Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] around the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the resultant industry was concentrated around the new town of Middlesbrough , but in 1864 the Middleston Iron Company was founded . |
| 2 | Opinion was mobilised around the paradoxical notion that it was Black people who represented a threat to the rule of law in Britain . |
| 3 | Ben Hur 's chariot race was re-enacted around the Roman Wall , too neatly preserved in Wallsend Park . |
| 4 | A red silk scarf was tied around the bloated neck . |
| 5 | Given Brainerd 's background in the publishing industry , mainly newspapers , and the fact that he had just left Atex it is hardly surprising that the program was designed around the traditional ‘ cut and paste ’ working methods . |
| 6 | ‘ We are having continuing dialogue with both Nigel and Frank Williams because everything in our advertising campaign for next year was geared around the two of them . |