Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb pp] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both cases , political programmes crystallized around the idea of rationalization , cost cutting and improved use of resources on the railways . |
| 2 | Blake 's eyes gradually focused on the indistinct objects positioned around the room . |
| 3 | They flashed signals more in hope than expectation of catching the submarine 's attention before dawn broke and the wind abated , giving them their first chance to force free fingers locked around the paddle handles in a muscle-spasm grip . |
| 4 | The horses that the count reared were also in evidence , some actually in the railed compounds dotted around the place , and beyond , towards the mountains , Maggie could see well-fenced fields with white and grey horses roaming peacefully . |
| 5 | His brave words echoed around the world after the IRA 's bomb in Enniskillen robbed him of his beloved daughter . |
| 6 | There are several old pubs sited around the centre of the town . |
| 7 | Using less glass than was originally planned , the Hanseatic Trade Centre — a mixed development of offices , shops , restaurants and an aparthotel — will be in traditional brick , with 50 year old trees planted around the office buildings . |
| 8 | Their light beams played around the interior . |
| 9 | I was two hours too early for dinner and so spent the interval in a cloud of steam with my wet clothes draped around the fire . |
| 10 | With these qualities , the Mughal gardens dotted around the subcontinent are as alien to the Indian environment as the Brighton Pavilion is to the English south coast , or the Chinese Pagoda to Kew . |
| 11 | There is also a strong nucleus of contemporary artists centred around the Art College of Madeira ( Instituto Superior de Artes Plasticas da Madeira — ISAPM ) which has students from Madeira and Portugal taking courses in art , sculpture , graphics and visual art . |
| 12 | We have five decentralized offices dotted around the City , which are all very well . |
| 13 | Throughout 1980 and 1981 debates about the riots in the media , in Parliament , and in various official reports hinged around the interrelationship between racial , law-and-order , and social factors . |
| 14 | The Post Office is only one of several fine Georgian buildings grouped around the square , dominated , at the southern end by the stone and slate Victorian Town Hall . |
| 15 | To assist in the development of the scheme and to ensure that the right equipment is available , the RYA have over twenty fleets of junior boards located around the country for hire to clubs or groups wishing to introduce children to the sport . |
| 16 | Coffee had been brought in a huge white porcelain pot and matching white cups arranged around the white-painted table that stood at the edge of a huge paved terrace overlooking the endless sparkling blue sea . |
| 17 | His wife , who had never left her place , waved as she left , but my greatest reward was in the last shadowy glimpse of the back seat where little arms twined around the dog , hugging him ecstatically , and in the cries , thankful and joyous , fading into the night . |
| 18 | The figures for the breeder stations alone would have meant about 250 large reactors dotted around the British Isles . |
| 19 | But the great national hopes built around the figure of Hitler were now falling in ruins ; fewer and fewer looked to a future under his leadership . |
| 20 | St Hilary Churchtown is a small cluster of old , grey-green houses built around the church at a kink in a tree-lined lane . |
| 21 | There are also some decorative arts scattered around the museum , and one wishes there were more . |
| 22 | Eerie sounds echoed around the passageways . |
| 23 | For McGregor , as for Pym , the major changes centred around the family system which prescribed the conditions for sexual relationships , changes which resulted in loosened bonds of matrimony , increased choice and reduced frustration and suffering . |
| 24 | There might also be quite a number of very much smaller black holes scattered around the universe , formed not by the collapse of stars but by the collapse of highly compressed regions in the hot , dense medium that is believed to have existed shortly after the big bang in which the universe originated . |
| 25 | We used copper electrodes wound around the probe in 0.5 mm wide grooves to ensure a smooth surface . |
| 26 | It would cost a fortune to see the work of the great masters spread around the art galleries of the World . |
| 27 | He also made it clear that he was against black boycotts organized around the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico , at which Thommie Smith and John Carlos demonstrated on the victory rostrum with a gloved black power salute . |
| 28 | Euroactividade , creators of the exclusive Carvoeiro Clube , offers homes of elegance and style on luxury developments located around the picturesque fishing village of Praia do Carvoeiro and on the Parque da Floresta Golfe & Country Clube on the Western Algarve . |
| 29 | Mr. Malone pointed to the number of countries likely to gain nuclear arms in the next ten years , and reminded the audience that there were still 27,000 nuclear warheads distributed around the remnants of the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | The simultaneous explosions echoed around the metal chamber . |