Example sentences of "[is] based around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morrissey is the first major teen icon whose aesthetic is based around the conviction that rock'n'roll 's best years are ( in the ) past , that the premises of youth culture have been outflanked ( ‘ I Know It 's Over ’ ) . |
| 2 | Frick and Frapp , Beastie Boys , is based around the forcing-into-friction of antagonistic ambiences and idioms , sampled from random points in pop history . |
| 3 | The third group is a mixed bag of smaller companies , including some distributors , such as Miramax , and some talent-based producers , such as Imagine ( which is based around one director , Ron Howard ) . |
| 4 | The Mobidip is a contract dipping service which is based around a trailer unit . |
| 5 | It is based around a busy little harbour with many waterside cafes offering magnificent views across the lake to Limone . |
| 6 | This new spirituality is reflected in Guerlain 's new perfume Samsara ( left ) , which is based around a concept of harmony and balance . |
| 7 | The device is based around a humidity sensor . |
| 8 | The circuit is based around the LM3914N dot/bar driver i.c. , with a simple 741 op. amp microphone amplifier . |
| 9 | This feeling is based around many issues : |
| 10 | It is based around an English boy , P.K. — played by Brendan Deary as an infant , Guy Witcher as a seven-year-old , Simon Fenton at 12 and Stephen Dorff as an 18-year-old . |
| 11 | Reveals an insider : ‘ The series is based around a failed football star who sets up a celebrity limo service . |
| 12 | The menu is based around traditional Scottish fare and ingredients are fresh . |
| 13 | It is based around songs and activities , carefully matched to the interests of young learners , and suitable for use with large or small classes . |
| 14 | The system is based around Siemens ' Vision Optimised Network Evolution programme , although GEC Plessey says that it has been the developer of the services to be offered and will manage the planned Asynchronous Transfer Mode evolution . |
| 15 | NetWare is already available with HyperDesk Corp 's Distributed Object Management System , HD-DOMS , which in turn is being integrated with ObjectStore , and is based around the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture . |
| 16 | The system is based around IBM 's Systems Application Architecture SQL language with DB2 extensions and provides access to information stored under IBM 's VM and MVS systems and Digital Equipment Corp 's VAX/VMS . |
| 17 | As the room scheme in our main picture is based around a solid wooden table , it seems a shame to cover it with a tablecloth . |
| 18 | Its design is based around a huge central medallion , encircled by 16 smaller lob-medallions , set against a field of the most intricately articulated palmettes , floral sprays and islimi spirals ( pl. 32 ) . |
| 19 | The rug-making industry is based around the towns of Srinagar , Amritsar , Jaipur , Agra , Bhadohi , Mirzapur , Khamariah and Ellora ( in order of general quality ) . |
| 20 | The ‘ establishment ’ , which consists of those members of society with the highest social statuses , is based around the Conservative Party , the Church of England , Oxford and Cambridge Universities , the Guards regiments and gentlemen 's clubs , as well as the public schools . |
| 21 | Essentially this is based around choosing and then communicating the geometric properties necessary for the successful functioning of the item , together with material properties and the procedures to be employed during its generation . |
| 22 | Interestingly , Linotype 's Concert Series is based around the use of Suitcase as a management tool . |
| 23 | The most common alternative system is based around a number of microswitches . |
| 24 | The Light Rifle is based around the same theory of operation as a lightpen , it 's just much bigger and is designed to be held up to about 10′ from the TV set rather than in contact with the screen . |
| 25 | The wave orientation ( ie one which involves the cross selling of a product by mail on two or three dates only each year ) is based around defining which are the customers who best fit the profile of the target user ( ie the person who typically opens the credit account ) . |
| 26 | Professor Kanter , who was recently voted one of the 100 most important women in the United States by a leading business magazine , does not dispute that the agenda for change is based around the so-called ‘ softer ’ values . |
| 27 | Tilne — some organisations operate on a shift system so the structure is based around a particular shift . |
| 28 | The program is based around a very simple menu based script editor . |
| 29 | Unlike the communication structure , the syntax structure is based around the possible grammatical tags rather than the actual words . |
| 30 | The research is based around the Peterborough Country Music Festival , currently a successful local/national event . |