Example sentences of "close [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Great Barr , located to the north of the city , close to motorway links and ideal for an overnight stop or as a touring base for the motorists exploring the Big Heart of England . |
| 2 | New developments which generate freight capable of bulk transport to locate close to rail facilities wherever possible . |
| 3 | The site must be central , easily accessible and close to parking facilities . |
| 4 | In recent years , there has been a desire both to move into the countryside and , for many young professional people , to move into areas fairly close to city centres . |
| 5 | It benefits from a lovely site , opposite the parish church and close to farm buildings , away from the village centre . |
| 6 | In such circumstances , lending will be at rates close to market rates and will be designed to avoid any distortion to bill rates . |
| 7 | Others close the pupil right down , and because of the muscular effort needed to create a small round opening , cats , crocodiles and many other nocturnal animals have pupils which close to form slits . |
| 8 | We used mauve Osteospermum ‘ Stardust ’ with fresh green ferns close to peach lilies and roses , and softened with the gentle silver foliage of fragrant lavender . |
| 9 | In societies close to subsistence levels , there may be relatively little outside the ‘ world of work ’ , which occupies most of their individuals ' time and energy . |
| 10 | Hodgskin saw a shameless deception at the centre of Ricardian economics and British capitalism : both pretended that capital was productive and the essential spring to greater prosperity , but , Hodgskin argued , capitalists were always parasitic , holding wages close to subsistence levels and diverting the fruits of labour 's productivity to unproductive and anti-social consumption . |
| 11 | The largest in Belfast , but the most sensitive from a security point of view in other areas , where marching Orangemen and their bands will pass close to Nationalist districts . |
| 12 | People who live near noisy factories , close to flight paths near airports , and in the proximity of busy motorways , all suffer from excessive noise by night and day . |
| 13 | ‘ The use of bed and breakfast is still hovering close to record levels , ’ says Pawson , ‘ It is only through the boom in short-term leasing that boroughs have been able to avoid further increases in hotel placements . ’ |
| 14 | Patrick Stewart , secretary of the CFA , however , said yesterday that it should be made clear that the pinger was not the answer to the problem of submarines operating too close to fishing vessels . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He dubbed himself ‘ The Dragon ’ , but was known as the ‘ Railway Rapist ’ as he picked his victims at random as they travelled on trains , waited on platforms or as the walked close to railway stations . |
| 17 | Wolverhampton , Bristol , Shrewsbury , and Liverpool also built new cattle markets close to railway stations . |
| 18 | The plan stresses that new land for development has to be located close to transport routes , have access to water and draining facilities and be attractive to businesses . |