Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] around [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A blend of foundation and concealer is applied around blemishes and the nose and eye areas . |
| 2 | The programme is structured around periods of residential study supported by distance learning material . |
| 3 | The whole Manson range are based around bodies of alder , a stable , medium-to-lightweight timber that Fender themselves often used on guitars from late 1956 onwards . |
| 4 | The work was based around interviews , conducted by pupils , with people who lived in the local area during the war . |
| 5 | A cordon of armour was parked around newspapers and broadcasting stations , and key members of the previous administration were arrested . |
| 6 | The existing management was organised around establishments , each with its own board of management , its own financial system , its own marketing and commercial organisation , its safety infrastructure , administration and so on , but with business interests which overlapped the other establishments . |
| 7 | Turning to the private letters , diaries and pornography of aristocrats and professional men we can see how their sexual desire was structured around notions of private debauchery , lust and licentiousness . |
| 8 | Reinforcing mesh is fitted around windows and doors . |
| 9 | Whereas the maths syllabus was organised around concepts ( e.g. shape , plane , enlargement , volume ) , the humanities syllabus , for instance , dealt with topics ( e.g. health and fitness , history and archaeology , ancient Greek , local studies ) and these also tended to be listed under the ‘ concept ’ heading . |
| 10 | Apparently a lot of ammunition was buried around airfields after the Second World War . |
| 11 | The project was built around interviews , conducted and recorded by the pupils , with a number of people who had lived through the war in Dudley . |