Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] around " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ After all ’ , remarked Merleau-Ponty , ‘ the world is around me , not in front of me ’ ( 1964 , p. 59 ) . |
| 32 | The most comprehensive available data on exploration for tin-tungsten is around the Mulberry open pit near Bodmin ; a large low-grade deposit . |
| 33 | ‘ They told me little James 's coat was around his head , ’ Kevin claimed . |
| 34 | T. B. In those days , a bobby was a good catch for a woman — in a regular job and a good wage — average working man 's wage was around a pound to thirty shillings . |
| 35 | Wagamama is around the corner from the British Museum , through a discreet glass door , past a sand-filled ashtray and down some stairs to a big white basement with a shiny open kitchen at one end . |
| 36 | Our record trade deficit is around P£40 per month , or about P£480 per year : a heating bill . |
| 37 | You keep expecting the spell to be shattered , especially as Michael Kitchen is around looking much like the villains he has played lately , but it remains intact . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | A more specific example of how the culture of work profoundly influences the industrial worker is around the issue of assessment . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | It failed ; the loss on our government 's business venture is around A$700 per head . |
| 42 | Taking into account productivity growth , Phillips estimated that the unemployment rate which was required to produce a zero rate of price increase was around 2.5% . |
| 43 | Dr Margaret Ashwell told the conference that the worst form of middle-age spread was around the middle as the traditional beer-belly shape meant more fat was concentrated where it does most harm — around the internal organs . |
| 44 | At that time the animal population of the country was around 1 ½ million horses , five million cattle , four million pigs , 30 million sheep and two million dogs . |
| 45 | In the normal way , a pregnant woman would go for regular check-ups either with her doctor or with the ante-natal clinic , the first visit being around the eighth to twelfth week . |
| 46 | " The house is around the corner . |
| 47 | By about five weeks the embryo is around the size of the smaller illustration and is highly developed . |
| 48 | Its current value is around the £250–300 mark |
| 49 | That value is around the Scottish average . |
| 50 | The delay time from the final stage is around 85mS . |
| 51 | People say ‘ Are n't you a little put out by all the other GTi 's around these days ? ’ |
| 52 | Despite a faster rate of accumulation in relation to the labour force ( reflected in the capital-labour ratio growing 1 per cent per year faster ) , the growth of productivity was around 1 per cent slower in the early 1970s compared to the early 1960s ( figure 11.4 ) . |
| 53 | Armies chose these banks as suitable places for crossing the Rhine , and a particularly eventful time was around the end of the eighteenth century and the start of the next . |
| 54 | I then saw that her arm was around his waist as well . |
| 55 | Matthew was kneeling on the floor looking into her eyes beside the couch and his arm was around her . |
| 56 | In 1975 , when the real rate of interest was around -10% , investment fell , yet in 1984 and 1985 , when the real rate of interest was around +8% , investment rose by more than 11% . |
| 57 | In 1975 , when the real rate of interest was around -10% , investment fell , yet in 1984 and 1985 , when the real rate of interest was around +8% , investment rose by more than 11% . |
| 58 | Edward ignored her protest , somehow contorting himself so that he could kiss her breasts , bare now , since her bra was around her waist , and still keep his hand between her legs beneath the rucked-up skirt . |