Example sentences of "of [noun sg] around [art] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not long ago a performer in Paris won some notoriety for employing her vagina to swallow , and then powerfully eject , table tennis balls and the history of the seamier side of nightlife around the world is littered with accounts of vaginas that have played harmonicas or smoked cigarettes . |
| 2 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 3 | DameJanet ( Vaughan ) used to tell us about flying the flag of freedom around the world actually a good message to hear ! ’ |
| 4 | International law and the Geneva conventions apply only to the endless cases of aggression around the world , with the US , Britain and Israel being some of the main provocateurs in the aggressors ' camp . |
| 5 | Plus Points : Reasonably accurate representation of the time of day around the world . |
| 6 | Plus Points : Reasonably accurate representation of the time of day around the world . |
| 7 | His first-class education , his wide experience of engineering around the world , combined with the speed and clarity of his mind , made conversing with him a delightful privilege . |
| 8 | There was an almost audible sigh of relief around the world that someone had been caught tampering with the dictionary . |
| 9 | The room was crammed with the bric-à-brac of kingship , the usual gifts from brother heads of state around the world : dolls in glass cases , a vivarium , two portraits of George Bush , seals of visiting warships , a porcelain plate from the Republic of China ( which keeps a one-man embassy in Nuku'alofa ) , a map of the moon presented by Mr Reagan , statuettes , umbrellas , a humidor and any number of sets of engraved Waterford glass . |
| 10 | Several thousand species of wasp around the world provide for their young in this way . |
| 11 | Before the wanton destruction began there were 16 million sq kms of rainforest around the world ; that figure has been halved since the end of the Second World War . |
| 12 | I mean , there are many , many cases of injustice around the world and , the West , the British government , ca n't be responsible for all of them , but there 's , there 's one particular case of Iraq , where we 've already gone to war , to , in the cause of democracy and freedom , and I do n't believe that when Saddam offends again as he does day by day , we can turn a blind eye . |