Example sentences of "around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Low resourcing and poor material support encourage teachers to adopt a ‘ survival ’ or ‘ make-do ’ orientation to their work and incline them towards more control-centred , transmission-style patterns of teaching which revolve around the imposition of their own personal authority within the public setting of the classroom . |
| 2 | Modern sack artists are n't languid Creoles who loll around the boudoir eating chocolates all day , licking their lips and purring , their whiskers flecked with come and cream . |
| 3 | But before you jet off to soak up sun and sangria , or cruise around the Norfolk Broads give some thought to security . |
| 4 | " Key thinking processes in history revolve around the interpretation of different kinds of evidence , often using specialised concepts " . |
| 5 | Once fledged , young cuckoos stay around the nest site demanding more food from their foster parents for several days . |
| 6 | Oddly , there are tiny elemental effects which spark and flicker around the Ghost ; tiny phosphorescent sparks around its hands , small ripples in the stone beneath its feet , a gentle breeze around its head , a sudden dampness and dripping of water from the stones of the walls around it . |
| 7 | Now I get up and walk around the kitchen table a couple of times , do a dozen stretch-and-bend exercises , then pour myself some more coffee and flop back in my chair . |
| 8 | I like to stroke my fruit and vegetables ; discuss various cuts of meat and study the poultry ; ask the fishmonger 's advice ; potter around the cheese counter ; decide which bunch of herbs would be best ; in fact , anything to delay the actual moment of entry into the kitchen — the point of no return ! |
| 9 | Thick swathes of greenery give a luxuriant festive touch — drape them around apiece of furniture , around a beam , or twist around the handrail of the staircase . |
| 10 | Its carved edges resemble horse harnesses , while two snakes coil around the top . |
| 11 | Seals and walrus live around the coasts , minke whales , belugas and other cetaceans are often seen , and of course there are the birds . |
| 12 | Technical problems usually revolve around the degree to which we can isolate or manipulate a single target system in a consistent and reliable way ( Bures , Buresova , and Huston 1976 ) . |
| 13 | Thus the model performs a slow pirouette relative to the pilot while turning around the pilot . |
| 14 | Dénise René , who is well known for her support of constructivist art during her forty years as a gallery owner in Paris , will be present however as winner of the Preis Art Cologne of DM20,000 ( see Around the Galleries , Cologne , p. 33 ) . |
| 15 | Once more , the familiar is comfortable and supportive , but do n't neglect to get up and walk around the building — or better still , around the block — from time to time , to stimulate the supply of oxygen to the brain . |
| 16 | In the English case , the positive usages , particularly of the adjectival form ‘ aggressive ’ , cluster around the notions of being ‘ self-assertive ’ , ‘ driven to succeed ’ , and so on . |
| 17 | The fossils showed that new groups originated in particular parts of the world , and focused attention on the process by which they expand around the globe , often exterminating more primitive forms as they go . |
| 18 | The most important economic , political and cultural-ideological goods that circulate around the globe tend to be owned and/or controlled by small groups in a relatively small number of countries . |
| 19 | As their orange balloons float around the Bull And Gate , popping in time with the music , the Lollies inject heart and soul into songs like ‘ Your Sun ’ and ‘ Disinheritance ’ while their enthusiastic following cavort wildly . |
| 20 | As their orange balloons float around the Bull And Gate , popping in time with the music , the Lollies inject heart and soul into songs like ‘ Your Sun ’ and ‘ Disinheritance ’ while their enthusiastic following cavort wildly . |
| 21 | ‘ And yet you still carry around the baggage of the past , ’ he said cryptically . |
| 22 | Cut a thin strip of white fondant , score with light lines and attach around the module . |
| 23 | As pupils move around the system the funding moves with them . |
| 24 | Cut notches in end boards so they fit around the uprights . |
| 25 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 26 | Longer outer bristles reach around the teeth , while the shorter ones polish the surface . |
| 27 | I lean into the compost box to grab a double armful of grass cuttings which I take to the courgette beyond the shed and carefully place around the stem . |
| 28 | Trim around the edge and reserve trimmings . |
| 29 | Chop the shallots very finely and arrange around the edge of four serving plates . |
| 30 | Roll out and cut out four strips about 25cm ( 10inches ) long and 2·5cm ( 1inch ) wide , and secure around the edge of the cake to form a rim . |