Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I had paid the farmer off , I started my car , my remaining outpost of another century , and drove along a road which led close to the lake . |
| 2 | A second reason was closely related to this , namely an anthropocentrism which came close to asserting that man could do whatever he liked with creation . |
| 3 | Because their demands were nil , the Masai could be approached in a way which came close to the Colonial Service 's proclaimed ideal of disinterested benevolence . |
| 4 | The idea was to record and tour with the band , but Knopfler saw an essentially fun project with his mates develop into something which came close to getting out of hand . |
| 5 | Tom Peters — the top US management guru — cites the example of the US Harley Davidson motorcycle plant , which came close to being put out of business by Japanese competition some eight years ago . |
| 6 | Two years later , he joined Louis in a war against Holland , which came close to destroying the Protestant republic . |
| 7 | Mercury Communications Ltd , which came close to accepting AT&T Co 's hand in marriage a year or so ago , is backing the US company 's complaint to the US authorities that the UK regulatory system is unsatisfactory because , claims AT&T , the UK has not provided adequate safeguards to prevent British Telecommunications Plc from abusing its monopoly power , and has failed to exercise controls over interconnection services provided by Telecom for rivals , or the company 's pricing policy ‘ in a meaningful way ’ . |
| 8 | After Oxford , Merck joined the staff of Time Out , where she wrote impenetrable reviews and helped to organize the strike which came close to destroying the magazine . |
| 9 | A six-iron second shot reduced the 15th to an easy birdie , he narrowly missed for a two at the next and then finished three , three with first a seven-iron and then a nine-iron which landed close to the flags . |
| 10 | Her startled eyes absorbed the thick , short , golden-streaked hair swept back from a broad forehead , ears long and narrow as a satyr 's which grew close to a beautifully formed skull , a mouth of unutterable sweetness countered by a long jaw carved out of golden teak faintly blurred by a light stubble , and a chin that jutted in a formidable challenge . |
| 11 | Some of the larger aircraft were transferred to the parking area at Amman airport , for a long time the only point from which Iraq could be entered from abroad , as foreign airlines were hesitant about using traditional air corridors which ran close to a war zone . |