Example sentences of "[noun pl] close [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For customers wishing to leave their cars close to Gatwick airport Citalia has an agreement with BCP car parking . |
| 2 | The two terminals and the Fao tank farm were put out of action , depriving Iraq of the normal means of exporting the output of its southern oilfields close to Basrah . |
| 3 | ( Roughly , this involves averaging the usual periodogram in log-log space , giving unbiased independent estimates of known variance , and with distributions close to gaussian . ) |
| 4 | When reconnaissance shows that there is a large herd of elephants with young calves close to camp it is often decided to try to capture some of the young elephants first by means of mela shikar . |
| 5 | Bodie put his lips close to Doyle 's ear . |
| 6 | Thus it is important to have paddocks and gardens close to farmsteads , for overnight penning of animals , and garden crops for use in cooking ; but both the latter and the arable need a lot of manure from the farmstead and are also intensively worked in terms of man hours . |
| 7 | Observers commented that the limited extent of the survey favoured London , which has few shopping or residential areas close to parliament , at the expense of cities such as Rome , which has a dense central street pattern . |
| 8 | Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . |
| 9 | Areas close to locks best . |
| 10 | As implied above , another effect of generally high crude prices earlier on had been to encourage the economics of developing oil accumulations discovered outside the OPEC countries — not only in the industrialized world , in places like the North Sea , but also in some countries close to OPEC members , like Oman and Mexico . |
| 11 | Well , I strongly recommend that you try your luck on any wide verges close to towns . |
| 12 | With the summer upon us , the shaded walls of Kilnsey and Gordale seepage free and several major new lines close to completion , activity and controversy on Yorkshire Limestone has spluttered into life . |
| 13 | In effect , this level of service would have brought authorities close to self-sufficiency , an objective which most experts now agree is unrealistic in view of the very large numbers of titles now published ( 60,000 annually in the BNB alone , compared with the 24,000 of Bourdillon 's day ) , and the speed and efficiency of national interlending services in developed countries . |
| 14 | This change arises from the differences in size between the components which would normally mean mole fractions close to unity for the solvent especially when dilute solutions are being studied . |
| 15 | Hundreds more were injured when police attacked the demonstration and Clarence Baker spent weeks close to death . |
| 16 | We used mauve Osteospermum ‘ Stardust ’ with fresh green ferns close to peach lilies and roses , and softened with the gentle silver foliage of fragrant lavender . |
| 17 | Doctors and accountants are one thing ; husbands on the brink of divorce or even drug barons close to capture are another . |
| 18 | In the past , Scotland 's architects might find commissions close to home — such as England . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's one of the few places close to Washington where you can get lost and still not get hurt , ’ Ashelman said . |
| 20 | That 's the word from officials close to Davignon , who has the European brief for energy and research as well as industry . |
| 21 | Officials close to Mr Delors said he was convinced the pace of change in Eastern Europe had made the need for a more federal EC all the more urgent . |
| 22 | Something like it still seems to be believed by some economists close to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 23 | Voice of Israel radio said that Israel wanted US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney to submit a written commitment to Congress that the aircraft would not be placed at air bases close to Israel and would not , under any circumstances , attack Israel . |
| 24 | Hazel crouched down by Blackberry and laid his nostrils close to Bigwig 's , but a light breeze was blowing and he could not tell whether there was breath or not . |
| 25 | Soon after the Iraqi onslaught , reports were received that Iraq 's two southern oil-export terminals close to Fao at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab , Mina al-Bakr and Khor al-Amayyah , were under attack by Iranian warships . |
| 26 | In November , a Presidential Task Force on human rights was set up , consisting of senior figures close to President Premadasa . |
| 27 | Altogether the beach group occupied three tables close to Rain and Oliver . |
| 28 | In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home . |
| 29 | ICAS welcomed the review but also said it was a timely reminder of archaic and unnecessary burdens in the UK tax system and urged an independent examination by a working party of all interested bodies to tackle problems close to home . |
| 30 | In order to avoid false alarms , positions close to heaters and air conditioning outlets should be avoided , as well as cooking areas , garages , bathrooms , shower-rooms or other places where steam , condensation or fumes are present . |