Example sentences of "based around the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Anne Rampling she writes modern romantic novels and as A N Rouquelaure she writes highly avant-garde sado-masochistic pornography based around the sleeping beauty legend . |
| 2 | Robbe-Grillet 's two volumes of autobiography ( Le Miroir qui revient ( 1984 ) and Angélique ( 1988 ) ) merge conventional accounts of ‘ real ’ events with obviously fictitious sequences ( based around the mysterious activities of a character called Henri de Corinthe ) , in addition to reflections on the nouveau roman generally and his own textual practices . |
| 3 | Based around the proven XT-compatible V20 processor , the low-profile CompuAdd 810 runs at up to 10 MHz ( the speed of many AT units ) , offering far more power than the original IBM PC/XT . |
| 4 | The MD110 is also available as an open standard interface based around the European Computer Manufacturers Association standard for Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications , CSTA . |
| 5 | The Centre aims to encourage interdisciplinary research , as well as promoting research based around the existing interests of the staff most closely concerned with the activities of the Centre . |
| 6 | Markovic reiterated that the Alliance 's programme would be based around the successful programme of his federal government , and would aim at preserving Yugoslavia 's unity as a pluralist community of equal nations and nationalities . |
| 7 | An example of this is a polymorphic virus , one based around the Dark Avenger Mutation Engine . |
| 8 | Unlike the communication structure , the syntax structure is based around the possible grammatical tags rather than the actual words . |
| 9 | The second unit would be based around the XVIII Airborne Corps , and include a division of paratroops , an air cavalry division equipped with helicopters , light infantry divisions and a mechanised division equipped with tanks and mobile artillery , and all available for rapid deployment . |
| 10 | The former assessed need to spend by an authority as a basis for calculating entitlement to block grant ; the latter was a system of expenditure controls based around the progressive removal of grant above the ‘ target ’ expenditure level set for each authority . |
| 11 | NorthWest Digital Systems , Seattle , California , was demonstrating an X Terminal design based around the new chip , called Wildcat 2 — the second generation of its original Wildcat design launched at last year 's show . |
| 12 | These divisions were based around the old tribal territories to some extent , but absorbed many of the smaller tribes and lands that had previously belonged to tribes hostile to the Unberogens . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Not so long ago it seemed as if the world was to divide into three main trading blocks : the EC based around the West German economy ; a Northern American block based around the US-Canadian free trade area , and a Pacific unit incorporating the Asian tigers with Japan and the yen at the centre . |
| 15 | It 's well worth the slightly longer walk as in Greek terms it really is quite comfortable and is part of a complex of hotels based around the lovely Atlantis complex . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Based around the old-fashioned drawing aid principle of jointed arms they use co-ordinate geometry to provide a direct measure of the position of the stylus . |
| 18 | Without wishing to alarm patients , I believe that we should do a comprehensive anonymised HIV seroprevalence study based around the medical practice of individuals recently found to be HIV infected . |
| 19 | The network architecture will be based around the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy standard . |
| 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 | Bull has already revealed details of its Integrated Systems Management effort , based around the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Management Environment , and is now working on some of the first practical applications to run on top . |
| 22 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |