Example sentences of "was base around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old-style publishing was based around retail sheet-music sales , but current publishing is a banking operation which involves taking a risk on an artist . |
| 2 | The empire he created was based around Bangkok Bank , South-East Asia 's largest , and included palm-oil plantations and hospitals among other things . |
| 3 | The work was based around interviews , conducted by pupils , with people who lived in the local area during the war . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Ironically , the fresh agitation which started on Dec. 6 was based around a programme of satyragraha ( peaceful protest ) so that as violence erupted in other parts of the country , Ayodhya itself remained relatively calm . |
| 6 | The budget was based around a forecast of zero growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992 , after a 5 per cent GDP reduction in the severe recession in 1991 . |
| 7 | No but I mean the basis of it was presumably landlord out and China was based around this |