Example sentences of "the [noun sg] around a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the folds of the skin around a baby 's eyes sometimes make her look cross-eyed when she is n't . |
| 2 | What emerged , aside from the technology , which has been widely previewed ( summary inside ) , was a seminal move by USL president Roel Pieper to unify the industry around a desktop Unix to challenge Microsoft Corp NT — threatening to sweep the boards when it finally arrives . |
| 3 | At the simplest level , the forest around a village is being gently ‘ harvested ’ — there is a scheme for gathering seeds of shrubs and climbers , for export to the garden-centre pot-plant nurseries of the US , but that is just a start . |
| 4 | The tows then form the tube around a bullet or mandrel in the heated die , and the result is a tube of greater strength than the equivalent in steel ! |
| 5 | Although much of the area around a pool at this time may be exposed rock , the gobies never land on it . |
| 6 | But Mr Waller 's case and many others — some featured on the right — also opens the debate around a citizen 's right to take the law into their own hands . |
| 7 | At the end of straight lengths , there will either be a stop end , an elbow ( to take the gutter around a corner ) or a stop end outlet to connect to the downpipe . |
| 8 | It is not only the breeding pair that occupies the territory around a nest . |
| 9 | From the seamless opening shot — which lasts eight minutes and has no cuts — the themes and characters of The Player are laid before us with masterful skills as Altman glides and circles the camera around a studio car park , catching snatches of information and fragments of conversation ( a film is being pitched with the description ‘ Ghost meets The Manchurian Candidate ’ . |
| 10 | Following the path around a bush , we halted |
| 11 | There were probably machines that could have lowered and pulled up the basket easily , but he 'd preferred to loop the wire around a pillar inside the Ship and , with Pion helping inside , to pull themselves up and down by sheer nomish effort . |