Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But never before has Moses been accused of lording it over the people ( some words of Korah in verse 3 of this same chapter come close to such a charge ) and never before has Egypt been called ‘ a land flowing with milk and honey ’ . |
| 2 | A principal feature of the flow as a whole may then be the following : large eddies of the eruption type originate close to the wall as described in Section 21.6 ; as they move away from the wall they become increasingly influenced by buoyancy , until , at large heights , they resemble the free convection plumes to be described in Section 22.7 . |
| 3 | Example 77 shows part of the score of his Symphony of Psalms ( some instrumental parts are omitted for the sake of clarity ) : This passage is based on a four-note ostinato : E♭ , B♭ , F , B♭ ; as will be seen , the choral parts and ostinato come close to , but never quite reach , conventional triadic usage . |
| 4 | Whilst originally described as a universal buffer for restriction enzymes , we have found that all modification enzymes required for cDNA synthesis have close to 100% activity in 0.5 KGB buffer . |
| 5 | Developments in the world of computing move close to the speed of light . |
| 6 | The driver must have seen the prepared patch of ice reflected in the moonlight , for I saw his white face lean close to the windscreen . |