Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defeat of the economic stimulus package proposed by US President Bill Clinton means that the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) is unlikely to receive anything close to its 1994 budget request . |
| 2 | Soviet negotiators had been eager to preserve for the Soviet Union the right to retain something close to 80 per cent of the Warsaw Pact total . |
| 3 | He had always seemed grimly determined never to let her close to him , except physically , and in bed he had wanted her almost too much . |
| 4 | Do they try to hold it close to the eyes ? |
| 5 | you do n't have to hold it close to you |
| 6 | While ( 104 ) does seem to imply something close to " feel " , in the other three cases know merely evokes what allowed the " knowers " in question to identify the things or persons known as stolen , deaf , or clouds . |
| 7 | Buyers need to tell someone close to them they have made the arrangements , otherwise the policy will be worthless . |
| 8 | To achieve something close to a perfect finish , a little forethought and measurement are essential before the first length of wallcovering is cut to length . |
| 9 | The bad one leads them into temptation and they believe that the only way that they can get rid of it is to drag it close to danger . |