Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] around [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The check in some early pianos and the development of piano technique around the turn of the 18th century |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the end , we were left with eleven versions of Felsenstein walking around the stage . |
| 10 | Recent studies using magnetic resonance imaging in patients with atlantoaxial subluxation have shown an inflammatory mass of granulation tissue around the odontoid arising from the synovial lining of the articulations . |
| 11 | Communist influence was strongest in the trade unions and amongst unemployed , and in the period of union militancy around the miners ' strike many of the anxieties about extremism were aired . |
| 12 | TFIIF , possibly along with TFIIE , might be involved in a change of DNA conformation around the initiation site that is induced by binding of RNA polymerase II to the preformed DAB complex and represents a transition from a closed to an open complex ( 30 ) . |
| 13 | Wood expands and contracts with temperature and humidity changes , so it 's important to leave a gap of ½″ per board yard of floor space around the edges of the room when you lay new wood flooring . |
| 14 | A survey of FEL activity around the world shows that about 50 projects are under-way and several others are seeking funding . |
| 15 | Also er saw er Nick last week and he 's agreed that we can offer a similar sort of training scheme around the force people apply just for er a one day course so what I 'm saying to any community affairs staff |
| 16 | He scrutinized the tiny facets of devastation aswirl around the eye-screen . |
| 17 | A second study examined the higher incidence of childhood leukemia around the nuclear weapons establishments at Aldermaston and Burghfield . |
| 18 | Fears that Hamilton 's prospecting was just the thin end of the wedge were confirmed when the Government announced that many other sensitive blocks of sea bed around the Welsh coastline were being considered for licensing under its 14th Oil/Gas Round . |
| 19 | Coonts may not have got lost once in three months of eyeball navigation around the Lower 48 , but his writing could do with a position fix . |
| 20 | Similarly , Branchplan can be used to generate a plot of customer distribution around a particular store location . |
| 21 | Wolframite and scheelite also occur in trace quantities associated with molybdenite mineralisation around a small Caledonian granite near Inverurie in north-east Scotland ( MRP 100 ) . |
| 22 | There was chaos outside , with people milling around the dead body . |
| 23 | Prepare the containers by filling loosely to the brim with peat compost , press it down gently with finger pressure around the rim of the tray to ensure there are no air pockets and roughly level it again , then press it down to make a firm , level surface about ½ in ( 12mm ) below the rim . |
| 24 | Continuing their tradition of affordable limited-edition guitars , Martin 's special 1993-model D-16 is the D-16H , an all-mahogany dreadnought with herringbone trim around the soundhole and down the centre of the back . |
| 25 | An all-party delegation of MPs from the area met transport minister Peter Bottomly to express their fears about traffic chaos around the new M 40 link . |
| 26 | In 1898 four parties of bearers — colliers , estate workmen , tenants and labourers — were detailed to wheel Gladstone 's bier from Hawarden church to Broughton Hall railway station , and in 1952 estate workers formed the guard of honour in Sandringham church around the coffin of George VI . |
| 27 | Second , mutation will generate variation in life history around the mean . |
| 28 | These in turn travel around the body and under their influence it begins its development into adult form . |
| 29 | The calculation of the orbit of a photon in Schwarzschild space around the Sun follows the same steps as that for material particles given in Section 8.1 . |
| 30 | Certainly there is abundant evidence for the extraction of salt from sea water around the Wash , but so far no settlement has been found to match the name ; on the distance from London alone , it ought to lie in the Sleaford or Heckington area . |