Example sentences of "close to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I also considered that big bream were far too shy to tolerate the presence of a punt , with all the inevitable disturbance that punts cause , so relatively close to the swim . |
| 2 | As a result , the dispersion relation close to the operating frequency develops a " wiggle " , which , for strong enough saturation , may turn into an 5-shape . |
| 3 | A number of highly conserved glycines and other small residues at the C terminus of GH5 lie at or close to the turn of the β -hairpin , and presumably are required to form the hairpin without steric hindrance . |
| 4 | As we have already seen , if speech is to be recorded clearly it is best picked up by an extension microphone positioned close to the speaker . |
| 5 | The demonstrative pronouns are perhaps more clearly organized in a straightforward proximal-distal dimension , whereby this can mean " the object in a pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " , and that " the object beyond the pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " ( Lyons ( 1977a : 647 ) suggests the derivative glosses " the one here " , " the one there " , respectively ) . |
| 6 | The demonstrative pronouns are perhaps more clearly organized in a straightforward proximal-distal dimension , whereby this can mean " the object in a pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " , and that " the object beyond the pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " ( Lyons ( 1977a : 647 ) suggests the derivative glosses " the one here " , " the one there " , respectively ) . |
| 7 | SHAC provides 250 bed places in two modern residences close to the campus . |
| 8 | SHAC provides 250 bed places in two modern residences close to the campus . |
| 9 | Firemen said the joist had been installed too close to the flue . |
| 10 | They said tension was running high over the mass funeral of 38 of their soldiers whose graves were found close to the convoy 's route . |
| 11 | The Klausner is a comfortable well-run hotel close to the Kitzbuhlerhorn with the cable car only 8 minutes walk away . |
| 12 | In July 1990 , for example , many arbitrageurs who had written futures contracts to buy FTSE 100 Index futures found that they were short of the FTSE contract close to the expiry deadline , and so attempted to reduce share prices to reduce the value of the index . |
| 13 | Timidly , she went close to the bed and when the invalid stretched out her hand she took it gratefully and sat beside her . |
| 14 | Upstairs in his room there 's an Apple computer sitting on a tiny desk close to the bed . |
| 15 | I acquired a 1301 plastic tank ( the kind with a removable lid which is retained in position with a ring clamp ) and installed inlet and outlet hose sockets in the sides close to the top at diagonally opposite points . |
| 16 | For either Concerto , this new disc deserves a place close to the top of a very long list . |
| 17 | Pack anything you are likely to need en route either in a pocket or close to the top . |
| 18 | The surface of this sheet , situated close to the top of the molecule , appears to be ideally positioned to facilitate ligand binding . |
| 19 | Flexibility and the location of ligand-binding sites close to the top of adhesion molecules may be a general feature of their organization . |
| 20 | In early June , I got close to the top , and to the cirque , before having to stop the car at a snow-drift ; but if that happens you can simply enough walk the rest of the way or , indeed , walk directly into the cirque along the valley to the left out of He as . |
| 21 | But if the flag is at all close to the top of the bank , look once again at getting the ball down on the ground as quickly as possible and running it up the bank . |
| 22 | ‘ I expect underlying inflation to be 3.75 per cent at the end of this year , close to the top of its target range . |
| 23 | And he had gone out by the front door , presumably to present an appearance of normality if he should be seen by any of the family — a late evening stroll before bed being a simple enough amusement — while she could save the whole circuit of the house by using the back door close to the kitchen . |
| 24 | We have suggested a position close to the kitchen window and it could of course be converted to a raised bed or pool at a later date . |
| 25 | Salt-laden winds also increase the salinity of lochs close to the west coast , and may raise the nutrient content and base status of coastal blanket bogs as in western Ireland ( Sparling 1967 ) , possibly explaining the presence of plants such as Schoenus nigricans , which grows profusely in some coastal peatlands in the Western Isles . |
| 26 | As they passed close to the couple at table both the women recoiled as if the Devil himself had suddenly sprung up between them . |
| 27 | So again it 's the same with putting portable heaters close to the furniture . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Inside the playground , close to the gate , a line was painted . |
| 30 | They were passing the lemon groves now , almost at the roundabout close to the gate to Monte Samana , and she could smell the ripe fruit in the warm darkness . |