Example sentences of "was built around the " in BNC.

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1 One of the chief glories of this house is that it has been little altered since it was built around the middle of the sixteenth century .
2 The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century .
3 He came to Baldersdale a hundred years or so ago to help construct the Hury Reservoir — I think Low Birk Hatt was built around the same time .
4 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 .
5 The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too .
6 The oldest was built around the cave in which St Paul is said to have lived .
7 It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith .
8 Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead .
9 It was built around the year 1800 at the crossing point of the brook and the Grand Union canal , which it carries above it .
10 An extensive education programme took everyone offsite on a two-day course , which was built around the Tom Peters philosophy .
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