Example sentences of "[noun] around the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman came out of her house and apparently poured a pot of tea around the base of a bush . |
| 2 | The Asiatic spiny turtle ( left ) boasts a rim of sharp spikes around the edge of its shell , and the pancake tortoise ( bottom ) has an unusually flattened shell and body enabling it to slither to safety under low crevices . |
| 3 | In the majority of houses there are two different types of hot water : one which is in continuous circulation around the radiators of the central heating system , and one which comes out of the hot water taps in the bathroom and kitchen . |
| 4 | Having iced the cake with a plain layer of royal icing and then left it to dry , I have made copies of small pressed flower pictures both on the top , as a centrepiece , and with small sprays around the sides of the cake . |
| 5 | The Labour government sought from the start to construct and hold together a support bloc around the theme of a ‘ social contract ’ , and I propose to organise my account of the development of political forces in this period around that same theme . |
| 6 | She ran her forefinger around the inside of the white pyrex bowl and said nothing . |
| 7 | I cut down young trees and put them in the ground , in a half-circle around the front of my tent . |
| 8 | It was originally powered by an iron and wood breast shot water wheel , replaced with a turbine around the turn of the century . |
| 9 | Starting in the early days of St Cuthberts with local delivery carts , there has been continuous use of this economical form of transport , through the heyday of the horse around the turn of the century , and the rapid change to motorized vehicles in the 1920s and 30s , to the hire carriages in use today . |
| 10 | The left-hand chambers have to pump much harder to force the re-oxygenated blood around the whole of the body . |
| 11 | It may appear contradictory , at a time when so much emphasis is given to restructuring business/education liaison around the notion of local solutions to local problems , for the Teacher Placement Service to retain a national project team comprising project director and regional managers . |
| 12 | In trees , the tiny water tubes are in a ring around the inside of the trunk . |
| 13 | Day Four : This morning you may wish to take a break from cycling and take a wander around the town of Hilversum . |
| 14 | On the outskirts of Nailsworth is Egypt Mill , which first appears in the record books around the middle of the 17th century , when it belonged to a London haberdasher , George Hudson . |
| 15 | The number of dots included in each 2.5×2.5 cm subarea of the grid were counted , excluding the four central subareas around the site of injection . |
| 16 | Players in the virtually invincible Yale side around the turn of the century would dip their shirts in blood from an abattoir before a match . |
| 17 | Few people were about , owing to the lateness of the hour , and the guards around the entrance of each tower she passed , glanced briefly at her and turned away , seeing only a woman of indeterminate age , muffled in a hooded cloak such as was worn by serving-women everywhere . |
| 18 | A first call for proposals may be made in April with a deadline for submission around the end of May . |
| 19 | The primary job of the TAG was communications , a vital factor in the conduct of the operation of the Fleet and its aircraft around the oceans of the world . |
| 20 | Or are we just creatures of our time , trapped by our failure to see the solutions around the corner of our life-span ? |
| 21 | She imagined that to walk that track , and to climb the rough hewn rock around the mouth of the cave , would bring her to the top of the canyon . |
| 22 | Elective 8 : normally SYMAP leaves a gap around the boundaries of each country . |
| 23 | On Sept. 15 President Najibullah welcomed the agreement and offered a ceasefire amidst reports of intense fighting around the town of Gardez , 100 km south of Kabul . |
| 24 | The road , now the A.838 , crosses the water by a modern bridge making unnecessary the long detour around the head of the Kyle . |
| 25 | Current forecasts indicate , with the exception of a slight decrease around the turn of the millennium , that the population aged over 65 will continue to increase from 8.8 million in 1987 to 11.3 million in 2025 ( see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 26 | You fit Open University study around the rest of your life . |
| 27 | Erm , under body language you mi there might be a category of er channels around the theme of gesture , okay ? |
| 28 | A quick glance around the line-ups of Leeds ' rivals reveals a team of Elland Road rejects who 've gone on to prove themselves in the Premier League . |
| 29 | He also saw the need to rewrite roles around the talents of the actors , as he did for Crawford , but there were limits to what he could do to make the most of the story for the cinema . |
| 30 | Finally , we will examine pragmatism which , particularly under the inspiration of C. S. Pierce , William James , and John Dewey , was very influential in the United States around the turn of the century . |