Example sentences of "[noun sg] is around [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally the extra cost for this type is around the same as for adding your own jacket — but the insulation wo n't fall off . |
| 2 | Its population is around the 3.3 million mark compared with some 56 million in the UK . |
| 3 | Firstly , the peak age for conviction is around the school-leaving age and the likelihood of conviction after that age declines ; and , secondly , a very significant proportion of the offences committed by juveniles are very trivial — stealing milk bottles for example . |
| 4 | An area of defensiveness is around the Labour Party because that 's been one of my main arenas of political activity for the last eight , nine years or so . |
| 5 | That value is around the Scottish average . |