Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His profile was strong and patrician , his nose straight , the bronzed skin clear and healthy , the neat scroll-work of his ears set close to his well-shaped head . |
| 2 | Many harp recordings come close to ‘ wallpaper ’ music by which to dream ; if you can doze off before this one ends you should consult your doctor . |
| 3 | Oystermen come close to victory |
| 4 | Consequently , many of the seeds land close to where the diners collected them and the plants ' purpose is largely thwarted . |
| 5 | Great care must be taken to set the hoe up and steer it accurately so that the blades run close to the crop without damaging the seedlings . |
| 6 | Flying insects keep close to the ground and out of the wind , haunting sheltered valleys and lees of hills , seeking direct sunlight as much as possible . |
| 7 | Ski tracks start close to Kandersteg 's Hotel Victoria in Switzerland |
| 8 | Provided we give a narrow meaning to ‘ intention ’ the law may well for practical purposes come close to the proposition that it is tortious intentionally to cause damage by any unlawful act , but it has developed by way of distinct , nominate torts and it is necessary to retain that division for the purposes of exposition . |
| 9 | On a true evolutionary walk you could " drop through " , at any time , to another plane , for instance from the plane of Figure 6 to the plane of Figure 7 ( in the vicinity of the insect , where the two planes come close to each other ) . |
| 10 | The good primary school , in encouraging children to use documents , to dramatise in the classroom , to get the children into the experience of people living in another age , in many ways come close to what the university historian is doing than some of the secondary erm school histories , which are still weighed down with this content . |
| 11 | The particles travel close to the speed of light and as they pass through the bending magnets they emit radiation , covering wavelengths typically from 0.1 to 106 nanometres , and collimated into the plane defined by the circular machine . |
| 12 | None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby 's aircraft ditched . |
| 13 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 14 | We consider the hot bottom wall ; similar processes occur close to the cold top wall , with the roles of hot and cold fluid reversed . |
| 15 | During the summer breeding gulls , skuas , terns and cormorants feed close to land ; the rest range widely over the ocean , browsing at or close to the surface in single-species or mixed flocks . |
| 16 | This movement is usually made more apparent because the head sinks into the shoulders and the hands come close to the body to protect it from some blow , curse or frightening event , e.g. Juliet 's movement after her father has demanded why she is not conforming to his wishes . |
| 17 | Because , whether intentional or not , both these men come close to implying the girls were partly to blame . |
| 18 | Three of Zeneca 's new products come close to meeting the blockbuster criteria : Casodex , Accolate and Merrem could all be approved for use by 1996 . |
| 19 | International : Tories get close to their cousins on the continent |
| 20 | The modifications which adjudication has been subjected to in the realm of statutory inquiries come close to doing just this . |
| 21 | Thus the world 's biggest fisheries occur close to continents . |