Example sentences of "various [noun pl] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So all that remains , apparently , is to develop the technology to the desired level of convenience to exploit these new experiments ; various groups around the world , notably at Bell Telephone Laboratories and the National Bureau of Standards in the US , are well advanced in experiments of this kind . |
| 2 | He also announced that as of July 24 the armed forces had begun an operation intended to last several days in which searches would be made for explosives and propaganda material in various districts around the capital . |
| 3 | Seventeenth July — I joined about 20 Commandos from the various units around the village on a trip to a quiet part of the beach a few miles from our front-line positions . |
| 4 | The Liverpool Crosby and Southport Railway , West Lancashire Railway , East Lancashire Railway , Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway each built their own depots at various sites around the town . |
| 5 | Following worldwide use of the oral vaccine , 's time was largely taken up in visiting various countries around the world and action as an adviser to the polio vaccination programme . |
| 6 | The tentacles went momentarily as stiff as rods , hurling their various cargoes around the room , before bunching up protectively in front of the abused Eye . |
| 7 | This was repainted earlier in the year for the BR Bescot Open Day at Walsall while 0-6-0- shunter 13029 was also used for various duties around the Museum site during the course of the weekend . |
| 8 | Basically a tour around London Airport this film shows various aspects of the airport 's services , passenger check-in desks that look very uncrowded , airport police and their various duties around the airport , repair and maintenance facilities and air traffic control and radar services . |
| 9 | Mini-rugby is the springboard for the game , and over 500 under 11s from various areas around the province are now in the process of attempting to reach this year 's 20-team climax at Branch headquarters . |
| 10 | Jack said you could hide a small army in the various wardrobes around the house . |
| 11 | The Nautical Archaeology Society are running a series of part 1 and part 11 courses at various places around the country . |
| 12 | As well as trying to solve members ' problems and holding workshops , the society also takes part in various festivals around the country . |
| 13 | The following morning , three of the six were eventually discovered at various positions around the living room , the faint glimmer of life making me change my mind about dispatching them to the waste bin . |
| 14 | Before the children arrive , hide various items around the room and , if it 's a nice day , around the garden . |
| 15 | The two main jobs are replacing the rising main and installing a new cold water cistern together with new pipes leading to the various fittings around the house . |
| 16 | Basically , they are glorified ‘ pincers ’ , which pinch the skin and find how thick the fat layer is at various points around the body . |
| 17 | Initially , the tournament will be played on a regional basis at various locations around the country during July , with the 12 winners ( 6 men and 6 women ) , enjoying an overnight stop in London for the finals . |
| 18 | JUN 1992 TOP post boxes and notice boards set up at various locations around the site and in mess rooms to communicate TOP news . |
| 19 | I detect no conventional underlying plan : although certain melodic ghosts ( from La Mer , and if I 'm not mistaken from Berg 's Op. 6 Orchestral Pieces ) seem to cry like shags and gannets from the rocks at various locations around the coast , the work really does offer itself as a succession of episodes , most of them only a few bars in length ( the shortest of all is the single bar — string and brass glissandi giving onto flutter-tongue flute with gong — that represents Orfordness ) . |
| 20 | Throughout April about 1,000 fleet operators are being given the chance to put Peugeot 's entire diesel car range through its paces at various venues around the country , allowing road and track driving . |