Example sentences of "organise around [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In distinction to this , morality , for the Victorians and increasingly for the generations that have come after , has been to a significant degree organised around concepts of sexuality , so that even when moral attitudes were authoritarian and restrictive , as the dominant notions were for much of the nineteenth century , sexuality had a vigorous presence . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |
| 5 | If class is to be the starting-point then we must recognise that there are a number of different subcultures , many organised around groups of young people , but with ethnicity forming another important dimension . |
| 6 | Two other types of bond are relationships organised around investments in the welfare of another ( ordinarily one 's own children ) ; and relationships organised around an acceptance of someone as a valid source of support and guidance — the boss at work , the general practitioner perhaps , or the vicar ( Weiss , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Urban social movements in the 1960s and 1970s were being organised around demands for such provision , clearly implying that facilities such as decent housing and welfare resources benefit the working class as well as capital . |