Example sentences of "around [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The week before , the name of Llanelli outside-half Colin Stephens , was being bandied around as the latest answer to all of Wales ' woes . |
| 2 | On the other hand there will be a greater onus to shop around for the best home for whatever spare cash you may have . |
| 3 | In 1984 we had ended the opticians ' monopoly and taken off the ridiculous restrictions on advertising which prevented the public from shopping around for the best value . |
| 4 | Have the flexibility of being able to shop around for the best possible deals and get the best professional advice ; |
| 5 | Shop around for the best possible deals and the best service . |
| 6 | ‘ First , because other insurers have intermediaries who are forced by competition to look around for the best price . |
| 7 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 8 | But an IFA can shop around for the best deals . |
| 9 | The plaintiff can not shop around for the best offer , the two parties must deal with each other and strike an acceptable bargain through their own negotiating skill . |
| 10 | Unless something is done , dealer margins will continue in free fall and the customers will continue to shop around for the best price in the belief that service is universally lousy , and that 's in nobody 's interest . |
| 11 | With higher power , you need more light , so bigger lenses — so try 8x30 , 8x40 , 10x40 or 10x50 at a good store , and shop around for the best price . |
| 12 | Ideally , I suppose , we should look around for the thickest available development of a particular unit if we are to find anything approaching continuous sedimentation . |
| 13 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 14 | As we looked around the store , Reid explained to me , ‘ Johnson worked on a pearling lugger , stashed a bit of money away , looked around for the healthiest woman on the island , married her and set up shop . |
| 15 | In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age . |
| 16 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |
| 17 | As Britain 's largest electricity maker , NatPower has to shop around for the cheapest fuel available . |
| 18 | Or maybe she was happy at the fact that , in a few minutes , after a couple of minutes ' contact with Clara Beeding 's right mitt , she would be skipping around with the best of them . |
| 19 | well then we 'd all be tremendously specific , well let me ask some one who does drive around on the closest we 've got to a tank driver here , Gillian you drive something very large |
| 20 | It will not only knock us around on the slightest whim ; but because of its size as a mature horse , it may become dangerous for us and others to handle . |
| 21 | As he thrust his hands into the fire and pulled out a burning branch which he waved around without the slightest sign of discomfort , the goat-headed figure thrust his arms out for silence . |