Example sentences of "be [adv] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the tourist at heart visit Madam Tussauds or the Planetarium ( ideal for wet weather ) which are literally around the corner . |
| 2 | Yet the public is regularly given the impression that a general solution to the problem of natural-language understanding has been found , and that computers with the ability to chat to us and with various other human characteristics are just around the corner . |
| 3 | Old ladies trapped in time imagine they are in 1929 and love 's first blossoms are just around the corner , an old man feels angry and cheated that 40 years of his life have disappeared . |
| 4 | A Noel Coward lyric goes ‘ Bad times are just around the corner ’ ( ‘ There are black clouds over the dark cliffs of Dover ’ ) and many homes this Christmas will be Dickensian in a depressing rather than a jolly sense . |
| 5 | It would be easy to be a prophet of doom and gloom in these difficult times but in business and in the Association , I sense a new spirit of optimism that better times are just around the corner and that we are at last seeing the tangible signs of recovery . |
| 6 | The way this business is moving , you really never know what exciting new opportunities are just around the corner . |
| 7 | She might think we 're just around the corner and that we 're not coming to see her . |
| 8 | You ca n't do that , because unless everyone is identical , the average will always be somewhere around the middle . |
| 9 | It would be all around the convent before bed time . |
| 10 | So far no-one has succeded in activating methane , but if the current rate of progress is maintained that feat must be just around the corner . |
| 11 | Everyone stayed awake instead , believing that something exciting had to be just around the corner . |
| 12 | EVERY dog has his day … and for one young greyhound , fame and fortune could be just around the next bend . |
| 13 | The Bengali lady who enrolled in an English cookery class , so that she could provide English food for some of her son 's chums at school , is likely next to take a GCSE in English and help prepare herself for a job that may be just around the corner . |
| 14 | We had a spinning wheel at Low Birk Hatt — it may be still around the place somewhere — and the whole family would spin the raw wool and then knit it into stockings , gloves , jumpers and skirts . |
| 15 | Squinting through my salt encrusted eyelids I had to agree her estimation was probably accurate ; affirming that we were well clear and would soon be safely around the point did n't seem adequate reassurance . |
| 16 | The crowd ( as ever ) did Leeds proud , were all around the ground and Im sure helped make it another ‘ home game ’ for the players . |
| 17 | Even then , when others were talking of fusion reactors being just around the corner , Cockcroft warmed that ‘ it is difficult for us with our limited vision to see far enough ahead to say whether and when the final goal can be achieved . |
| 18 | That 's the first time and then we and then we were still around the back and we darted up over these banks |
| 19 | My long runs were mainly around the Garrison Savannah , the colonial army parade ground now a racecourse . |
| 20 | If the Doors comparisons are to be believed — which they are not — success is only around the corner if the amount of hype for Oliver Stone 's movie is anything to go by . |
| 21 | It is generally around the age of 2½ years that the child begins to take an active interest in its peers — before that time it may play in their company but seldom plays with them . |
| 22 | Equally , however , there are respected industry commentators who are certain that the first agreed takeover of a building society is just around the corner . |
| 23 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 24 | Labour has campaigned strongly on its £1 billion ‘ recovery package ’ while Mr Lilley , a firm believer in Thatcherite non-intervention , has had to rely on promises that recovery is just around the corner . |
| 25 | Angora II is just around the corner in a quieter cul-de-sac . |
| 26 | This was indeed good advice but considering that the full impact of ‘ 1992 ’ is just around the corner , his advice was rather belated . |
| 27 | But now that retirement is just around the corner we are all really looking forward to spending more time there . |
| 28 | The Manchester Business School and Cambridge University both reckon that the boom on the high street is just around the corner . |
| 29 | But recovery , the OECD argues ( with a familiar ring ) , is just around the corner : it expects average growth next year to rise to 2.7% . |
| 30 | Preston Street with its many varied restaurants is just around the corner . |