Example sentences of "[prep] around a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has reduced the lag between the US and the UK to around a month with the stated goal of eliminating it completely by the end of the year for both English and the primary European languages . |
| 2 | For a band that has been performing for around a decade , their output is remarkably small , but perfectly formed . |
| 3 | By 1874 , William Grist , the flock and shoddy magnate , was Using St Mary 's Mill , possibly for around a decade , but by 1890 , the mill again fell silent . |
| 4 | By the 1850s , Freames Mill had been turned over to the manufacture of pins by Perkins , Critchley and Marmont , who were there for around a decade and who later operated on a much larger scale at Wimberley Mills . |
| 5 | It had earlier been in the hands of the Beard family for around a century . |
| 6 | The company has operated the City Flour Mills for around a century . |
| 7 | This arrangement appears to have lasted for around a century . |
| 8 | Graduate to this stage on a dry ski slope for around a fiver per hour before you go on your ski holiday and your money is better spent . |
| 9 | It was also stated that he would have to remain in hospital for around a month , and would thus be unable to attend the special session of the Diet which was scheduled to end on Dec. 8 . |