Example sentences of "their [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | The axes of the Moon and the Earth will be perpendicular to their orbit around each other , and because this orbit will be less inclined to the ecliptic-plane than is the Earth 's axis today , seasonal variations on the Earth will be less . |
| 2 | Using genuine folk instruments such as armadillo charangos , pan pipes and caja and playing them splendidly , the group built their programme around the Bolivian seasons and the ritual divisions of the year . |
| 3 | But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much . |
| 4 | His eyes glazed with grim courage uncharacteristic of his kind , his broad hands tightened their grip around the cleaver . |
| 5 | They use four pumping stations and move their equipment around Whiteface Mountain to make maximum use of 60 snowmaking guns . |
| 6 | Furthermore , Coutts themselves were undergoing a change in policy , consolidating their business around the wealthy personal customer and shedding some of their ‘ high-risk ’ business accounts . |
| 7 | But more and more lucky people will be able to plan their retirement around the cash their parents leave them . |
| 8 | There is no doubt that individuals tend to structure their day around routines of meals , personal hygiene , leisure , work , etc . |
| 9 | While these could be used on the Promenade , their length and awkward entrances precluded their use around town . |
| 10 | Broadcast their newness around airport lounges by squeaking and creaking but never , ever slipping ( God forbid that those hi-grip soles should fail you ) around the polished floor . |
| 11 | A Town Champion is appointed to protect a Turf Cutter and Officials on their journey around their marches . |
| 12 | There were also gallery-graves , sometimes called Clyde cairns because of their prevalence around the Clyde estuary , and very much resembling Irish burial chambers in their rectangular construction and internal division into separate compartments . |
| 13 | They found a table for four occupied by one young man , and arranged their food around them . |
| 14 | This move formed the basis for the human sciences which , through their organization around the figure of man , once more brought about a unity to History . |
| 15 | The market place was the growing point of most towns , and they have taken their shape around it . |
| 16 | The party are pictured enjoying a five-star lunch after their trip around the maltings with distilling director , ( standing ) , Buckie 's general manager , ; from Kentford and from Carnoustie . |
| 17 | ‘ The paper was just getting too unwieldly , we needed to give our readers some help in finding their way around the paper , ’ says Mr Fontaine . |
| 18 | Over 300 long distance backpacking routes wind their way around Britain and we 've picked out six of the best for you to try . |
| 19 | Army personnel did not know their way around London and would need police escorts . |
| 20 | They travelled in open formation , picking their way around obstacles and frequently having to stop to mend punctures . |
| 21 | But it might have assisted in suggesting search areas for victims of the Lockerbie air crash and , at a very different scale , in helping firemen navigate their way around King 's Cross underground rail station . |
| 22 | As a shoal of some other kind of fish swims past , the predatory trumpet fish moves into their midst and progresses with them as they make their way around the coral gardens . |
| 23 | Because there was no sign that Marian and Allen had regained the highway ahead of them the verderers agreed that there were three possibilities : the first , that the children would lie hidden for some time in dense woodland until it was safe for them to return to the ride ; the second , that they would try to work their way around the Swamp to the north but that since they would be away from paths this would be difficult and slow ; and the third , that they might try to reach the outlaws ' camp by passing the Swamp to the south . |
| 24 | That all living creatures possess a capacity to learn is apparent from the way they find their way around an environment . |
| 25 | But this kind of behaviour is readily observable in all wild and domestic creatures , who soon learn their way around their own territory , as well as learning the forms , faces , voices , scents and much more which identify their human and other companions . |
| 26 | They often found their way around the Gulf , worked out of recognition , into coffee pots , jewel boxes and jewellery . |
| 27 | Grammar explanations and practice exercises are rigorously signposted and cross-referenced to make sure students can find their way around the book . |
| 28 | In 1600 ocean voyages were a rarity in England , but by 1700 ordinary English ships were able to find their way around the Atlantic and Indian oceans with little difficulty , and the money that Charles spent on Greenwich was among the most useful items of government expenditure of his age . |
| 29 | From this point , individual circuit cables wend their way around the house , crossing ceilings and floors , and running up or down to light switches and socket outlets at convenient points . |
| 30 | They know their way around a wine list . |