Bononcini . |
| 20 | The research is based around the Peterborough Country Music Festival , currently a successful local/national event . |
| 21 | The discussion in this chapter is organized around the central question ‘ Who does what for whom ? ’ . |
| 22 | For ease of presentation the chapter is structured around the following themes : |
| 23 | Indeed , it floats about in fluid so its physical position varies , but every location along the chromosome is precisely addressed in terms of linear order along the length of the chromosome , just as every location along a computer tape is precisely addressed , even if the tape is strewn around the floor rather than being neatly rolled up . |
| 24 | The rug-making industry is based around the towns of Srinagar , Amritsar , Jaipur , Agra , Bhadohi , Mirzapur , Khamariah and Ellora ( in order of general quality ) . |
| 25 | Concerned by what he had seen , but not aware that disaster was imminent , he telephoned the colliery Manager at his home ; the Manager instructed that a fence be erected around the subsidence . |
| 26 | The work in the school this term is centred around the theme of the ‘ Natural World ’ and ‘ Living Things ’ . |
| 27 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 28 | Major area of the damage to the aircraft was centred around the propellers and undersides of the aircraft . |
| 29 | ‘ The concept for the last album was based around the idea that , if we 're going to use music to stop the destruction of the world , we need to look outwards . |
| 30 | Most of the resultant industry was concentrated around the new town of Middlesbrough , but in 1864 the Middleston Iron Company was founded . |