Example sentences of "of [noun sg] around a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it came away from the cold flesh , so she cut it into strips , and she wrapped each strip of skin around a piece of bone . |
| 2 | Okay well it will be interesting to see what er what other people have , have said about it because I was sort of fishing around a bit in the dark and looking at the stats manual |
| 3 | Within the CNAA what the partnership debates and their outcomes indicated was the crystallization of opinion around a modest but significant liberalization of the validation base of the CNAA 's roles . |
| 4 | A rider , still out of sight around a bend , came toward her , crashing heavily through the regrowth As soon as he came to the turn , where the path was open to the sky , she saw it was the Master , Lord Watson Wyatt himself . |
| 5 | They assert that though their ‘ non decision-making situation ’ ( ‘ preventing certain grievances from developing into full fledged issues ’ ) is not observable , being a non-event , nevertheless , the non-decision-making process is indeed observable since it consists of the mobilisation of bias around a latent issue , both of which are discernible . |
| 6 | Microbial air sampling , which is technically difficult and only occasionally useful in establishing the source of outbreaks of legionnaires ' disease , has shown low concentrations of Legionella pneumophila in aerosol : 0.02 colony-forming units per litre of aerosol around a cooling tower and 0.19 colony-forming units per litre of air in shower aerosol . |
| 7 | At Londonderry there has been a similar type of growth around a trans-shipment point but because it is further from the mainland it is a smaller centre , of about 90 000 people . |
| 8 | Love may light up beauty ; falling in love , holding a new baby , even the compassion and tears that come with bereavement can create an aura of beauty around a woman that reflects the deep emotions of the soul . |
| 9 | The practical politician will not be tied by a commitment to rigid policy objectives , but will search for a high level of consensus around a policy generally favourable to the viewpoint of his or her political party . |