Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further example is shown in Figure 5b for ( AT ) 5 GC(AT) 5 in which the only reductions in DNase I cleavage are located around the central GC . |
| 2 | The ECG also monitors the amount of blood being pumped around the body — crucial in major surgery where blood loss and supply have to be carefully balanced . |
| 3 | He was that one , of course , and the night found him sitting in the back of a purring car being driven around the frosty streets of London in search of somebody to help him finish the story . |
| 4 | Demand did not stretch to either Lloyds , which struggled to end 4 firmer at 359p after reports of a large line of stock being offered around the market both late on Wednesday and early yesterday , or Abbey National , off 2 at 266p . |
| 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 | Their programme is built around the friendships , rivalries , correspondence and music of four of the 18th-century 's most successful and prolific composers — Telemann , Handel , Bach and Bononcini . |
| 7 | The research is based around the Peterborough Country Music Festival , currently a successful local/national event . |
| 8 | The discussion in this chapter is organized around the central question ‘ Who does what for whom ? ’ . |
| 9 | For ease of presentation the chapter is structured around the following themes : |
| 10 | Indeed , it floats about in fluid so its physical position varies , but every location along the chromosome is precisely addressed in terms of linear order along the length of the chromosome , just as every location along a computer tape is precisely addressed , even if the tape is strewn around the floor rather than being neatly rolled up . |
| 11 | The rug-making industry is based around the towns of Srinagar , Amritsar , Jaipur , Agra , Bhadohi , Mirzapur , Khamariah and Ellora ( in order of general quality ) . |
| 12 | Concerned by what he had seen , but not aware that disaster was imminent , he telephoned the colliery Manager at his home ; the Manager instructed that a fence be erected around the subsidence . |
| 13 | The work in the school this term is centred around the theme of the ‘ Natural World ’ and ‘ Living Things ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ The concept for the last album was based around the idea that , if we 're going to use music to stop the destruction of the world , we need to look outwards . |
| 16 | Most of the resultant industry was concentrated around the new town of Middlesbrough , but in 1864 the Middleston Iron Company was founded . |
| 17 | Heavy fighting was reported around the cities of Shaqlawa and Sulaimaniya on April 13 in which 150 government troops were said to have been killed . |
| 18 | Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south . |
| 19 | Four of the eight servants in the Lundy household were seated around the scrubbed kitchen table , drinking tea , finishing their breakfast . |
| 20 | The circuit is based around the LM3914N dot/bar driver i.c. , with a simple 741 op. amp microphone amplifier . |
| 21 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
| 22 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
| 23 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
| 24 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 25 | It is 2130 and the EOD team are grouped around the television set again , cigarette smoke spiralling up to the ceiling . |
| 26 | As a consequence most descriptions of the management control process are framed around the primary objective of earning profits . |
| 27 | The team is based around the pub of the same name in the area 's Mill Street , which has a collection of trophies behind the bar . |
| 28 | Firebacks cast in one or two pieces are put into place , and corrugated cardboard is wrapped around the back to provide an expansion joint . |
| 29 | Mats of prostrate herbs , like variegated thymes and marjorams , can be used to break up expanses of soil , or you could plant an overall ground cover of bugle , saxifrage , heather or ivy , provided room is left around the roses for annual mulches and access for pruning or cutting . |
| 30 | Opinion was mobilised around the paradoxical notion that it was Black people who represented a threat to the rule of law in Britain . |