Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be alone is one thing , but to be alone and to have no means at all of shattering the shell of silence around you to summon the comforting sound of a human voice is quite another . |
| 2 | In order not to have to shout above the babble of noise around you have to spend the visit bent sideways so that your mouth and ear can alternately be pressed against the open mesh . |
| 3 | Later Friedman ( 1975 ) shifted position somewhat in that he allowed for employers ' mistakes concerning the behaviour of the real wage rate : the ex post real wage need never deviate from its market clearing value for fluctuations in the level of employment around its natural value to occur . |
| 4 | The term skin relates to the level of permeability around the productive wellbore region . |
| 5 | For space close to the king was limited , and few occupied it for more than a decade or so , partly through accidents of mortality , partly through a career-structure in which the holding of high office in the royal household was often the prelude to a provincial post , but most of all through the play of faction around the king . |
| 6 | There is plenty of good material here — about the proliferation of prostitution around foreign military bases , for instance , or about the men 's club atmosphere of international policy-making circles . |
| 7 | However , average sediment accumulation rates were again higher in the north ( 329.4164.3gm -2 yr -1 ) than the central ( 160.061.3gm -2 yr -1 ) and south basins ( 146.022.4gm -2 yr -1 ) , in part because of the concentration of settlement around Tzintzuntzan ( Fig. 1 ) during the late Postclassic . |
| 8 | It is customary for workers to go collectively through the vines eradicating excess foliage , which improves the circulation of air around the vine and also reduces the risk of fungi developing . |
| 9 | In particular the fitting of trim around the doors and working lights was not as good as it should be . |
| 10 | Indeed , the bolder drawing of the Oceanus panel ( contrast the confusion of colour around the heads of the lion and stag ) is more suitable to this kind of portraiture — a style which depends on the strength and naturalism of the subject . |
| 11 | Empathizing as far as possible with his hosts , the anthropological research worker seeks to seize the essence of life around him and to incarnate its animating spirit . |
| 12 | The spread in overall sickness rates was compared with the spread in residual sickness rates to obtain a measure of the degree of correlation around the line . |
| 13 | The prevention of the formation of scum around baths , sinks and kitchen surfaces means that cleaning is faster , requires less cleaning agents , and is more hygienic . |
| 14 | The screen was obviously needed because trains approaching from Horderley would be hidden from view by the spur of hillside around which the road ran . |
| 15 | The research programme seemed to provide the stimulus for improvement around the country , particularly in academic libraries where many working parties were set up to deal with the problem . |
| 16 | The whole performance , cotton wool , catkins , tree and all , is in aid of one thing and one thing only , the spreading of DNA around the countryside . |
| 17 | DameJanet ( Vaughan ) used to tell us about flying the flag of freedom around the world actually a good message to hear ! ’ |
| 18 | Through the glass came faintly the sound of Rock Around The Clock . |
| 19 | The general conclusion of the new classical macroeconomics is that the most that the monetary authorities can hope to achieve by shifting unexpectedly from one policy rule to another is to increase the variance of output around its given mean value of y * ; , an objective which not even the most unrepentant policy activist would dream of advocating . |
| 20 | Darwin was one of a small group of naturalists who took the opposite route , following Lyell in the search for natural processes at work in the present and the recent past that would throw light on the distribution of life around the globe today . |
| 21 | To see clearly that the selection of the parameter γ 2 affects the distribution of output around its natural level , we follow Barro 's procedure and first derive what real output in a typical market would be if there were full current information ; that is , if everyone knew the current value of all the shocks affecting the economy . |
| 22 | It is clear from this equation that the selection of the policy parameter γ 1 is now important for the distribution of output around its full information value . |
| 23 | Where do you go post two thousand and six , for example , in obtaining a strategic view about the distribution of growth around York , and in the Greater York area . |
| 24 | In societal risk assessment ‘ it is also necessary to input data on the distribution of population around the installation . |
| 25 | But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour . |
| 26 | The mass media and particularly television can create the aura of charisma around people of otherwise unexceptional personality . |
| 27 | In other words , without him the aura of greatness around these famous players would have been considerably less bright . |
| 28 | Their submission highlights the ease of travel around the UK , the availability of top class practice facilities and warm-up opposition , and longer hours of summer daylight in which to complete matches . |
| 29 | Her fingers running through the ruff of fur around the cat 's neck tightened as Jehan spoke , and the cat yowled and it bit playfully at her hand . |
| 30 | The great noise woke Bacon and he hurried to the college gate only to find that the opportunity to build the wall of brass around Stamford had been missed and all his work was undone . |