Example sentences of "[noun] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ( Roughly , this involves averaging the usual periodogram in log-log space , giving unbiased independent estimates of known variance , and with distributions close to gaussian . ) |
| 2 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 3 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 4 | The tooth , for example , is a living organ , at equilibrium with a complex biological environment and set in the mouth close to blood vessels , nerves , sense organs and salivary glands . |
| 5 | When reconnaissance shows that there is a large herd of elephants with young calves close to camp it is often decided to try to capture some of the young elephants first by means of mela shikar . |
| 6 | So people were increasingly being faced with the problem of lots more dog mess close to home and how to dispose of it ! |
| 7 | Observers commented that the limited extent of the survey favoured London , which has few shopping or residential areas close to parliament , at the expense of cities such as Rome , which has a dense central street pattern . |
| 8 | You then sail in company ( with help close to hand ) for the second week . |
| 9 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 10 | With the summer upon us , the shaded walls of Kilnsey and Gordale seepage free and several major new lines close to completion , activity and controversy on Yorkshire Limestone has spluttered into life . |
| 11 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 12 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 13 | Taylor close to dream line-up |
| 14 | In effect , this level of service would have brought authorities close to self-sufficiency , an objective which most experts now agree is unrealistic in view of the very large numbers of titles now published ( 60,000 annually in the BNB alone , compared with the 24,000 of Bourdillon 's day ) , and the speed and efficiency of national interlending services in developed countries . |
| 15 | It is important , however , to have a source of money close to home . |
| 16 | In April 1974 the rainfall in Pitlochry , Scotland , had an acidity level close to lemon juice . |
| 17 | And pushed Islam close to Christianity . |
| 18 | The North-Easterners , fuelled by enthusiasm close to fanaticism , found their finance , players , admin staff , and facilities , and an exciting tale it is in the recounting . |
| 19 | He commanded 90 men from a jungle camp close to Route 10 , from Battambang to Pailin . |
| 20 | The $24,000,000 production was to be an unmitigated disaster and was to bring Twentieth Century-Fox close to bankruptcy when it found out that the heyday of the film musical was past . |
| 21 | At the start of the third month , Billy built Harriet a den in a tree in the forest close to Tiger Haven . |
| 22 | This change arises from the differences in size between the components which would normally mean mole fractions close to unity for the solvent especially when dilute solutions are being studied . |
| 23 | Hundreds more were injured when police attacked the demonstration and Clarence Baker spent weeks close to death . |
| 24 | We used mauve Osteospermum ‘ Stardust ’ with fresh green ferns close to peach lilies and roses , and softened with the gentle silver foliage of fragrant lavender . |
| 25 | Doctors and accountants are one thing ; husbands on the brink of divorce or even drug barons close to capture are another . |
| 26 | Thus results in estimates that are independent , unbiased for broad features , with exactly known variance and probability distribution close to gaussian after only modest grouping . |
| 27 | In the past , Scotland 's architects might find commissions close to home — such as England . |
| 28 | In one way I would n't expect to find any witnesses — since what happened took place close to dawn . |
| 29 | The pebble in the conglomerates and sandstones are predominantly of local provenance , and the overall character of these rocks indicates sediment deposition close to source . |
| 30 | For that reason alone , according to sources here , Mr Ortega 's summit game plan could come to naught , leaving the Sandinistas to fight an election and a war , and the peace process close to collapse . |