Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] around [art] [noun] " 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 Standing on a small peninsula surrounded by the beautiful Belle Mare beach , the buildings of the luxurious Saint Geran are grouped around a lagoon .
3 Most relocation policies are developed around the issue of the finances involved in buying and selling property .
4 Index futures are traded around the world , in North America , Europe and the Far East .
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 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 .
8 Could schools be built around the project method , in which the tyranny of traditional subjects was loosened ?
9 The other Commando units were spread around the village in a very tight perimeter , and in places very close to the German positions .
10 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 .
11 Pictures were flashed around the world of the two of them cavorting recklessly on a beach .
12 Dinner parties were built around the episodes .
13 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 .
14 Through the holes in the side of the Hongkong Banking Group building in Bishopsgate , papers fluttered on desks , books were scattered around the rooms .
15 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 .
16 The programme is built around a series of day cruises , building up to some long and ambitious trips exploring the islands in Wayfarer dinghies , so every morning starts with a briefing .
17 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 .
18 The research is based around the Peterborough Country Music Festival , currently a successful local/national event .
19 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 .
20 The rug-making industry is based around the towns of Srinagar , Amritsar , Jaipur , Agra , Bhadohi , Mirzapur , Khamariah and Ellora ( in order of general quality ) .
21 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 .
22 The work in the school this term is centred around the theme of the ‘ Natural World ’ and ‘ Living Things ’ .
23 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 .
24 Major area of the damage to the aircraft was centred around the propellers and undersides of the aircraft .
25 ‘ 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 .
26 Heavy fighting was reported around the cities of Shaqlawa and Sulaimaniya on April 13 in which 150 government troops were said to have been killed .
27 Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south .
28 The PC and its descendants are designed around the Intel 8088/86/286 family of processors and use a bus system to provide additional facilities such as graphics .
29 In addition to the passenger cabin , three separate baggage bays are grouped around the fuel tank , providing an extra 35 cubic feet of space .
30 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 ) .
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