Example sentences of "[noun] around a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only time that that does n't apply is if you are thinking in terms of posts in a fence around a square field or round a circular field . |
| 2 | Elsewhere , in Aquitaine , the hoards show a very low level of mixing of coins from various mints , suggesting only local circulation around a single centre , and there is virtually no sign of coins entering the region from the north or north-east . |
| 3 | ‘ The way I see it , ’ he said , strategically deploying troops and artillery around a wall-to-wall map , ‘ with a little more armour the Germans could be really kicking ass . ’ |
| 4 | Here too is a tiny gauge railway which offers children one or more trips around a small circuit that includes a tunnel . |
| 5 | The frog 's forehead bulged as it tried to get its mind around a new idea . |
| 6 | In cases for which the system has spherical symmetry , such as space–time around a spherical star or planet , it may often be better to use polar coordinates ; then where . |
| 7 | If it is ⅔km around a running track , how many laps would a runner have to make to do 12km ? |
| 8 | On his way back with the water , he got lost on detour around a fallen tree , and as he looked for his way through the woods , he heard a voice ask from the underbrush , ‘ Have you anything to drink ? ’ |
| 9 | the E.R.M. is a mechanism for maintaining exchange rates of participating currencies around a central Value plus or minus 2.25% . |
| 10 | Tonight ITV , 8pm DS GREIG fronts an undercover operation where the aim is to nab a burglar who has been running riot pulling off dozens of break-ins around a local housing estate . |
| 11 | The rooms form an L-shape around a pleasant lawn and the main house contains the bar , small lounge and restaurant where excellent Creole and Continental cuisine is served . |
| 12 | The Feslegen is built in an L-shape around a central courtyard where breakfast is served and is smoothly run by our friend Mutah . |
| 13 | They look good in bold drifts , and the effect is usually more pleasing if you choose just two or three varieties to plant in groups , rather than dot around a large number of different varieties in a small area . |
| 14 | These North Hill examples are probably contemporary with another mosaic from North Hill which has " L " shapes around a central square ( although the former are technically inferior , and are unlikely to be predominantly — if at all — the work of the same mosaicists ) . |
| 15 | Examples to show the difference from unnecessary obstruction include leaving a vehicle around a blind bend , or just over a humped-back bridge etc . |
| 16 | The latter might , originally , have been a four-swastika meander around a central band . |
| 17 | One way of fitting in closet and sleeping space together , apart from the fold-up bed idea , is to build wardrobes or shelves around a bed-size area to form a bed alcove . |
| 18 | Quite apart from the vernacular which ranges from ‘ circle ’ for a loop or ‘ infinity ’ for a figure of eight , to ‘ the rug ’ for expanding loops around a constant centre — or two of these for a ‘ Gautier brassiere ’ there are varied modes of command from the team leaders . |
| 19 | For example , Steve Jobs organized the Apple office as a circle of work areas around a central foyer . |
| 20 | The most notorious confrontation took place around a coking plant at Orgreave , near Sheffield . |
| 21 | A colourful fishing and farming village , embedded in weird rock formations around a large bay . |
| 22 | Advocaat has shaped his team around a five-man attack aimed at overwhelming San Marino 's part-timers . |
| 23 | Accelerated soil erosion around a Mexican highland lake caused by prehispanic agriculture |
| 24 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 25 | If the QPOs in NGC5548 derive from instability or variability in an accretion disc around a black hole , the black hole mass can be only a few hundred thousand solar masses , an uncomfortably small number for most AGN models . |
| 26 | Led by the head waiter around a crowded bar we emerged into a restaurant with a breathtaking interior . |
| 27 | Similarly , Branchplan can be used to generate a plot of customer distribution around a particular store location . |
| 28 | She paused at a picture on the wall , a grey and beige cubist arrangement of lines and broken planes around a torn fragment of newspaper . |
| 29 | She was squashed between the seat and the wheel , the seatbelt was cutting into her like a rubber band around a swelling finger . |
| 30 | Resembling a ship 's bridge , the company boardroom is located at the top of a 22 metre conning-tower , with the three floors below housing printing presses at the ‘ stern ’ and 4.500 sq metres of editorial and administrative space , a restaurant and fitness room around a central atrium located at the ‘ bow ’ . |