Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] around " in BNC.

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1 Of course , when communist leaders like Trotsky talked about how , after the revolution , the communist state would move the features of the landscape around like so much furniture in a room , they still stood only on the threshold of the environmental disasters which have ensued throughout the communist world as dams have been built , rivers redirected , forests cut down , and refuse dumped with abandon to meet the requirements of the latest Five Year Plan .
2 But Aero is n't just about saving money , it 's about style : the shapes for dining chairs and tables are some of the best-looking around .
3 In keeping with the curious mixture of house-made talents and lethal weaponry which is the hallmark of South African police operations , Coetzee carried most of the stuff around in the boot of his car .
4 She was shredding something by holding the tip of the blade and moving the handle of the knife around in an arc , her head on one side .
5 Three-quarters of the way around , check with hands level again , and then pull right to complete the eight .
6 In a mainly subsistence economy , the site of a particular place will be largely related to the uses of the land around to maintain the crops and animals which produce the food to sustain life .
7 The family has been in this part of Scotland for about two hundred years or more , from what I can gather , and we used to own a lot of the land around here .
8 The rider now aims to complete the last part of the turning routine literally by spinning the back of the machine around — the art of rear wheel steering which can begin with as little as 800rpm on the tacho ( 500 revs to around 13,000 ) .
9 But even with a lifebelt on , one is not unaware of the ocean around .
10 is the regatta which is sometime in May although Mick will be involved with that , knows about that Paul has offered to help and Ray will do a lot of the running around so we have got people involved in that
11 You may find new perception of the world around .
12 Another thing the subject can give is the greater enjoyment of the world around , wherever we are .
13 In keeping the description of the job to a few generalized but well-understood statements , a manager can well flex the boundaries of that job to meet the dynamic thrusts of the world around and to maximize contribution .
14 Instead it is now recognised as a human activity which seeks to advance understanding of the world around , through building upon previous knowledge and understanding .
15 There is no end to this process ; no ultimate truth or understanding of either education or of the scientific aspects of the world around .
16 Instead it is now recognised as a human activity which seeks to advance understanding of the world around , through building upon previous knowledge and understanding .
17 There is no end to this process ; no ultimate truth or understanding of either education or of the scientific aspects of the world around .
18 However , having come thus far by car , exercise for the legs is needed , and a path along the south shore of the loch may be followed to the abandoned village of Skiary , wholly in ruins : a sad emphasis of the desolation around .
19 Much of the product around today does not meet the above four requirements .
20 This is also a belief held by my squad and so , neck-high in wallop , come three o'clock we were eleven hangovers in search of a kick around .
21 Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around .
22 Along the edge of the wood a blackbird was doing its job of warning all the wild life for a quarter of a mile around that their common enemy , man , was on the prowl .
23 ‘ There used to be sea here , ’ he remarked , sweeping his conning tower of an arm around in a wide arc .
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