Example sentences of "[noun pl] and around " in BNC.

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1 If your Poodle is in a lamb clip or similar style then pay particular attention to the inside of the legs and around the anus and hocks , to ensure there are no knots .
2 Reading an article in a trade journal reminded me of how far behind we are in the use of fluids in this country , by embalmers whose end product never varies and , therefore , their cases look the same and last the same , and funnily enough the noses and around the mouths grey off — the eternal question again !
3 Life had been-kind to her and there were few lines on her face , except in the corners of her eyes and around her swanlike neck just beneath the chin .
4 After a considerable amount of doubling back , hiding in bushes and around buildings and mingling with crowds , the poor fellow finally gave us the slip and disappeared .
5 Careful searching through old junk shops and around antique markets may well produce endless ideas and inspiration from which you can work .
6 The blanket settled over her shoulders and around her cold bare arms .
7 The cold-sores , a virus in the same family as chickenpox and shingles , usually appear on the lips and around the nose but they can be spread to the eyes , fingers and genitals .
8 Dysentery and whooping cough kill their children and due to the lack of fat , the Indians soles of his feet , lips and around their eyes start to ache appearing gnarled .
9 It occurs in kitchens , bathrooms , rooms not in general use , behind wardrobes and around windows .
10 A gravel tidy , which is no more than a fine plastic mesh , should then be laid over the coarse medium and should be neatly trimmed to fit snugly into all the corners and around the uplifts .
11 While Janine and John cooked supper , he led us on a trek through the woods and around the two-mile meadow .
12 Humans on foot must step over the broken flagstones and around the car-paraphernalia which is implanted in the pavement so as not to obstruct the motorised flow .
13 ECOVER cream cleaner is suitable for all areas in kitchens , bathrooms and around the house including acrylic and fibreglass surfaces .
14 We follow his car as it winds through the hollows and around the hills until we reach the Moss No.3 Preparation Plant where the Pittston Company cleans and grades its coal before moving it out to power stations or abroad .
15 Smooth into the hollows and around the curves , and make sure that the corners are neat .
16 In earlier incidents , OMON units on Jan. 14 had briefly occupied a police station in Riga , and had tried to remove two of the barricades which had been put up by Latvians on main roads , bridges and around public buildings in response to events in Vilnius .
17 Edward 's second and third brothers , Ernest and Theodore , have recorded how occasionally they too shared these nature explorations and fishing expeditions in the London woodlands and around Swindon .
18 For the most part , fat is simply a store of calories , but there are specialized areas of fat , called brown fat , which are found in the back between the shoulder blades and around the area of the kidneys .
19 Chequers fishing well off the boats and around the lone tree .
20 Although the British government is firmly convinced that the Channel Tunnel will have little differential regional impact , it accepts that there will be major effects in Kent , particularly in the Channel ports and around Ashford where British Rail is to build a new international passenger station .
21 These new rooms , which the Italian architect Italo Rota , who has worked with Gae Aulenti in the past , has created in the east and west wings ( formerly occupied by offices , stores and conservation labs and whose interiors therefore no longer retained their historic features ) , and extensively renovated along the south wing , now contain 700 paintings and around one hundred pastels , cartoons and miniatures .
22 Wash the surface thoroughly with sugar soap , paying particular attention to edges and around door handles .
23 When NCC survey respondents were asked to identify the problems of a particular danger spot known to them , one third cited junctions and around one quarter pointed to traffic volume , traffic speed and lack of pedestrian facilities .
24 There is good evidence for cooling flows in rich clusters and around individual galaxies but this is the first example of their occurring in compact groups .
25 The Appenzell countryside is a fairyland where the sun plays tricks with the tall firs and casts elusive shadows in a forest noon , where picturesque cottages straight out of story books have murals telling of local legends , where there are numerous footpaths through green meadows and around the fruit orchards , and the sound of tinkling cowbells drifts across the air .
26 He walked along the beach , past rows of low cedar huts , his bare feet kicking at the surf which swept in from the north , enjoying the cool water and the tickling sensation of sand being swept between his toes and around his ankles .
27 ‘ Before his lead goes on , he enjoys being chased up and down the stairs and around the hall .
28 The conditions which encourage attack are moisture and lack of good ventilation , but the common furniture beetle , the House Longhorn , thrives in dry internal conditions and is often found in skirtings , door frames , pelmets , under stairs and around trap-doors .
29 About 11 per cent were ‘ severely disabled ’ , most of them having difficulty or requiring help in getting up stairs and around the house and in having a bath .
30 All around is an endless interlocking of carvings , on doors and walls , overlooking windows and around anything and everything strong enough to take the gods and shepherds , maidens and old men , curls and whisks of Baroque fancy .
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