Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Protect the roots of half-hardy evergreens in tubs from the cold by wrapping newspaper , straw or old clothes around the tubs . |
| 2 | If the group 's total annual output in biscuits were laid edge to edge , they would stretch twice to the moon and back , or forty-eight times around the equator . |
| 3 | This means that in the case of fish some of the blood must make two or three trips around the lung circuit , and some carbon-dioxide-bearing blood makes several trips round the body before returning to the heart . |
| 4 | Romance is under powerful influences , and there could be some surprise developments or fateful encounters around the 26th . |
| 5 | You can move the receiver from room to room , or even into the garden ( as long as it is within a 50m radius of the transmitter ) , or fit one or more receivers around the house . |
| 6 | There is an almost unanimous chorus , unchanging over the thirty or more years around the turn of the century , about the division of labour that existed in printing houses where women compositors were employed . |
| 7 | Eventually they would change into shorts and T-shirts and set off to run two or more miles around the outskirts of town . |
| 8 | He explained : ‘ We 're not really sure what happened the car cut out four or five times around the circuit in one lap and the only way to keep it going was to mess around with the ignition . |
| 9 | Nick Wright of the Photo Co-op also took four or five groups around the exhibition , and some 400 Education Packs were sent to schools around the country , explaining what Magnum is , how it started with a small band of six , and how it has now grown to over a hundred , with offices in New York , Paris and London . |
| 10 | The structural load which exists within seemingly minor career moves or internal transfers around the force is enormous . |
| 11 | As they sped away , Carlson could see three or four figures around the car , shooting automatic guns into the flaming vehicle . |
| 12 | It takes only a minute or two to wrap a band of netting supported by three or four canes around the plant , threading one cane through generously overlapping ends to keep the band in place . |
| 13 | The ADT London Marathon and charity go hand in hand , so we want to hear about your charity running experiences , whether at London or other events around the country . |
| 14 | The beneficiaries of this movement were the new and expanded towns around the city — Bangor , Newtownards , Ballymena , Antrim , and Craigavon . |
| 15 | The evidence indicates that soiling has a multi-factorial etiology and that physiological predisposition and emotional influences around the toilet training process both play a part . |
| 16 | Small and medium-sized practices around the country are facing problems because audits are increasingly unprofitable , a survey by the Management Information Centre has revealed . |
| 17 | I think I can assure you , we 've got a , an international European officer , who has the main responsibility for opening the doors for us in a lobbying way within Europe , and in addition to that , and the maintenance of the networks , we are spreading international and European responsibilities around the organisation , so it 's seen again to be integral to our work , rather than compartmentalised , and I 'm confident that the organisation as a whole , will therefore be doing more . |
| 18 | But researchers have re-assessed data from both urban and rural sites around the world and concluded that the heat island effect can account for no more than 10 per cent of the measured temperature rise . |
| 19 | Available at Boots and usual stockists around the country , prices range from £1.05 to £3.15 . |
| 20 | ‘ Currently , 200,000 children play enthusiastically at schools , leisure centres and private clubs around the country , ’ says Brian Blincoe , director of national development for the Lawn Tennis Association Trust . |
| 21 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 22 | If you ever run short of money on holiday , you can cash personal cheques , or change currency and travellers cheques , at most of our l , 500 Travel Service and Representative Offices around the world . |
| 23 | So far more than 100 DPN-100s have been installed in private and public companies around the world , including the SITA airline and SWIFT interbank networks . |
| 24 | It had successfully conducted its official task of charting the South American coast , of assessing potential harbours , transport systems , and inland waterways around the world . |
| 25 | Motorways and high streets around the country ground to a halt as shoppers headed for the stores . |
| 26 | I was most interested in Mark Blythe 's article on racing up towers and high buildings around the world . |
| 27 | The rabid dog was not from here and no one knew a dog like it — big and black , with white on its chest and ears , and raw sores around the nose and eyes . |
| 28 | A sample of the world 's biodiversity ( ‘ Noah 's fridge ’ , April 10th ) has already been assembled ; not in a freezer , but in the collections of millions of biological reference specimens held in natural-history museums , herbaria and similar institutions around the world . |
| 29 | An article in the February/March 1992 issue describes the technique of ‘ breadboarding ’ where all components are assembled and screwed down on a thick board and straight lines around the board . |
| 30 | He said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |