Example sentences of "[be] around [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is no notable deceleration , but I do n't know that my mind was recording anything but fear , nor is there any particular screech or roll , but suddenly we 're around the corner and accelerating down towards the tunnel and Jackie 's saying , ‘ You can relax now , Keith . ’
2 I mean I 'm speaking of someone whose work is of a different kind , and they do tend to be labelled probably because they seem to be around a lot , and obviously have some political influence on the area .
3 It is important to be around the professionals , the leading players in the world .
4 It is assumed therefore that virtually all children will travel along broadly the same curricular path in English , but that some will move more quickly , and further , than others ; and some may be around the level 1 attainments for the whole of their school careers .
5 We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world .
6 In the words of Dunlop ( 1958 : 20 ) , the technological context of ‘ railroads has many distinctive features affecting the relations of managers and workers : the train operating divisions use small crews working together and in movement far from close and immediate supervision ; complex and expensive equipment is utilized with a high ratio of capital to worker ; … the costs of accidents can be consequential ; the hours of operations for equipment may be around the clock , and they do not conform to normal factory schedules … ’ .
7 The itching is very troublesome and may be around the vagina with burning soreness and redness .
8 Our main European markets would appear to be around the Mediterranean , but with statistics showing that northern European summers are apparently becoming warmer I 've decided to launch our system in the United Kingdom as well . ’
9 Annual growth to 1996 is expected to be around the 43% mark , reaching $700m in 1996 .
10 The interviews were around a series of suggested topics : ‘ The say that you have in decisions which affect young disabled people 's education and lives , and what limits the say that you have ’ ; ‘ The say that others have ’ ; ‘ The say that young people themselves have ’ ; ‘ The implications of ‘ disability ’ on the decision-making that determines young people 's education and lives ’ ; and ‘ What you see as the main priorities in terms of who has what say and in working with others in future decisions . ’
11 Rather more skilled crafts , such as fullers , shearmen , cutlers , painters and butchers , were around the £10 mark .
12 The screens were around the bed and the draught from the door set them billowing like sails .
13 Can you tell me about the buildings that were around the airport ?
14 ‘ What did Miss Trunchbull call your father when they were around the house at home ? ’
15 He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’
16 Most docks were around the Midlands ; over a hundred of these were on the Birmingham Canals .
17 Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old .
18 Sam howled with laughter , as did those people who were around the cage at the same time .
19 Consultant pathologist Dr Brian Rogers said Jacob had no congenital malformations and died from a lack of oxygen which was probably caused by the umbilical cord being around the neck before birth .
20 Right at the end of the street was the wall of a very old building , the entrance being around the corner in Barnards Cross .
21 In Siena , where the Palio takes the place of cricket , it 's around every corner and dominates the city .
22 You can imagine the expression on our faces when she promptly replied ; ‘ Oh yes , it 's around the back . ’
23 Most of the main roads are in good condition , but driving can be very tiring as there are many bends , and most of the roads are built onto the mountainside with deep ravines dropping away below , and you never quite know what 's around the corner — be it a bus straddling the centre of the road to take a corner or a group of children playing football in the road .
24 But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner .
25 We ate by the light of three candles and our eyes all shone like children 's around the table .
26 All right yeah well let's erm le let's stick to talking about the leaf stem for now cos we do n't want to go on er slagging off every bit of art that 's around the city centre do we Barbara otherwise
27 Obviously I do n't want a wife of Peter 's around the place if she 's not going to behave in a civil manner to me . ’
28 ON THE fae of things , Michael Palin seems an unlikely double for the archetypal stiff upperlipped phlegmatic Englsihman Phileas Fogg , hero of Jules Verne 's Around the World in Eighty Days .
29 Entry to the major museums is around a fiver but worth it to see THAT painting , the Primavera by Botticelli and THE statue , Michaelangelo 's David .
30 By about five weeks the embryo is around the size of the smaller illustration and is highly developed .
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