Example sentences of "of [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the national is often a concept used deliberately to conceal conflict over the issues , to force one kind of unity around an existing status quo ( and if the arguments do not achieve unity , troops can be used to enforce it on the recalcitrants ) . |
| 2 | It operates as a profoundly cultural category , an attempted representation of particular experiences and a particular construction of unity around those experiences . |
| 3 | The neat bun tugged loose , collapsed in a tumble of honey-gold around her shoulders . |
| 4 | Self-defence of this kind may be no more than a threat , as in the case of the inflated toad , standing high on its legs when confronted by a grass snake ( above ) , or the frilled lizard ( right ) which erects a huge umbrella of skin around its gaping jaws . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sheila giggled and twisted a strand of hair around one finger . |
| 7 | ‘ My mummy 's in hospital , ’ she whispered , twisting a lock of hair around her finger . |
| 8 | Here , we encounter the same pattern which so clearly distinguishes man from the apes — notable absence of canine-tooth dimorphism , prominent displays of hair around the face and neck of the male and , in the female , a secondary sexual display on the chest . |
| 9 | Not long ago a performer in Paris won some notoriety for employing her vagina to swallow , and then powerfully eject , table tennis balls and the history of the seamier side of nightlife around the world is littered with accounts of vaginas that have played harmonicas or smoked cigarettes . |
| 10 | Beyond that , however , there are clearly certain factors which have acted to throw a kind of cloak of invisibility around the semantic contribution made by syntactic constructions . |
| 11 | It remains highly questionable why such a sensational and unrealistic play should be thought worthy of attention in the first place , but this is perhaps indicative of attitudes within the theatre that mental handicap is a good basis for plays written by writers who have no understanding of mental handicap but view it as a subject of horror around which some dramatic scenario can be created . |
| 12 | Also , this album 's on Creation which — at least until last week — conjured up an aura of freedom around him . |
| 13 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 14 | DameJanet ( Vaughan ) used to tell us about flying the flag of freedom around the world actually a good message to hear ! ’ |
| 15 | There 's been concern for the families of radiation workers after a report found clusters of Leukaemia around Sellafield . |
| 16 | There was a tremendous crescendo of noise around the ground . |
| 17 | made lots of noise around the football table . |
| 18 | In order not to have to shout above the babble of noise around you have to spend the visit bent sideways so that your mouth and ear can alternately be pressed against the open mesh . |
| 19 | There must surely be another , far stronger expression to describe this mayhem , Laura told herself , desperately trying to close her ears to the mind-blowing volume of noise around her . |
| 20 | Perhaps even more interesting than the status of race as a demarcator of differentiation , is the absence of division around religion , and in particular around the ethnic-religious combination of Irish Catholicism . |
| 21 | If you can spot the minute pinprick and area of discolouration around it — a magnifying glass is useful — the fly has already left a visiting card . |
| 22 | Had Everton lost , then there is no doubt that the mutterings of discontent around Goodison Park would have become an audible cry challenging Kendall 's leadership . |
| 23 | On the side which will hold the fixed panel , apply a thick bead of mastic around the inside of the jamb recesses , and up the joint with the jamb . |
| 24 | However , average sediment accumulation rates were again higher in the north ( 329.4164.3gm -2 yr -1 ) than the central ( 160.061.3gm -2 yr -1 ) and south basins ( 146.022.4gm -2 yr -1 ) , in part because of the concentration of settlement around Tzintzuntzan ( Fig. 1 ) during the late Postclassic . |
| 25 | Sister Martha 's hair shows under the drift of her veil , it 's a dark cloud of seaweed around her pale and drowning face . |
| 26 | A critical review of literature around the notion of the military-industrial complex and that relevant from development economics will be made to formulate an appropriate theory for the mineral-energy complex . |
| 27 | was utterly peaceful , sitting there in the hot sun with the scent of thyme around me and a view of distant Hymettos over the tiled roofs of Athens . |
| 28 | On no account should you get involved in any form of intrigue around September 29th , when the Sun is challenged by the revolutionary planet Uranus . |
| 29 | While most of the neighbours favoured Spanish-style architecture , and their gardens rioted with purple bougainvillaea and pink oleanders , the sombre , towering hedges of yew around the Lewis house looked distinctly foreign . |
| 30 | Her fingers running through the ruff of fur around the cat 's neck tightened as Jehan spoke , and the cat yowled and it bit playfully at her hand . |