Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most relocation policies are developed around the issue of the finances involved in buying and selling property . |
| 2 | Index futures are traded around the world , in North America , Europe and the Far East . |
| 3 | A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents . |
| 4 | Miss Bangholm reports that members of the club are hanging around the hall as girls are leaving and some of them are rather afraid . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Could schools be built around the project method , in which the tyranny of traditional subjects was loosened ? |
| 7 | The other Commando units were spread around the village in a very tight perimeter , and in places very close to the German positions . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Pictures were flashed around the world of the two of them cavorting recklessly on a beach . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the closing years of the nineteenth century , just as the eastern Germans were leaving the land and deserting the east , at the very time that the Polish population of the border districts was on the rise , the theoretical and practical policies of both the Polenpolitik and the Kulturkampf were hardening around the drive towards industrial and imperial expansion — if not overseas , which was almost impossible — then in the eastern borderlands . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The work in the school this term is centred around the theme of the ‘ Natural World ’ and ‘ Living Things ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When 26-year-old Tim Haller , from Horncastle , Lincs , bought a double-decker bus in 1988 , his great ambition was to travel around the world in it . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | In contrast the American pairings were a mere nine under par between them , albeit on an afternoon when the wind was swirling around the course causing all sorts of problems with club selection . |
| 20 | In addition to the passenger cabin , three separate baggage bays are grouped around the fuel tank , providing an extra 35 cubic feet of space . |
| 21 | Delivery is free ; order lines are staffed around the clock every day of the week and every garment is guaranteed ( there 's a complete money refund or replacement for everything returned within 14 days ) . |
| 22 | Low couches and upholstered cushions were dotted around the floor . |
| 23 | Last year more than 12 million Z80 chips were sold around the world and incorporated into computers , telecommunications equipment and peripherals . |
| 24 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
| 25 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
| 26 | A butterfly was flapping around the wheelbarrow looking for a fragrance to match the colour of that great metallic flower . |
| 27 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
| 28 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 29 | It is 2130 and the EOD team are grouped around the television set again , cigarette smoke spiralling up to the ceiling . |
| 30 | There is a friendly , lively atmosphere at the Britannia and generally days are spent around the pool or visiting the S'Amfora or Venus pool and bar . |