Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The work in the school this term is centred around the theme of the ‘ Natural World ’ and ‘ Living Things ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
| 10 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
| 11 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
| 12 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 13 | It is 2130 and the EOD team are grouped around the television set again , cigarette smoke spiralling up to the ceiling . |
| 14 | The team is based around the pub of the same name in the area 's Mill Street , which has a collection of trophies behind the bar . |
| 15 | Firebacks cast in one or two pieces are put into place , and corrugated cardboard is wrapped around the back to provide an expansion joint . |
| 16 | No evidence survives for the means by which the portraits of the emperor and his court were sent around the Empire . |
| 17 | Eric spat and choked down the line , and there followed the noise of the phone-box handset being smashed around the inside of the booth . |
| 18 | Yeltsin 's decrees countering the SCSE were relayed around the country by foreign radio stations . |
| 19 | The second area is located around the development of information systems involving considerations such as meaningfulness , accuracy and accessibility of data . |
| 20 | 6 Once the sink has been plumbed in , silicon sealant is used around the edge to make the unit completely watertight |
| 21 | Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily . |
| 22 | ‘ The dinghy was wrapped around the front of the wheel strut and would n't leave the aircraft because of Derek 's frozen grip on the life-line . |
| 23 | But this man here is obviously going to say he 's seen no cruelty , he h obviously has n't seen the circus madness video that w was released by I A W A and Animals Defenders this year , where there is an absolutely horrendous scene of a llama being beaten around the head and chest . |
| 24 | Dell Computer Corp 's new 4560/XE server is built around the company 's new XE-server chassis and the 60MHz Pentium processor . |
| 25 | The difficulty lay in the fact that what characterized their view of primitive society was that it was classless and free of exploitation , while the Marxist theory of society is built around the idea of class . |
| 26 | Active citizenship may not be possible as today life is geared around the individual and common interests are hard to identify — ; ‘ people are ill-informed judges of their own interests therefore representatives do a better job . ’ |
| 27 | Sometimes moxibustion is used alongside acupuncture : a ball of dried herb is placed around the shaft of the needle . |
| 28 | The hardened wheel of a pipe cutter will give a much neater cut : the adjusting handle is progressively tightened as the cutter is rotated around the pipe . |
| 29 | Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead . |
| 30 | Sometimes tentacles of a different form are found around the perimeter of the disc . |