Example sentences of "based around [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This need to deal with a tricky political environment has often led to managerial centralization of decisions that may have political overtones , and a consensual style of leadership based around committee structures ( e.g. Batstone et al. |
| 2 | Just a fantasy based around Pamela , based around her old songs . |
| 3 | In recent years the introduction of high power graphics cards and GUI 's have meant that we are no longer faced with the plain vanilla text and a mouse is n't just a furry rodent , but still many applications are based around text , multi media will change all that , bringing 24-bit colour and digital quality sound to our PC 's . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You 've the choice of systems based around CompuAdd 's much-acclaimed IBM AT- or XT- compatible PCs . |
| 6 | We have had no choice but to take on board a sexuality which is defined in terms of its difference from the male , and therefore mystified ; which has been derived from biology and based around reproduction . |
| 7 | In the 1960s were the London galleries based around South Molton Street ? |
| 8 | With its knights and cannons the Empire army would soon sweep aside an army based around boar boyz , while Orc artillery and large creatures such as trolls would present excellent targets for cannons and Helblaster volley guns . |
| 9 | Thus a local government department offering central support services such as the Training Department may require a different structure than one which is decentralised and based around service provision . |
| 10 | In a two-year campaign , a crew based around Cathy will be looking to raise funds for an up-to-date one tonner for 1991 and 1992 , following on with a design and build campaign for a full-out Admiral 's Cup boat on 1993 . |
| 11 | ‘ For some time , independents have argued for intervention on behalf of a British film industry : an initiative based around support for films with low production budgets , which neither copy American styles , nor turn into Euro-puddings . |
| 12 | The limitations of a movement based around university French departments are obvious . |
| 13 | Six of the top 20 building societies are based around Leeds : the Halifax ( see page 120 ) , the Leeds Permanent , the National and Provincial , the Bradford and Bingley , the Leeds and Holbeck , and the Yorkshire . |
| 14 | In a sense dance music and the corporate soulboy mentality has destroyed a lot of that — the industry is now based around DJs , recycling hits , remixes and following the latest trend in dance music . ’ |
| 15 | There is a lively church and chapel community , based around St Peter 's church and St Mary 's Methodist chapel , and the church rooms , school hall , Methodist school room and the recently renovated British Legion hall , play host to numerous activities including social evenings , jumble sales , whist drives , bingo nights , antiques fairs , coffee afternoons and the like . |
| 16 | So peaceful land reform based around rent reduction , interest rate reduction , might be the ultimate strategy for given your learning process in the north , given the nature of the economy in the south . |
| 17 | It 's all based around people having fun and people not realising what could happen . |
| 18 | The whole Manson range are based around bodies of alder , a stable , medium-to-lightweight timber that Fender themselves often used on guitars from late 1956 onwards . |
| 19 | The year-old arrangement for CDC to sell NEC mainframes into the US and Europe has n't worked out , but CDC says it is now working on NEC 's massively parallel systems which are due next year and are said to be based around Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC , although Ousley says the Japanese firm is ‘ keeping its chip options open . ’ |
| 20 | The empire he created was based around Bangkok Bank , South-East Asia 's largest , and included palm-oil plantations and hospitals among other things . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | the John Harle Band is Steve Lodder on synthesisers , Paul Morgan on bass , Simon Limbrick on percussion and Paul Clarvis on drums , with Harle himself on ( principally ) alto and soprano saxophones : ‘ Shadow of the Duke ’ also includes substantial additional strings ( based around Balenscu Quartet members ) , horns and woodwind . |
| 23 | The reasons for the disappointment can be seen from the struggles to survive of three once-successful companies based around Leipzig . |
| 24 | Sequent determined some months ago that it should expand into the MP/PC superserver business based around NT ( UX No 392 ) . |
| 25 | The work was based around interviews , conducted by pupils , with people who lived in the local area during the war . |
| 26 | It is based around songs and activities , carefully matched to the interests of young learners , and suitable for use with large or small classes . |
| 27 | The early studies were wide angle studies of impressions of the Course , based around questionnaires and structured interviews . |
| 28 | QUIET BOYS : ‘ Modal ’ ( Acid Jazz ) an elusive London mob based around DJ and producer Chris Bangs of Galliano , Courtney Pine and Paul Weller credits , with an EP of progressive jazz-House — out on Monday |
| 29 | Community studies give a better overall picture of disease outcome but as most are also based around units with a specialist interest in the condition they too should reflect the best rather than the average treatment . |