Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] around [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unusual soreness or redness around the mouth , nose or eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ We did not have enough heart or bravery around the penalty area where it matters most against a team that was committed and strong . |
| 3 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 4 | One was not moving either weight or air around the countryside . |
| 5 | If it had happened to anyone else , to any of her friends , half their garments would now be lying under glass or dust around the floor . |
| 6 | The hand driller could always drill wet , with perhaps a twist of straw or rag around the jumper to prevent the water splashing , except in holes inclined upwards into which water could not be introduced . |
| 7 | In the constructional steel industry sites where work is available are scattered throughout the UK and , as a result , employees in the industry know that travelling around the country is a feature of employment in it . |
| 8 | Internationalisation — Company Programmes have developed an understanding of working with multicultural groups and the differing managerial styles and practice around the world . |
| 9 | IBM and a few other US and Japanese companies provide the electronic means for much administrative and bureaucratic work at the heart of government and management around the world . |
| 10 | In the meantime it 's empty , although they generally turn up at weekends and mess around the place , painting bits and pieces and knocking in nails . |
| 11 | Because accessibility and mobility around the organisation are essential , ‘ you should go for the most generalist person you can get ’ , he said . |
| 12 | After overexertion or straining of ligaments and joints when there is considerable swelling , bruising and inflammation around the joint . |
| 13 | A system , of greater barbarity can hardly be imagined ; the country being generally so wet , the means to air and dry it here used are , to exclude the sun and wind by the tall screens of underwood and forest around every field , and these being so small , a great number are so wood-locked , that it is a little surprising how the corn can ever be ripened . |
| 14 | Then the actual church which is iced by the third tier , the spires and decoration around the top of the building . |
| 15 | Then pull the skirt into an old stocking with its toe cut off and curve around the inside of your case . |
| 16 | The kind of technological developments demanded by the Plan , from new types of automobile propulsion to reformulated hair-sprays , will heavily influence technical research and development around the globe . |
| 17 | Proposals were put forward for new houses and development around the barn ; but because the barn itself was ignored , there were fears for its future . |
| 18 | Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal . |
| 19 | Pete says they set off and race around a course … they are given a landmark such as a cross roads or a church and they have to fly to that point take pictures of it and the fastest there and back takes the points |
| 20 | The USSR Space Committee has agreed to pay 1.5 million roubles compensation to the district of Kazakhstan for extensive dumping and pollution around a cosmodrome at Baykonur . |
| 21 | Add some celery and apple to the shallot dressing and spoon around the guinea fowl terrine . |
| 22 | The ageing rocker , still bedding women and jet-setting around the world at 56 , who is still so desperate for attention that he will tell his story to a newspaper . |
| 23 | Having met with this problem on my first day , the following morning I wised-up and took and taxi around the harbour , half an hour before sunrise , to approach Farm Cove by way of the delightfully named Woolloomooloo Bay . |
| 24 | The four-door 600 is stylish from the outside and well-groomed around the cabin , though I did n't care all that much for the light coloured fascia trim the company expects to be popular . |
| 25 | Only in nature and by a return to the land — in song , symbolism , in hiking and comradeship around the campfire — can we find that true alternative to the meaninglessness of modern life and its grasping materialism . |
| 26 | We therefore called on the Government to suspend the 14th Round pending the results of a Strategic Environmental Assessment of all aspects of the search for oil and gas around the coastline of Wales , but to no avail . |
| 27 | The copy began no less engagingly : ‘ The doctor said I might as well have it done ’ , said I , over meatballs and rice around the family table . ’ |
| 28 | This piece is a fine example of the use of timber grain and colour to illustrate the depth of movement and texture in the sky and air around the figure |
| 29 | Birth parents have to wait for adoptees to choose to contact them and may therefore experience feelings of desperation and anticipation around the time when the adoptee would be 18 years old . |
| 30 | — The movement and maintenance of troops , equipment , weapons and food around the battle zone . |