Example sentences of "be [vb pp] around a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cannon or two have been placed around a modern Scandinavian-type house , more for ornament than effectiveness . |
| 2 | Six chairs had been placed around a small antique card table and in front of each chair were papers topped by a sheet of figures . |
| 3 | But despite the place given to women , most of the programmes are organised around a male presenter who ‘ manages ’ the women and brings them in to contribute their bit of knowledge . |
| 4 | Standing on a small peninsula surrounded by the beautiful Belle Mare beach , the buildings of the luxurious Saint Geran are grouped around a lagoon . |
| 5 | I think the difficulty at the moment , because with that it 's a trial , only a certain amount of people have been trained in those roles and trainees are moved around a lot |
| 6 | Management development within British Rail has been built around a leadership programme for their top managers . |
| 7 | FROM desk-top micros to the largest mainframes , conventional computers are built around a single processor and a single store of memory . |
| 8 | The 4080 series hubs are IEEE 10BaseT compliant and are built around a single , integrated circuit to ensure years of trouble-free service . |
| 9 | Chapters are built around a short business dialogue , which introduces new grammar in a natural context . |
| 10 | I believe generally good teams are built around a strong defence and this has been lacking all season . |
| 11 | IT CAN get a bit nippy even when you 're huddled around a flaming bonfire . |
| 12 | There are several different examples of mounts in this book : one unusual mount is cut in the shape of an archway ( see p. 119 ) ; a narrow gold line has been drawn around a rectangular pink mount to complement the aperture ( see p. 85 ) ; and there is one design using four apertures in one mount ( see p. 141 ) . |
| 13 | The more greenskins there are crowded around a shaman the more easily he can cast spells . |
| 14 | Both programmes are based around a simple graphical interface . |
| 15 | Unstructured trouser suits with wide pants , wrap skirts and loose , round necked shirts are based around a neutral palette with aubergine , chocolate , cream and grey . |
| 16 | In this literature , questions have been raised around a whole host of categories , relating to how far objects signify , symbolize , connote , denote , realize , constitute , reflect , embody and perhaps also objectify . |
| 17 | Occasionally , however a border is absent , as at Silchester , in a room of building XIX ; in room 8 , Colliton Park , Dorchester ; and in a house " north of the Newport Road " , Caerwent.Alternatively , it can be of very large blocks , such as are found around a mosaic at Whittington Court , Glos . |
| 18 | The flats are set around a spacious courtyard with shops at ground level . |
| 19 | These are set around a cobbled square behind the 18th Century building . |
| 20 | These are set around a cobbled square behind the 18th Century building . |
| 21 | All are set around a pretty inner courtyard , once the monks ' cloister , and a small Italian garden . |
| 22 | The same relation between pure and applied social psychology can be continued in a social psychology , which might be built around a universal conception of social representation , with or without a rhetorical emphasis . |
| 23 | Cheaper rasterizing systems can be built around a conventional remote-sensing image display system such as that described in Chapter 5 . |
| 24 | In summary the report proposed that nursing services should be organized around a target population of 10,000 — 25,000 within a geographically defined area . |
| 25 | Most of the currently available home computers are equipped with cursor controls ; the screen cursor can be moved around a program listing or a text document to the point where changes are needed . |
| 26 | The backing can be cut to give the shape you want and can also be used around a curved surface . |
| 27 | If required , the fibre can first be wrapped around a pre-shaped rigid foam core , to produce a sandwich construction . |
| 28 | This is flexible enough to follow curves , and it comes split along the length so it can be wrapped around a pipe |
| 29 | Firstly , child care services in the future will be based around a balance between residential , community , and foster care . |
| 30 | The full circuit diagram for the UV Exposure Timer is given in Fig. 1 and is seen to be based around a simple 555 timer chip IC1 , wired as a monostable . |