Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the near " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mixture fizzed like mad , you swallowed the concoction and with little delay sprinted for the nearest lavatory , hoping that your speed would be faster than the deadly powder . |
| 2 | More important , he set about gathering the Wordsworths into the Quantock fold , hastening a visit which must in any case have been intended for the near future . |
| 3 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 4 | But which of us , locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out , has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything , run into the street , hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere ? |
| 5 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 6 | The ground dropped sharply beneath us as we bounced off the nearest trunk . |
| 7 | I want to know about the nearest sports centre and the types of sport which go on there . |
| 8 | She took a deep breath and leaned out further , groping for the nearest bloom , closing her eyes to the drop beneath her . |
| 9 | He promptly turned off the by-pass and headed for the nearest hospital . |
| 10 | Helen headed for the nearest one and asked about photograph albums . |
| 11 | I discarded my unfamiliar new slinky satin pyjamas for my familiar old sweater and jeans and headed for the nearest shops . |
| 12 | Abandoning an untouched plate of food , she headed for the nearest door . |
| 13 | The , finally remembering all that I had been told , I capsized myself and grabbed onto the canoe and paddle and headed for the nearest bank . |
| 14 | The bullet smashed into the nearest keg . |
| 15 | RESEARCH shows that as many as a third of all break-ins happen after entry has been gained through glass — often simply smashed with the nearest thing that comes to hand . |
| 16 | Most local authorities insist on separate systems to reduce the volume intake at sewage works , since rainwater can be discharged into the nearest watercourse without treatment . |
| 17 | The high figure from the farm was due to government support and this might fall in the near future . |
| 18 | If holders of speculative balances are of the general opinion that the price of bonds will fall in the near future ( i.e. their yield will rise ) , then they will not purchase these assets now because they will suffer a capital loss if their expectations are borne out by experience . |
| 19 | Of course market expectations may constrain the movements in interest rates since any increase in the money supply could simply be absorbed into speculative balances if the general opinion is that the price of financial assets will fall in the near future . |
| 20 | However the Committee had felt that the reduced scheme was still worthwhile and he looked forward to the Museum opening in the near future . |
| 21 | Those occurring in the near future are listed in Table 1.2 . |
| 22 | These IVCT bands appear in the near infrared . |
| 23 | It was cut out of conference papers and replaced with a notice slipped into the file saying : ‘ The proposed paper on the Aids monitor has unfortunately had to be withdrawn , since it has not been possible to synchronise the publication with the Health Education Authority 's own report on the 1988 data , expected in the near future . ’ |
| 24 | An official announcement could have been made as follows : ‘ Imminent invasion by superior forces is expected in the near future . |
| 25 | The outcome of the case is expected in the near future . |
| 26 | A family with many sons could farm its land successfully without the burden of paying farm workers and could if necessary send a son to work in the nearest town or city to earn money to pay back debts or to buy more land . |
| 27 | Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 28 | All three are models of serious ‘ first ’ official biographies , carefully researched , admirably written , and as unlikely to be superseded in the near future as any such books can be . |
| 29 | Ignoring the very recent breeds , it is clear that in earlier days , when cat-showing was just beginning , the major pedigree lines nearly all stemmed from the Near or Far East , with the West lagging far behind . |
| 30 | Will the Minister introduce in the near future proposals enabling us to have at least as many national holidays as other European countries ? |