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

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1 Armies chose these banks as suitable places for crossing the Rhine , and a particularly eventful time was around the end of the eighteenth century and the start of the next .
2 The rise in unemployment frustrated the government 's spending plans , because of the rising costs of social security ; it also undermined the credibility of the government 's claims that its economic strategy was working and that economic recovery was around the corner .
3 The return of socialism would be the ‘ road to nowhere , a dead end ’ at a time when economic recovery was around the corner .
4 Estimated price is around GBP 400 000 .
5 Add in 60m tons from commerce , 90m from industry , and America 's grand total is around 25Om tons of what experts categorise as ’ solid ’ waste-paper , packaging , kitchen and garden waste and so on .
6 Its current value is around the £250–300 mark
7 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 .
8 The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank , basking in the warm sunshine .
9 A more specific example of how the culture of work profoundly influences the industrial worker is around the issue of assessment .
10 Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle
11 Dr Margaret Ashwell told the conference that the worst form of middle-age spread was around the middle as the traditional beer-belly shape meant more fat was concentrated where it does most harm — around the internal organs .
12 The delay time from the final stage is around 85mS .
13 People say ‘ Are n't you a little put out by all the other GTi 's around these days ? ’
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