Example sentences of "[noun] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For customers wishing to leave their cars close to Gatwick airport Citalia has an agreement with BCP car parking . |
| 2 | The two terminals and the Fao tank farm were put out of action , depriving Iraq of the normal means of exporting the output of its southern oilfields close to Basrah . |
| 3 | Reflecting such thoughts , Mr Oleg Bogomolov , a reformer close to Mr Gorbachev , said in February , ’ If Hungary chooses to be a neutral state , then it will not be a threat just because of that . ’ |
| 4 | ( Roughly , this involves averaging the usual periodogram in log-log space , giving unbiased independent estimates of known variance , and with distributions close to gaussian . ) |
| 5 | He writes of ‘ the little town Portadown , with its comfortable unpretending houses , its squares and market-place , its pretty quay , with craft along the river , a steamer building in the dock close to mills and warehouses — a pleasant conclusion to this ten miles ' drive ( from Armagh ) . ’ |
| 6 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 7 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 8 | Christine put her mouth close to Anne 's ear . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Bodie put his lips close to Doyle 's ear . |
| 12 | In April two Saudi-flag tankers , one the ULCC Safina al-Arab , appear to have been caught quite separately by Iraqi aircraft close to Kharg . |
| 13 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 14 | So people were increasingly being faced with the problem of lots more dog mess close to home and how to dispose of it ! |
| 15 | Thus it is important to have paddocks and gardens close to farmsteads , for overnight penning of animals , and garden crops for use in cooking ; but both the latter and the arable need a lot of manure from the farmstead and are also intensively worked in terms of man hours . |
| 16 | The loss of her own younger sister Maria , who had been drowned in the Beck close to Aumery Park Farm , was ever-present at the back of Tamar 's mind . |
| 17 | Elvis is the icon of the Fifties , and Jasper Johns ' flag is shit compared with Elvis and never ever in this world will have any relevance close to Elvis , ’ Koons says , defiantly . |
| 18 | So colleagues were intrigued when posters appeared near the Guardian office recently , announcing a meeting to celebrate Uncle Joe 's 110th birthday in a hall close to King 's Cross station . |
| 19 | The man , who disappeared the day after the murder , worked at Putney Vale cemetery close to Wimbledon Common where 23-year-old Rachel was hacked to death . |
| 20 | A coup attempt was launched in the early hours of Oct. 13 when a group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an arsenal close to N'Djamena airport . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . |
| 23 | Areas close to locks best . |
| 24 | You then sail in company ( with help close to hand ) for the second week . |
| 25 | As implied above , another effect of generally high crude prices earlier on had been to encourage the economics of developing oil accumulations discovered outside the OPEC countries — not only in the industrialized world , in places like the North Sea , but also in some countries close to OPEC members , like Oman and Mexico . |
| 26 | The Iraqis , once they had withdrawn from the territory occupied in the early months , and to some extent even before this took place , constructed solid defensive positions , notably in the centre near Mandali and Khanaqin , and in the south close to Basrah , from which to fight off the anticipated Iranian offensives . |
| 27 | Well , I strongly recommend that you try your luck on any wide verges close to towns . |
| 28 | Carrington put his visor close to Talbot 's . |
| 29 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 30 | 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 . |