Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scissors-and-paste job on the existing curriculum — which removed masculinist language , substituted female examples and models , deleted stereotypes or debasing images — would provide a superficially ‘ non-sexist ’ transmission process , but it would not make many inroads into the valuation of , or boundaries around , such knowledge areas at present designated ‘ home economics ’ or ‘ applied maths ’ , or , indeed , have any direct effect on the hidden curriculum . |
| 2 | Under the old DHSS cohabitation ruling , beleaguered by years of criticism from welfare workers and the women 's movement , women who had male friends , family or lovers around ran the risk of losing their benefit on the grounds that these men were or should be maintaining them . |
| 3 | He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones . |
| 4 | An alternative to attempting to deal with such matters by a policy of continuous and possibly unsettling adjustment ( by moving departments and personnel around ) would be to allow each branch to become a separate partnership under the aegis of a superimposed managing firm . |
| 5 | He emerges from his towel and peers around myopically . |
| 6 | Detective-Sergeant McWhirter nodded sagely , imagining his eleven-year-old Morris Traveller and the increasing difficulties of driving the wife and kids around . |
| 7 | ‘ Slices of pizza in boxes , hot and ready to eat , would go down really well here with all the people that come in at lunch times from the colleges and offices around . ’ |
| 8 | Our procedure was to invite friends and acquaintances around to our houses , specifically to record them . |
| 9 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 10 | Their peppy ensemble style and ambitious sound gets you thinking of the '70s boom era for Irish acts like The Bothy Band and Clannad , a time when there seemed to be masses of energy and ideas around . |
| 11 | Communities seem to want airfields and pilots around , so they do n't load them with the penal rates and taxes that lead to high parking and landing charges as in this country . |
| 12 | There 's a kitchen here , we have a girl who comes in and cooks lunch during the week and there 's always cheese and things around . |
| 13 | with all the books and files around and er , it became , anybody with any chest troubles erm |
| 14 | It 's lovely there ; find a good vantage point and make rough pencil sketches of the church and trees around and the shapes of tombstones , etc. , or go into the cemetery and draw that curious old tower which commands such an extensive view . |
| 15 | Within about ten days she was happy enough with my mother and sisters around , but it took her a lot longer to settle down with other people , and with animals . |
| 16 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 17 | Drachenfels , disguised and dissembling , duped nearly a thousand souls from villages and towns around into attending a feast and ball . |
| 18 | Before babies start to talk , adults and others around , talk to them . |
| 19 | And she staggered and hooted , among the sordid piles , and kicked shoes and clothes around . |
| 20 | I think it 's easy to be glib about this , there are clearly an awful lot of landlords and landladies around who provide an excellent service and merely want a reasonable rent in return for offering a decent service . |
| 21 | I love the Bardot look and all the wigs and extensions around at the moment are great . |
| 22 | Land for miles and miles around could be ruined and people would be badly affected ’ . |
| 23 | He wakes up and fiddles around does n't he ? |
| 24 | And indeed we 've just erm put together a new edition of this erm document erm it collects together the range of advisory and consultancy services on the campus , together with a list of the sort of test equipment and facilities around , and it also notes other things , such as M S E courses and short courses which can be put on . |