Example sentences of "[noun sg] be built around [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this is because his problem is not a sociological one ; he is engaged in polemic rather than social theory and his work is built around an apocalyptic vision of the future of capitalism rather than a series of questions about social phenomena . |
| 2 | We saw in Chapter 4 that the academic community is built around a structured conversation , with its members adhering to certain norms : they are truth seeking ; they are sincere in their utterances ; they offer understandable propositions ; and they adopt appropriate forms of communication . |
| 3 | The event orientation is built around the accurate identification of signals indicating when the customer needs a new line of credit , what the line might be and why it may be needed . |
| 4 | The extension is built around a central courtyard which enables ventilation as an alternative to air conditioning at a much lower cost . |
| 5 | Longacre ( 1979 ) claims that ‘ in narrative discourse , a narrative paragraph is built around a thematic participant , occasionally a small set of thematic participants ’ ( Longacre , 1979 : 118 ) . |
| 6 | The new Modular Color X terminal line is built around the 88100 RISC from Motorola Inc and is designed to bring to mid-cost products functions and performance once available only on high-end units , including PEX three-dimensional graphics and performance reaches 100,000 Xstones . |
| 7 | The hotel is built around a nineteenth-century palace , with covered walkways to the modern bedroom wings . |
| 8 | The plant is built around a modular system which means the reaction vessels can be used for various purposes and new parts can be added when required . |