Example sentences of "[adj] around [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That light came originally from the same source as Fenna 's fire , from the heart of the golden star , from the sun itself — but it was light crashing around space at speeds which defy relativity , rolling like waves , bouncing like particles , rebounding off the dead desert of the cold moon and hurled thence , down through nearly a quarter of a million miles , forced through the steadily slowly moving liquid molecules of solid glass which made the windows . |
| 2 | Some are best in the evening , some around midnight , some for two or three hours following dawn , and others at various times during the day . |
| 3 | Nicholas Antram has undertaken the revision and records the ongoing demolition of churches , the ‘ insidious suburbanisation ’ particularly noticeable around commuter towns such as Grantham , and the changes in the landscape due to modern farming methods . |
| 4 | He neatly propped a chair in front of the door and went back about his business , but awareness of him tingled all around Charity — awareness of the way he moved , with such effortless grace , of the way he looked with the wind ravaging his neat curls . |
| 5 | The bike gave good all around performance and at £250 is excellent value for money . |
| 6 | Traditional around carnival-time . |
| 7 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 8 | suggest that the discrete moral panics associated with the permissive age , e.g. those around abortion , VD , drugs and pornography , form the backdrop to the ‘ general crisis of the state ’ which was identified in panics around violent conduct like ‘ mugging ’ . |
| 9 | El Nino ( ’ the child ’ , because it first becomes apparent around Christmas ) is a warm ocean current that recurs every seven to 14 years . |
| 10 | One example is the practice of engaging casual chambermaids , porters , waiters , bar and kitchen staff to cover the traditionally busy week or two around Christmas , or to help out at other times of the year when hotel occupancy rates exceed expected levels . |
| 11 | That is the highest for five and a half years and is on course to reach three million around Christmas or early in the New Year . |
| 12 | Britain 's jobless total will top three million around Christmas and carry on rising into the New Year . |
| 13 | ‘ The advanced 16v engine delivers real power , and the car is still small enough to be zippy around town . ’ |
| 14 | If you had to explain anything to someone else , then there had to be something you were both sure of , some place to start , and Masklin was n't sure that there was any place like that around Shrub . |
| 15 | The tidal braking would therefore be greatest around perihelion , and it is this that has presumably led to the partial synchronization observed . |
| 16 | THEY ARE AT THEIR MOST INTENSE AROUND MID-DAY , DURING MID-SUMMER , IN HOT CLIMATES AND AT HIGH ALTITUDES . |