Example sentences of "[coord] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Probably most languages grammaticalize at least a distinction between proximal ( or close to speaker ) and distal ( or non-proximal , sometimes close to addressee ) , but many make much more elaborate distinctions as we shall see . |
| 2 | The reason I have chosen these two books for a comparison is because I always prefer to read books that are either true or close to reality as they bring out more emotions in my reading and at leat I know my feelings towards certain situations in the books have been felt by someone before , whether it may be another reader or the character himself , but in more depth . |
| 3 | The site must be central , easily accessible and close to parking facilities . |
| 4 | At the end of two weeks she was tired , frustrated , and close to despair . |
| 5 | The regiment had come ashore that morning and were going into action that evening , attacking the village just along the road , about two hundred yards from the edge of our village and close to No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 6 | The tough-guy actor — filming smash hit movie Patriot Games which is released in Britain to-morrow — had to be rescued by emergency crews after a tough underwater fight scene left him exhausted and close to drowning . |
| 7 | The prison system in England and Wales , then , is creaking and close to collapse . |
| 8 | The requisite energy-related technologies are either already available or demonstrated and close to commercialization " . |
| 9 | It benefits from a lovely site , opposite the parish church and close to farm buildings , away from the village centre . |
| 10 | The brutal attack by David Makka , 22 , left Susan Lawson , 20 , brain-damaged and close to death , a judge was told yesterday at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 11 | Name a person whom you would wish to be contacted if you are seriously ill and close to death |
| 12 | Then he said , ‘ I knew an eagle once who was also ill and close to death . |
| 13 | Tinitus in her ears is the only physical reminder of the violent illness … which left her unconscious and close to death . |
| 14 | The Chicontepec oil is onshore and close to infrastructure , but it is dogged with very low productivity sands , and covers such a large area that accurate prediction of the sweet spots is the only way to reduce an onerous number of wells . |