Example sentences of "[noun sg] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 2 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So people were increasingly being faced with the problem of lots more dog mess close to home and how to dispose of it ! |
| 5 | You then sail in company ( with help close to hand ) for the second week . |
| 6 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 7 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 8 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 9 | It is important , however , to have a source of money close to home . |
| 10 | In April 1974 the rainfall in Pitlochry , Scotland , had an acidity level close to lemon juice . |
| 11 | And pushed Islam close to Christianity . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He commanded 90 men from a jungle camp close to Route 10 , from Battambang to Pailin . |
| 14 | At the start of the third month , Billy built Harriet a den in a tree in the forest close to Tiger Haven . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In one way I would n't expect to find any witnesses — since what happened took place close to dawn . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There is a regular bus service close to hand and also convenient shops . |
| 20 | ‘ In our case , I think people were looking further afield for education without realising that they had a very good facility close to home . |
| 21 | Even a reference to some current event close to hand can offer a lead in to a topic . |
| 22 | Cassowary put his domed head close to Bower-bird 's beak . |
| 23 | As an example close to home , it would be a sanction much more powerful than an SEC if , as head of audit of my firm , I was called in to that panel to be told that if my firm wanted the institutional shareholders to vote their proxies in favour of our being reappointed auditors to this or that company , we would have to mend our ways in some respect . |
| 24 | Wright agreed last week that there would be advantages in locating the store close to reprocessing plant . |
| 25 | Even today I remember my stupefaction close to terror . |
| 26 | Somehow the country has managed to consume more energy per capita than anywhere else other than rich ( and notoriously thriftless ) Canada and the United States and at the same time plunge into a state close to bankruptcy . |
| 27 | But with the world population of this fascinating and endearing ape close to extinction , any effort to stabilize the situation must be worthwhile . |
| 28 | The ideas that have been developed for this region can be applied to most turbulent flows adjacent to a wall : for example , to turbulent channel and pipe flow ( although not , for example , to a boundary layer close to separation ) . |
| 29 | Am imposing traditional hotel located in the heart of the City Centre close to night life and shopping . |
| 30 | The town has a major shopping centre close to completion , a grand leisure complex in the Dolphin Centre and ambitious plans for the future . |