Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first step is to ensure that the waste is disposed of as close to its source as possible . |
| 2 | Tears had followed , both women understandably shaken by their ordeal , by the knowledge of how close to death they had come . |
| 3 | I work with her , and I 'm about as close to her as anyone around here . ’ |
| 4 | First , get a copy of your local quarter mill map ( preferably laminated ) and find a suitable road-route running for about 25 to 40 miles ( quite sufficient for a first attempt ) from somewhere close to your base airfield . |
| 5 | Clasp your toes and pull your feet in as close to you as possible . |
| 6 | Sitting with soles of the feet together , pull your feet in as close to you as possible . |
| 7 | Sitting with soles of the feet together , pull your feet in as close to you as possible . |
| 8 | Once the top section had been put into place and its edge tucked in as close to the body as possible , the lip of the base tray was eased towards the sides of the upper half and the joint soldered . |
| 9 | On the right the fence marking the boundary with Prince 's elbows in quite close to the fairway . |
| 10 | Since then it has been brilliantly restored to as close to its original condition as can be . |
| 11 | The seven-year period is not totally inflexible , in that there is taper relief : in other words , a tapering rate of tax , according to how close to the seven-year limit the death of the donor occurred . |
| 12 | The flow rotates from uniformly northwestwards to northwards close to the poleward edge of the cusp . |
| 13 | She looked good in country clothes as well ; in fact she looked pretty damned good all round , and right now it was the world 's greatest pisser that he was no more than a rough-at-the-edges motor mechanic whose chances with her had to rate at somewhere close to zero . |
| 14 | For example , Peter Winch comes at least close to maintaining not only that there can be no action outside some governing public rules but also that a full account of the rules obeyed also yields a full account of the action done . |