Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] be [verb] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wheel index — This form of card index is arranged around the circumference of a wheel . |
| 2 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the canal and stream are drained and every hour 7,000 gallons of brook water is pumped around the arches leaving them dry and workable . |
| 4 | The rug-making industry is based around the towns of Srinagar , Amritsar , Jaipur , Agra , Bhadohi , Mirzapur , Khamariah and Ellora ( in order of general quality ) . |
| 5 | An incision is made in the lower right abdomen through which the appendix is located , clamped and removed — a purse string suture is inserted around the stump and is pulled closed . |
| 6 | A red silk scarf was tied around the bloated neck . |
| 7 | Ben Hur 's chariot race was re-enacted around the Roman Wall , too neatly preserved in Wallsend Park . |
| 8 | A 9″ concrete base was laid and after the conservatory was installed by contractors , a double-thickness ( 6″ ) brick wall was built around the edges of the pond , to a height of 2′ 6″ above ground , following the shape of the conservatory . |
| 9 | The event orientation is built around the accurate identification of signals indicating when the customer needs a new line of credit , what the line might be and why it may be needed . |
| 10 | Furthermore , if the members of the harmonie rustique were moving around the stage as part of the spectacle , it seems much less likely that they would have been changing instruments picking up a flute for one number , a bassoon for another than they might have done had they been playing from a pit . |
| 11 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
| 12 | As a consequence most descriptions of the management control process are framed around the primary objective of earning profits . |
| 13 | THE planning system is designed around the idea that people should have a say in what happens to their immediate surroundings . |
| 14 | The difficulty in mechanical engineering design is centred around the recognition of these different features and establishing their effect on the design constraints . |
| 15 | Unlike the communication structure , the syntax structure is based around the possible grammatical tags rather than the actual words . |
| 16 | A nylon webbing strap is wrapped around the frame and is then tightened using a ratchet action of the clamp head . |
| 17 | The brown canvas delivery sack was hidden around the corner on a stone shelf , several inches above the rotten humus that blocked the culvert . |
| 18 | It is 2130 and the EOD team are grouped around the television set again , cigarette smoke spiralling up to the ceiling . |
| 19 | 6 Once the sink has been plumbed in , silicon sealant is used around the edge to make the unit completely watertight |
| 20 | Much rubbish , mostly lengths of steel angle iron and sheet steel was lying around the building and sadly all traces of railway embellishments , fencing , paving lighting and signs had long been swept away , leaving just mud , weeds and scrub . |
| 21 | This manual is prepared by the Treasury because standard setting by the accountancy profession is framed around the accruals accounting concept , rather than the cash accounting concept adopted by central government . |
| 22 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |