Example sentences of "[noun sg] around the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it used to be different then … there was n't no atmosphere like there is now and there were n't no fence around the London Road like now … |
| 2 | But , for all the familiar historical reasons , they can not bring themselves to take decisive steps to tighten the ring around the IRA south of the border . |
| 3 | It 's also led to a whole industry around the Morse phenomenon , including the CD of music to the series , the Inspector Morse tourist trail and now a non-fiction book about how the series is made . |
| 4 | HAVING vague recollection from reading accounts of English milords on the Grand Tour in the 18th century that there was a nourishing fake industry around the Mediterranean , I was intrigued to learn from Oxford 's Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art that it is still going . |
| 5 | Retiring world champ Nigel Mansell will give it a spin around the Silver-stone circuit tomorrow and next season the super car makes its long-awaited Grand Prix debut . |
| 6 | • jiving in the aisles to Bill Haley 's film , ‘ Rock Around the Clock' ? |
| 7 | The quarry , which rises to around 80 feet in height , has 18 routes ranging in difficulty from Severe to E3 , with a starred E3 and the two-star route Rock Around the Brock — mostly concentrated on the left hand side of the crag . |
| 8 | A glance around the London hotel scene shows examples of plenty of exceptional women who have made it to general management ; Madelon Boom , at the age of 26 , at Hyatt 's Lowndes Hotel ; Dagmar Woodward at The May Fair Inter-Continental ; Doreen Boulding at The Conrad Chelsea Harbour , etc . |
| 9 | High shorelines also occur in the southern part of the rift around the Magadi-Natron basin , where littoral stromatolites have U-series ages of 13510kyr . |
| 10 | After this study began , Gardner and colleagues reported the results of their case-control study of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma around the Sellafield reprocessing plant . |
| 11 | The early 18th century 30-acre garden , set in 300 acres of dramatic parkland around the River Rye , has been described as ‘ the supreme masterpiece of the art of the landscape gardener ’ . |
| 12 | In this second of his circuit around the Lake District , Paul Buttle outlines a further three days of great walking . |
| 13 | The new measures provided for ( i ) the lifting of the 150-mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands and its replacement on March 31 , 1990 , by mutually agreed security arrangements ( backed up by a direct radio " hotline " between the commander of the Falklands garrison and Argentina 's military high command ) giving each country advance warning of the military manoeuvres of the other , and allowing Argentinian warships and aircraft to come within 50 miles and 70 miles respectively of the Falklands without prior permission ; ( ii ) co-operation on air and sea rescue , safety procedures and air and maritime navigation ; ( iii ) an investment promotion and protection pact to encourage investment in the Falklands , and negotiations on possible Anglo-Argentinian investment promotion and protection agreements ; ( iv ) shared information on fishing in the South Atlantic , although a 150-mile conservation zone around the Falklands would be maintained , within which Argentinian vessels were denied the right to fish [ see p. 37001 ] ; ( v ) a working group on South Atlantic affairs and arrangements for further talks to improve contacts between the mainland and the Falklands ; ( vi ) visits by Argentinian relatives to Falkland war graves by arrangement with the International Red Cross ; ( vii ) co-operation on environmental protection ; and ( viii ) co-operation against drug trafficking . |
| 14 | A team of Greenpeace activists protesting against French nuclear testing in the Pacific have been arrested by the French navy after entering the 12-mile exclusion zone around the Pacific atoll of Mururoa , where the tests take place . |
| 15 | In thirty minutes he substantially re-established his parliamentary position and announced a 200-mile naval exclusion zone around the Falklands . |
| 16 | This would allow the Argentinians to stay well clear of the exclusion zone around the Falklands Islands while at the same time being able to attack ships anywhere inside it . |
| 17 | The new measures provided for ( i ) the lifting of the 150-mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands and its replacement on March 31 , 1990 , by mutually agreed security arrangements ( backed up by a direct radio " hotline " between the commander of the Falklands garrison and Argentina 's military high command ) giving each country advance warning of the military manoeuvres of the other , and allowing Argentinian warships and aircraft to come within 50 miles and 70 miles respectively of the Falklands without prior permission ; ( ii ) co-operation on air and sea rescue , safety procedures and air and maritime navigation ; ( iii ) an investment promotion and protection pact to encourage investment in the Falklands , and negotiations on possible Anglo-Argentinian investment promotion and protection agreements ; ( iv ) shared information on fishing in the South Atlantic , although a 150-mile conservation zone around the Falklands would be maintained , within which Argentinian vessels were denied the right to fish [ see p. 37001 ] ; ( v ) a working group on South Atlantic affairs and arrangements for further talks to improve contacts between the mainland and the Falklands ; ( vi ) visits by Argentinian relatives to Falkland war graves by arrangement with the International Red Cross ; ( vii ) co-operation on environmental protection ; and ( viii ) co-operation against drug trafficking . |
| 18 | On Oct. 3 , the rebel forces of the National Guard left the television tower in Tbilisi which had served as their headquarters , and there were reports of a battle around the Tbilisi Sea ( a lake 10 km from the capital ) between rebel and loyal forces , with five injured and possibly three dead . |
| 19 | Probably because for a while he was meant to be a wild child around the Hollywood hills . |
| 20 | Interior Ministry troops , who had come under fire from rooftop snipers , later succeeded in throwing a cordon around the CP headquarters to protect it from further attack , but Moscow radio reports said that by the evening of Feb. 13 the violence had spread from the city centre to numerous locations in the suburbs , and that automatic gunfire could be heard . |
| 21 | Police helmets went flying as officers formed a protective cordon around the Majors . |
| 22 | Our appetites for a week 's paddle around the North Uist and the west coast of Harris had been wetted ! |
| 23 | Observations for the last six days before maturity were dropped , as was the period around the October 1987 stock market crash . |
| 24 | Nor does the list display much unity , apart from the suggested group around the Hoptons . |
| 25 | Nor does the list display much unity , apart from the suggested group around the Hoptons . |
| 26 | The appeal has two targets , the first is to celebrate the centenary of the lifesavers by swimming a lap of honour of 7,000 — the distance around the UK — and like every lifeguard club and lifeboat station with their dedicated volunteers . |
| 27 | The realistic base to the novel consists of a sea-journey by Fenwick Turner , a former CIA agent , and his wife around the Chesapeake Bay . |
| 28 | Three boats chose Astakos , a day around the Dragonera islands , thence to the abandoned village of Port Leone on Kalamos . |
| 29 | There 's speculation around the Manor Ground that the club may have new owners this week … former director Tim Midgley is rumoured to be trying to buy control … so it could be all change … |
| 30 | There 's speculation around the Manor Ground that the club may have new owners this week … former director Tim Midgley is rumoured to be trying to buy control … so it could be all change … |