Example sentences of "[adv] close [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poem we were working on was one of several left unfinished , but I can quote here the first three verses , for their expression of our condition at that time , our sense of being so close together that we were utterly apart from all else : |
| 2 | It was always chilly at the school because the building was made of stone , rather like a castle , and was perched on the top-most peak of a mountain , surrounded by pine trees which grew so close together that it was very damp and gloomy . |
| 3 | For a long moment after the door had closed , Craig and Hari remained motionless , so close together that she could feel his breath against her cheek . |
| 4 | Also there are many binaries in which the components are so close together that no telescope will separate them , and they betray their true nature only by means of the spectroscope . |
| 5 | This is because the two components are so close together that they almost touch , and presumably gravitational strains mean that each is distorted into the shape of an egg . |
| 6 | It is yellowish , with a G-type spectrum , and is actually a close binary , though the components are so close together that no ordinary telescope will separate them . |
| 7 | It is actually a binary , but the two components are so close together that they can not be separated with ordinary telescopes . |
| 8 | The Earth and the Moon are so close together that it has been estimated that the exposure of both planets to asteroids and comet debris has been much the same . |
| 9 | Metallic hydrogen is expected to be produced at very high pressures because the molecules of molecular hydrogen ( H 2 ) will be forced so close together that each of the two hydrogen atoms in the H 2 molecule is attracted to atoms in neighbouring molecules as much as to its partner . |
| 10 | Rather than by using the fist , the greatest volume is attained more easily and also more beautifully by placing the notes so close together that the ear hears no space between them . |
| 11 | The huge drops were so close together that they reflected the light , and the rain billowed and rippled like a silver-white curtain . |
| 12 | From here he could see the crowded harbour quarter , the rooftops so close together that they welded in the heat haze into one whole . |
| 13 | The lines are so close together that two of them can be seen crossing the planet Jupiter at any one time . |
| 14 | Devlin 's hand swung up , he fired three rounds so close together that they might almost have been one . |
| 15 | Taking the last first , there are three villages which are so close together that with any allowance for coalescence , even the one kilometre which I believe was taken in the original look at this problem by the County Council , there would be no possibility of fitting in a settlement er of the size proposed . |
| 16 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |
| 17 | ‘ I liked him a lot , we 're still close politically and good friends . |
| 18 | At that time , the continents of North America and Europe were still close together and the Atlantic was no more than a narrow strip of sea between the two . |
| 19 | You did n't have the baffling and separation then ; everybody would get as close together as they could . |
| 20 | Without slumping forwards , take your arms behind you , holding them up as high and as close together as possible . |
| 21 | There will be certain positions in which such sheets of spheres will lie on each other as close together as possible . |
| 22 | It is best to make these shelves as close together as possible — say , around 10″ , and depending on the depth of shelf and what 's stored on it . |
| 23 | Any archaeological sites not destroyed in this process are likely to be at least as severely damaged by the roots of the trees , which are usually set as close together as is economically viable . |
| 24 | I was told to stand up straight and , as usual , one of the guards pushed my legs as close together as possible . |
| 25 | We 've got those as close together as they can . |
| 26 | There are , in the east Midlands , three towns lying fairly close together that illustrate well the physical consequences of this situation — Nottingham , Leicester and Stamford . |
| 27 | And you could bring them fairly close together and say well I ca n't tell you exactly what the gradient is at that point , but if you draw a tiny little line and take the gradient of that . |
| 28 | His eyes were high , small close together and calculating . |
| 29 | In addition Mr Patient is very likely to have had one or two close friends , probably from some ti me back in his life history , who may be dramatically affected by his death , even though they may not be visibly there close by or apparently very emotionally involved . |
| 30 | The group was already quite close so that instead of retreating to one of his more inaccessible rock crevices Tom stayed where he was , relying on the deep shadows to keep him hidden . |