Example sentences of "within [art] hair [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | His more startling assertion in a long television interview last week that some members of the banned P2 masonic lodge were also ‘ patriots ’ brought Mr Cossiga within a hair 's breadth of provoking a constitutional crisis . |
2 | Trafalgar came within a hair 's breadth of being the first company to be taken to court by the Financial Reporting Review Panel last year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November , p 10 ) . |
3 | On three tours with England ‘ A ’ Fletcher has always played his cards within a hair 's breadth of his chest . |
4 | Anglesey for example are within a hair 's breadth of attaining theirs . |
5 | Anglesey for example are within a hair 's breadth of attaining theirs . |
6 | ‘ Of course I do , ’ he replied , relaxing and stretching his long legs out in front of him , so that they were within a hair 's breadth of brushing against hers . |
7 | As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path . |
8 | Their stories appear to rupture time , bringing them within a hair 's breadth of one another . |