Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] around a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Redcar regeneration plan is based around a leisure complex for the Majuba Road sea-front area and a new town centre shopping development . |
| 3 | The device is based around a humidity sensor . |
| 4 | In the interest of low power consumption the device is designed around a CMOS integrated circuit type 4093 which is a versatile package containing four two-input NAND gates with Schmitt triggers on their inputs . |
| 5 | Hunting 's present business is based around a variety of aircraft maintenance and support services . |
| 6 | The blaze investigation is concentrated around a cooker . |
| 7 | The palazzo is built around a courtyard with a truncated tower at its base . |
| 8 | If the contour is followed around a curve to the north overlooking Crina Bottom , a dozen more holes will be found . |
| 9 | But set aside the location and the time , and even the fact that the story is built around a strike by workers on the Dakar-Niger railway line . |
| 10 | Every IBM PC compatible computer is built around a Processing Chip ( processor ) , and this chip is nominally a member of the Intel x86 family . |
| 11 | Well the as you 'll have noticed the course is designed around a series of talks but they are by no means lectures . |
| 12 | The most common alternative system is based around a number of microswitches . |