Example sentences of "be around the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annual growth to 1996 is expected to be around the 43% mark , reaching $700m in 1996 . |
| 2 | Rather more skilled crafts , such as fullers , shearmen , cutlers , painters and butchers , were around the £10 mark . |
| 3 | Its current value is around the £250–300 mark |
| 4 | Now that the exchange rate is around the $1.40 to $1.45 mark there could be a case for going back but we might have the difficulty of seeming opportunistic . |
| 5 | as if to illustrate this point I recently spoke to an angler on the Ribble and judging by the distance he held his hands apart — ’ Like this they were ! ’ — his recent catch of ’ two pounders ’ could easily have been around the 6lb mark ! |