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

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1 Egypt 's largest concentrations of ancient sites are around the cities of Cairo and Luxor .
2 Olschewski said that profits were around the two figure million mark , but would n't provide more specific details .
3 For two years my father-in-law shuffled the money around various building societies , chasing the best interest rates , which at times were around the 20 per cent mark .
4 Most docks were around the Midlands ; over a hundred of these were on the Birmingham Canals .
5 By 1980 , registrations were around the 3,000 mark .
6 We ate by the light of three candles and our eyes all shone like children 's around the table .
7 The screens were around the bed and the draught from the door set them billowing like sails .
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