Example sentences of "[adv] round [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more important for them to see all round so they can spot hunting animals in plenty of time to run away . |
| 2 | We were now ready to fit the woodwork , which was about 5mm smaller all round than the opening . |
| 3 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 4 | Differential Cut : Where the inner lining of a down filled sleeping bag is cut slightly smaller all round than the outer shell , allowing the down to expand or ‘ loft ’ fully . |
| 5 | Euro Disney will be a much smaller enterprise all round than its American counterparts . |
| 6 | Women compositors did not want equal pay , she wrote , for no girl of sense puts herself on the level of a comp all round but if the division of labour assigns her a task she can perform , what reason is there she should not do so ? |
| 7 | ‘ It has been a tough year all round but we have managed to complete a number of objectives and it is important that all employees continue to appreciate the value of environmental and health and safety issues . ’ |
| 8 | It was sweet dreams all round but they went to sleep far too early — and woke up to the reality of elimination . |
| 9 | Manager Ray Hankin said : ‘ It has been a disappointing season all round but we will give it our best shot to the final match . |
| 10 | I mean , we 've been all round but the last three years we 've stayed at Carlton |
| 11 | They are very good they can do electricity then tiling you know they are awfully good all round but there is never a professional finish to anything |
| 12 | His reception by the sisters was heart-warming , and there was regret all round that he could not stay any time , that haste was vital . |
| 13 | So it had seemed better all round that they should go . |
| 14 | If their giro did n't come , erm the only way of of contacting D H S S , was either to go down , or to walk all round until they could find a telephone to do it . |
| 15 | It 's she never attempted to go she just wandered all round till she met me |
| 16 | A student with a punk haircut and a goose ( husa in Czech ) strapped into his rucksack was greeted with applause all round as he insolently walked the length of Wenceslas Square . |
| 17 | Smiles all round as Alton men thankfully take possession against the redoubtable ladies . |
| 18 | It 's sunglasses all round as our richly-coiffed Tory front benchers try to fight eye-strain caused by their chrome-domed pinko opponents . |
| 19 | Everyone is delighted to have had a glimpse of this most elusive and rare of British mammals , and there are smiles all round as we move on . |
| 20 | Are any of these calamities which need not have occurred , or where they all acts which were very unfortunate but occurred with basically goodwill all round as it were ? |
| 21 | He found that he enjoyed going to a parish to confirm the children , or to institute a new incumbent , and stay afterwards for the sausage rolls or sandwiches at the bunfight and chat up the people with a mixture of silence and belly-bumping laughter and beams all round and leg-pulling but with care and affection . |
| 22 | It 's like church with the sun shining through them coloured windows and pictures of Jesus with light all round and angels floating in the sky and the sun shining and all that . |
| 23 | The problem arises when you fall from a screen above and land on ‘ monkey features ’ : wham bam , every single life lost ! — smacked bums all round and general loss of brownie points . |
| 24 | Her eyes , her nose and her mouth were all round and definite and soft , and her hair surrounded her head like a designer 's hat , Afro-styled and aggressive . |
| 25 | The paper is fixed to a piece of board with masking tape all round and a staple in each corner . |
| 26 | Leaning through their window to sting the breasts of the sunning chorus girls with ammo from their pea-shooters in the morning : in the evening beer all round and trying to coax them up an alley . |
| 27 | There were handshakes all round and the usual ‘ well playeds ’ , and we headed for the PGA hut where the scores are checked and handed in . |
| 28 | The fleece must be sealed to the ground all round and any holes must be repaired using fleece patches and glue or by stapling the edges together . |
| 29 | I know what we ought to be looking for — a high , lonely place with dry soil , where rabbits can see and hear all round and men hardly ever come . |
| 30 | She was enclosed in grey , all round and from floor to ceiling . |