Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's sunbursts and there 's sunbursts , and although this one is flawed by a couple of sanding marks around the back , the overall effect is more than a little tasty . |
| 2 | Britain is pressing the UN to rotate troops to ease the burden on individual countries and make it easier for nations to offer forces for the growing number of peacekeeping duties around the world . |
| 3 | The Cornish giants were reputed to be a stupid and murderous bunch , fond of hurling boulders around the countryside . |
| 4 | Silly talk of linking arms around the Berlin wall just might make a few of the supporters of the SDP/Liberal Alliance — whose nuclear policies are indistinguishable from the government 's and whose voting habits are more volatile than Conservatives ' — opt for Mr Foot and his clear policy of unilateral disarmament . |
| 5 | Some major companies now seem , however , capable of finding ways around the obstacles . |
| 6 | you can not talk about moving parcels around the country if you do n't know where the towns are . |
| 7 | The largest rookery in Oxfordshire dominates a high security storage area , and owls are moving into nesting boxes around the sight . |
| 8 | Mr Peter Brooke 's patience and good nature commanded widespread admiration , but few sensible observers ever felt much hope that he would succeed in reconciling irreconcilables around the negotiating table . |
| 9 | THE OYSTER 68 COMBINES ELEGANCE , PERFORMANCE AND COMFORT THAT HAS WON SUPPORT FROM CRUISING YACHTSMEN AROUND THE WORLD . |
| 10 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 11 | The resilience of leisure travel last year helped to offset a reduction in business travel as companies sought to cut costs on sending executives around the world . |
| 12 | It is impossible to recall contaminated eggs as they are distributed to packing stations around the country , where they are packed under British brand names . |
| 13 | The irony of course , is that people involved in what is patently the same activity , are increasingly pulling apart from one another as they pursue their own institutional and professional goals by drawing boundaries around the same very narrow ( possibly non-existent ) patch . |
| 14 | In their previous survey the Halifax state that 54% of the children under the age of 11 earn extra money by doing jobs around the house . |
| 15 | The custom of ‘ beating the bounds ’ by taking children around the parish boundary and beating at significant points , in order that the children should remember them , is a reflection of this . |
| 16 | The judge said the case did not mark a sharp change in government policy , and emphasised it was not to be regarded of general application by planning authorities around the country . |