Example sentences of "of around " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most accomplished of the Benin castings are the high relief plaques of around the 17th century . |
| 2 | A private concern , it employed some fifty men , mostly tradesmen , fitters or winders , and two apprentices — lads of around Anton 's age with fathers working for the firm . |
| 3 | Fergie is understood to have been offered a lump sum and a handsome yearly allowance of around Pounds 150,000 but the sticking point now appears to be the extent of Andrew 's access to their two children Beatrice and Eugenie . |
| 4 | All through the film Sean Walsh had put his thin bony arm around her shoulder or on her knee and even on one particularly unpleasant occasion managed to get his hand sort of around her back , under her arm and around her breast . |
| 5 | These were lots 228 , a South Indian bronze figure of Siva-Nataraja of around the eleventh century , estimated at Rs 75,00,000–85,00,000 , and 238 , a South Indian bronze figure of Sukhasana Siva , Chola , of around the twelfth century , estimated at Rs 50,00,000–60,00,000 . |
| 6 | These were lots 228 , a South Indian bronze figure of Siva-Nataraja of around the eleventh century , estimated at Rs 75,00,000–85,00,000 , and 238 , a South Indian bronze figure of Sukhasana Siva , Chola , of around the twelfth century , estimated at Rs 50,00,000–60,00,000 . |
| 7 | Indeed , much of the film has dated badly , by comparison with the better American films of around the same time ( Wild River , Psycho , The Hustler , El Cid ) , or to put it more neutrally appears less attractive than it did in its own time . |
| 8 | The locals are thinly spread but Pembrokeshire Sea Canoeists , a group of about a dozen of around his own age of 31 , meet up for paddles and he is a member of the board lifesaving club at Whitesands . |
| 9 | I would love to have a friend of around my own age to share outings , coffee and a chat and generally the good and the bad of bringing up children . |
| 10 | I I eat I do n't usually take my first lot of tablets till sort of around dinner time . |
| 11 | A man of around the same age was squatting down in front of the TV set , belatedly fumbling to turn down the volume ; he was in his underwear , and was as pale as lard . |
| 12 | A real roach , not one of the roach-bream hybrids of around the same weight the mere began throwing up in numbers later . |
| 13 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |
| 14 | What about when X is sort of around infinity ? |
| 15 | A mining equipment factory is to close with the loss of around ( 350 ) three hundred and fifty jobs . |
| 16 | Nineteen different events from junior singles to veterans doubles will make this tournament one of the biggest of its kind and Connor says he is expecting an entry of around the 350 mark . |
| 17 | A dividend of around 5–6p , similar to last year 's level , was the general consensus in both Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 18 | Yes , then maybe that 's the influence of around the place , the other names . |
| 19 | Fiscal policy also moved towards restriction , with the important exception of the United States : in Europe and Japan , policy became more restrictive to the tune of around 1½ per cent of GDP . |
| 20 | Was n't going to waste money on a woman of around his own age ! |
| 21 | ‘ Accepted this recommendation while emphasizing that the estimates for the precise amount of plutonium in the fuel discharge from an individual nuclear power station in any one year has a marginal uncertainty of around plus or minus five percent , and the aggregate total of such estimates has a margin of uncertainty of around plus or minus ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Accepted this recommendation while emphasizing that the estimates for the precise amount of plutonium in the fuel discharge from an individual nuclear power station in any one year has a marginal uncertainty of around plus or minus five percent , and the aggregate total of such estimates has a margin of uncertainty of around plus or minus ’ |
| 23 | No , I do n't get bored at all with it , er because snooker is not er like American pool , where you go out there with a stick and just knock balls all over the table ; snooker is snooker , and the name of snooker is to play this , you know , this game of chess on the green baize , and er that 's what , you see this is where Davis has been so good for so long , a ) he 's a supreme professional , he once apologised for only practising for two hours on Christmas Day rather than four , er and if you look at Davis ' score sheets and his matches , which I 've done over the years , you 'll see a lot of breaks of around sort of fifty five , sixty , sixty five , and then he stops , he plays the safety shot and says to his opponent ‘ okay , your turn ’ , plays the percentage game , the occasional knock in the very big ones , but that 's why he 's won so much , because he thinks it out so well , and knows the averages , knows the percentages and plays the game that way . |