Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no outstanding houses but the lines of brick houses grouped around the central green and round smaller greens in other parts of the village form a pleasing composition . |
| 2 | ‘ We get a lot of day trippers motoring around the Downs and they see the signs for Brands Hatch and they automatically put their foot down thinking they 're bleedin' Formula One drivers . ’ |
| 3 | A dense network of seismograph stations installed around the epicentre detected only six small aftershocks all within six weeks of the main shock . |
| 4 | The former assessed need to spend by an authority as a basis for calculating entitlement to block grant ; the latter was a system of expenditure controls based around the progressive removal of grant above the ‘ target ’ expenditure level set for each authority . |
| 5 | among the dozens of grape varieties grown around the world stand out from the rest . |
| 6 | However , the reception office is very much a functional working area and should be well planned with work centres focused around the major equipment used , and located so that communication and liaison with the other sections is easy , simple and efficient . |
| 7 | Despite the noise and the modern dress of the customers , it was not difficult to imagine men with clay pipes sitting around the hearth of The Black Dog on windy , wet nights . |
| 8 | Cuckney challenges the view that there are vast sums of money locked up in pension funds floating around the City that could be diverted towards helping struggling small firms to grow . |
| 9 | The other channel will draw on TV programmes transmitted around the world and will be financed entirely from licence fees , which will have to increase as a result . |