Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Currently , 200,000 children play enthusiastically at schools , leisure centres and private clubs around the country , ’ says Brian Blincoe , director of national development for the Lawn Tennis Association Trust . |
| 2 | Even President Jimmy Carter , who came to office in a house-cleansing operation after the shambles of Richard Nixon 's resignation , indulged in a variety of covert operations around the world , including the supply of weapons by the CIA from America and other sources to Afghan rebel forces fighting against the Russians . |
| 3 | Birmingham is the capital of ‘ Balti ’ in Britain — a delicious type of Kashmiri cuisine , with numerous excellent Balti houses around the Stratford Road area . |
| 4 | A network of volunteers collects wounded birds around the country and delivers them to Aegina at the collectors ' expense . |
| 5 | The schools curriculum development council 's project ‘ About Writing ’ is foster-ing interest through working groups around the country . |
| 6 | International book-building puts a premium on intermediaries ' experience and ability to sell to 300-odd investing institutions around the world . |
| 7 | Chapter 2 attempts to demonstrate the specific appeal of formal labourism by examining the construction of political discourses around the working class . |
| 8 | Most triticales have a characteristic cover of soft , velvety hairs around the stem , just below the seed head . |
| 9 | Walking : There are several pleasant walks around the resort , while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails . |
| 10 | Garlic is one of the most widely used aphrodisiacs around the world , with a pedigree that stretches back to ancient times . |
| 11 | The evidence indicates that soiling has a multi-factorial etiology and that physiological predisposition and emotional influences around the toilet training process both play a part . |
| 12 | The candlelight of the previous night had bounced too many strange shapes around the white walls of this room . |
| 13 | That is , with a path slap down the middle , a flanking washing line and four narrow borders around the edge . |
| 14 | After morning parade , those not required for any tests or interviews would go off on working parties around the camp . |
| 15 | If you ever run short of money on holiday , you can cash personal cheques , or change currency and travellers cheques , at most of our l , 500 Travel Service and Representative Offices around the world . |
| 16 | The leader then proceeds to do a few activities around the table such as hitting it with both hands , scratching an ear , winking an eye or nodding backwards and forwards . |
| 17 | They 'll be able to bask in the sun , visit some of the hundreds of palm-fringed coves around the island , or participate in excellent watersports . |
| 18 | Action Research , established 40 years ago , currently funds 150 different projects around the UK . |
| 19 | The 7,500 clubs around the UK are invited to enter a team of five people to carry out a local environmental project . |
| 20 | It 's just that , as a nome who is probably seven years old and feeling a bit creaky , I 've got to admit I 'd find it sort of comforting to have a few of the good old signs around the place . |
| 21 | Tonight we start a series on architectural follies around the region.A folly is a building with no special purpose … often built at the whim of a wealthy landowner.We begin by peering into a concrete grotto … and touring some mock medieval cloisters , all built in the 1930s by the man who invented reflective road signs . |
| 22 | After release the pigeon circles a few times around the release site for a few minutes and then flies off , usually in the approximate direction of its home loft . |
| 23 | The guiding hand of Patrick Lavoix and his team in Paris ensures that there is a common handwriting to Christian Dior licensed products around the world , so there is a connecting theme between licensees . |
| 24 | We ca n't give him any free headers around the box or else we 'll regret it . |
| 25 | Once again in exotic lands , Primotif is a collection of motifs and artwork from tribal cultures around the world ; strong , simple , dramatic and very much echoing the current preoccupation with all things ethnic . |
| 26 | The edge of the crater was marked with huge splinters of stone torn up from the bedrock under the sands ; they stood like broken teeth around the scene , pointing at the sky or fallen slanted over . |
| 27 | The rabid dog was not from here and no one knew a dog like it — big and black , with white on its chest and ears , and raw sores around the nose and eyes . |
| 28 | Instead , he came up with a drink that has spread its alcoholic tentacles around the globe . |
| 29 | There are many interesting walks around the town and on the Dales and it is also possible to take a mini-bus tour from Middleham of the popular areas of Wensleydale and Swaledale , with a local resident acting as guide . |
| 30 | Apart from the village , there are interesting walks around the northern peninsulas to neighbouring bays , returning through fertile farmland . |