Example sentences of "be [vb pp] around the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many respects you are only being asked to do what ought to have been done around the time of your last birthday . |
| 2 | The last of the mines had been closed around the time of Tace 's birth and the entrances to the shafts had been closed or blocked by rockfalls . |
| 3 | Particular problems are centred around the time available for consultations and the workings of the appointment system . |
| 4 | The old Customs House was built at the end of the fifteenth century , having been started around the time Funchal first had its own customs post in 1477 . |
| 5 | And reciprocally , if memory formation requires the synthesis of proteins for the construction of synapses , then if one could stop the proteins from being synthesized around the time of learning then the memory should not be formed ; an animal trained on a task and prevented from synthesizing proteins should behave as if it has no memory for the task — is amnesic — when it is subsequently asked to perform it . |
| 6 | Of similar champion qualities but without the rough and tumble approach of the male Connors , is the feminine German , Steffi Graf , who was born around the time that Connors was striding into the competitive world of senior international tennis . |
| 7 | The most reproducible decrease in urine acid output in response to normal food was observed around the time breakfast was usually eatenand was abolished by 36 hours of treatment with ranitidine . |