Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right at the end of the street was the wall of a very old building , the entrance being around the corner in Barnards Cross . |
| 2 | The key was around his neck on a piece of string . |
| 3 | The layer thickness is around 0.1µm , with a tolerance across an entire wafer of +-5% . |
| 4 | Generally the extra cost for this type is around the same as for adding your own jacket — but the insulation wo n't fall off . |
| 5 | IBM is very touchy on the issue of morale : last week in New York when we got around to asking Bill Filip what the mood was around the joint , the spin doctors converged and shuffled him off . |
| 6 | Any involvement in the race issue was around the anti-Fascist campaigns of that time . |
| 7 | As soon as he is back his team are around him , removing the protective plates and helmet in order to ease the discomfort for a while . |
| 8 | But all our games in the nursery from that moment were around film . |
| 9 | ‘ Market focus is around what we have to do to deliver our promise to the customer , what we have to achieve to be successful . |
| 10 | Its population is around the 3.3 million mark compared with some 56 million in the UK . |
| 11 | The Macedonian government was able to press its claim for recognition , which had been blocked by Greece , by threatening that war was around the corner . |
| 12 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
| 13 | Poldhu Cove was around the next corner . |
| 14 | The rise in unemployment frustrated the government 's spending plans , because of the rising costs of social security ; it also undermined the credibility of the government 's claims that its economic strategy was working and that economic recovery was around the corner . |
| 15 | The return of socialism would be the ‘ road to nowhere , a dead end ’ at a time when economic recovery was around the corner . |
| 16 | IBM Corp 's personal computer business was around the break-even level or may have been profitable in the first three months of this year , the president of IBM Personal Computer Co Robert Corrigan told the New York Times : he says he thinks ‘ people will be surprised at how quickly we 're bringing this business back , ’ and that it should be solidly profitable before year-end ; problem is that its closest rivals , Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp , which both faced the same problems as IBM , adjusted to the change in the market much more quickly , and rushed appropriate machines out while IBM procrastinated , so that they are already strongly profitable while IBM is still having to build up momentum . |
| 17 | It turns out that the minimum cell volume and interstack distance are around the values ( TMTSF ) 2 CO 4 , the only organic salt known to go superconducting at atmospheric pressure . |
| 18 | The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank , basking in the warm sunshine . |
| 19 | Estimated price is around GBP 400 000 . |
| 20 | Consultant pathologist Dr Brian Rogers said Jacob had no congenital malformations and died from a lack of oxygen which was probably caused by the umbilical cord being around the neck before birth . |
| 21 | Now that the exchange rate is around the $1.40 to $1.45 mark there could be a case for going back but we might have the difficulty of seeming opportunistic . |
| 22 | Some say a new era of enlightenment is around the corner , some say that consciousness is quietly entering the mainstream , while others see a grim world of confusion and chaos ( not chaos theory but just plain chaos ) . |
| 23 | This catchment area is around the lakes of Ullswater and Hawes Water from both of which water is piped to Manchester . |
| 24 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 25 | The official exchange rate of US$1.00=0.56 roubles would continue to exist , but was rendered largely meaningless ( tourists already enjoyed a special rate of US$1.00=5.60 roubles , while on the black market the rate was around US$1.00=20 roubles ) . |
| 26 | Under it , major changes in reserves would have created an overwhelming presumption that a change in the exchange rate was around the corner , and thus encouraged speculation on what was in effect a certain bet . |
| 27 | The entrance to Cathy Carne 's flat was around the corner — a wooden stairacse , well maintained , with a canopied landing at the top . |
| 28 | A mother of twelve , just had another still-born , stifled by the caul , he came out feet first and upside down facing up , the cord was around his neck , marks of sinfulness , twelve children with how many men ? |
| 29 | I remember , after one lesson , having a sensation of a collar being around my neck which prevented me from turning my head ( similar to the kind people have to wear after painful neck injuries ) . |
| 30 | Add in 60m tons from commerce , 90m from industry , and America 's grand total is around 25Om tons of what experts categorise as ’ solid ’ waste-paper , packaging , kitchen and garden waste and so on . |