Example sentences of "the [noun sg] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using this technique , Dusting et al ( 1978 ) were able to show short-term vasoconstriction in femoral and vascular beds of the dog following injection of the thromboxane close to the vessels . |
| 2 | If we saw the cyclist close to and the motorist a long way away , they would look about the same . |
| 3 | David Whitaker devised the balance of the four main characters , drawing , perhaps predictably , from the literature close to his heart . |
| 4 | The only fire-fighting equipment that every home should have is a fire blanket , which should be kept ion the kitchen close to , but not above , the cooker . |
| 5 | From the window of the Administration block overlooking the open ground of the camp close to the inner gates , the Major watched as the prisoners were again lined in fives and counted , a necessary formality because this marked their passing from the charge of the MVD transport guard into the hands of the MVD Correctional Labour Detachment . |
| 6 | She cut the hair close to the nape of the neck , leaving it long on top to keep it soft and then graduated at the back to create a heavy wedge . |
| 7 | Nunzia peeled herself an orange , paring the skin close to the flesh so the padded white endodermis was stripped from the juicy red-flecked flesh , and yet not so close that the fruit spurted juice . |
| 8 | In all four pictures the illuminated plane is at 45° to the flow direction ( and across the flow in the z-direction ) ; but in parts ( a ) and ( c ) , it is tilted downstream ( i.e. the top of the picture showing the outer part of the boundary layer is downstream of the bottom showing the part close to the wall ) , whereas in parts ( b ) and ( d ) it is tilted upstream . |
| 9 | Millet took the bus to the pre-war inelegance of the College close to the Thames towpath and blessed the warmth that he found on the upper deck . |
| 10 | His boots hit the linoleum close to the door with a clatter . |
| 11 | A bat may appear suddenly out of the dark close to a moth . |
| 12 | If one of these have become bent , the linker can not work properly and will not be able to link off the stitch close to it , hence it drops . |
| 13 | The tooth , for example , is a living organ , at equilibrium with a complex biological environment and set in the mouth close to blood vessels , nerves , sense organs and salivary glands . |
| 14 | Machine the tape close to its edge , avoiding the cords , stitching along the top and bottom in the same direction . |
| 15 | He writes of ‘ the little town Portadown , with its comfortable unpretending houses , its squares and market-place , its pretty quay , with craft along the river , a steamer building in the dock close to mills and warehouses — a pleasant conclusion to this ten miles ' drive ( from Armagh ) . ’ |
| 16 | Subcutaneous injections can be in the scruff of the neck close to the handler 's thumb while holding the mouse firmly on a surface that it can grasp . |
| 17 | He moved stealthily to the bedroom , to the wardrobe close to his bed . |
| 18 | Current fire precautions comprise a notice and torch in each room , a manual fire extinguisher on each floor ( located on the corridor close to the stairs ) , and a manual fire detection system . |
| 19 | Right femur , tibia and fibula and bones of right foot were in anatomical with regard to each other , the limb lying stretched along the right side of the trunk but with head of the femur close to the skull . |
| 20 | They are frequently denied the choice of living in the village in which they were born and brought up or in the village close to their employment . |
| 21 | ‘ Was anyone in the village close to her ? ’ |
| 22 | Darby was captured and gibbeted on the heath close to the scene of his exploits . |
| 23 | The Iraqis , once they had withdrawn from the territory occupied in the early months , and to some extent even before this took place , constructed solid defensive positions , notably in the centre near Mandali and Khanaqin , and in the south close to Basrah , from which to fight off the anticipated Iranian offensives . |
| 24 | Jaq summoned a different half-facet , the scene close to the customs house , which quite belied the spectacle of ruin within much of Vasilariov . |
| 25 | A week later , however , when Branson walked into the shop close to the Virgin offices in Portobello Road where Joan worked , selling Victorian advertising ephemera , and invited her to lunch , she accepted . |
| 26 | Stroke across the eyelid close to the lashes , and from outside corner halfway along lower lashes , then lightly smudge . |
| 27 | Usually found around the edge of the forest close to open countryside , you are more likely to hear the loud laughing call of the green woodpecker than see it , as it is quite a shy bird . |
| 28 | At the start of the third month , Billy built Harriet a den in a tree in the forest close to Tiger Haven . |
| 29 | When visually investigating objects for details , the visually impaired child as a rule ‘ peers close ’ , that is , brings the object close to the eye , or the eye close to the object . |
| 30 | Aggie looked up and down the narrow street ; then , taking a chain with a lock attached to it from under a piece of sacking in the corner of the cart , she pushed the cart close to the gate , and tied a leg of it to the iron post . |