Example sentences of "close to that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put your eye close to that window . ’ |
| 2 | Normally , the ratio was roughly equivalent to one post for every seven MPs ; in coalition , Liberals were appointed on a ratio close to that norm , but Unionists had a proportion of jobs to MPs more like one to twelve or fifteen . |
| 3 | It was they who were the defenders , not the aggressors , the men pushed by fear of extermination into acts which they knew came dangerously close to that disturbance of the social order which was almost as much to be feared . |
| 4 | An inexpressible lethargy , born of shock and mingled desire , made her want to lean her head forward against him , to have her face and mouth close to that part of him which , earlier , had taken her into such a seventh heaven of ecstasy . |
| 5 | In our attempts to draw the design activity back to a single integrated whole we have to look back to parallels close to that point of initial separation . |
| 6 | Italy seems to be coming close to that point of no return ; it is rapidly exhausting its reserves of international goodwill as well as its reserves of foreign currency . |
| 7 | Is it safe to stop so close to that accident ? |
| 8 | Close to that corner , still lighting on the front face but |
| 9 | Some people seek to be independent of others , and live as hermits , or as close to that condition as possible . |
| 10 | If a million are estimated to have watched Berlin , close to that number lined the roads encircling the walled Moroccan city . |