Example sentences of "[prep] around the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were lots 228 , a South Indian bronze figure of Siva-Nataraja of around the eleventh century , estimated at Rs 75,00,000–85,00,000 , and 238 , a South Indian bronze figure of Sukhasana Siva , Chola , of around the twelfth century , estimated at Rs 50,00,000–60,00,000 . |
| 2 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |
| 3 | The most accomplished of the Benin castings are the high relief plaques of around the 17th century . |
| 4 | Indeed , much of the film has dated badly , by comparison with the better American films of around the same time ( Wild River , Psycho , The Hustler , El Cid ) , or to put it more neutrally appears less attractive than it did in its own time . |
| 5 | A man of around the same age was squatting down in front of the TV set , belatedly fumbling to turn down the volume ; he was in his underwear , and was as pale as lard . |
| 6 | A real roach , not one of the roach-bream hybrids of around the same weight the mere began throwing up in numbers later . |
| 7 | These were lots 228 , a South Indian bronze figure of Siva-Nataraja of around the eleventh century , estimated at Rs 75,00,000–85,00,000 , and 238 , a South Indian bronze figure of Sukhasana Siva , Chola , of around the twelfth century , estimated at Rs 50,00,000–60,00,000 . |
| 8 | Nineteen different events from junior singles to veterans doubles will make this tournament one of the biggest of its kind and Connor says he is expecting an entry of around the 350 mark . |
| 9 | It 's certainly an anomaly that two players dealt with around the same time end up serving their bans well apart . |
| 10 | Whether you are perceiving the planet from only a few feet up or from around the lofty peaks of mountains and hillsides , excellent sight ( or sonar ) is almost a prerequisite : there are hosts of obstacles to circumnavigate and far distances to discern if you travel by air ! |
| 11 | Rainwater began to gush into the basement from around the fractured board . |
| 12 | The find comprises five busts of various Roman divinities , two handles in the shape of lionheads and three winged brass sea-leopards dating from around the second to the third century AD . |
| 13 | Guests — all Sikhs — began to appear from around the nearby houses and , after greeting Mrs Puri , quietly took their place cross-legged in ranks on the ground . |
| 14 | From around the next bend in the stream its ‘ go-back , go-back , go-back ’ call echoed off the rock walls . |
| 15 | Figures for the first pregnancies conceived before marriage show the same trend , falling from around the 40 per cent in the early nineteenth century to under 20 per cent in the early twentieth century . |
| 16 | Slowly , with infinite care , Rourke reached up and untwined the tight band of her fingers from around the heavy ornament . |
| 17 | On cue , the rowing boat appeared from around the coastal bend and in it two topless dykes roaring and cheering were urging their little craft into the cove . |
| 18 | A report from around the same time which reached the London bureau of the Neu Beginnen organization , based on conversations with an elderly , formerly active member of the SPD , living in a central German city , painted a similar picture of opinion . |
| 19 | These finely sculptured stele date to around the first century AD and the biggest is the largest single stone ever worked on by man . |
| 20 | It 's also a mite expensive , although you should bear in mind that retail prices are deceptive things ; the chances are that after a period of high demand and correspondingly high prices , the cost of the SRV will settle down to around the same as the Clapton Strat . |
| 21 | The first body-blow to this belief was dealt by Kinsey , Pomeroy and Martin , who concluded that , far from a high-point of sexual feeling and tension existing only in the earlier adult years and continuing only to around the mid-fifties , sexuality and sexual activity decline after youth only in the most gradual way , with no set or probable point of cessation . |
| 22 | Production from the 40 or so fields currently either producing or under development , will fall to around the 20 million tonnes per year level by the end of the century . |
| 23 | What we should expect though is that it comes back down to around the three point five mark for the year . |
| 24 | The symptoms of haemorrhagic dengue are the same to begin with , but on around the third day the victim 's nose and gums begin to bleed and blood pressure drops dangerously low , sometimes fatally . |
| 25 | A path leaves Horton railway station , a large quarry giving an industrial background to the first stage of the climb which continues to rise along the geological fault of Sulber Nick to come alongside the Allotment wall at around the 1300-ft contour . |
| 26 | All too soon , the finest rocky clough in the Dark Peak levels out at around the 1500 feet contour and falls back at an easy angle towards Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow Head . |
| 27 | Thus , the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) stated in 1985 that ‘ the best assumption for planning purposes is for a continuing high level of unemployment throughout the period ( 1985–89 ) and for a level of long-term unemployment remaining at around the one million mark . ’ |
| 28 | The bunkers ate into the fairway at around the 240-yard mark to cool the aggressive ardour of the professional golfer who might try to cut the slight dogleg and set himself up for an easier shot into the two-tier green . |
| 29 | Studies reveal that people asked to rate their own abilities on a scale of 1–100 pitch themselves at around the 55 mark . |
| 30 | If you look through a family history and hit upon an advantageous marriage , the chances are that you will find a new house or a completely restored one at around the same date . |