Example sentences of "close to [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer-aided design software specialist Cadence Design Systems Inc is to establish a number of joint production projects for the electronics industry in the former Soviet republics : meetings are scheduled with Ineum of Angstrem , close to Russia 's Silicon Valley in Zelenograd , near Moscow ; NPO Integral of Minsk ; BeloRussia and MKB Elektron of Kharkov in the Ukraine ; the Moscow office of Roy International Consultancy represents Cadence . |
| 2 | Once again his innings ended disappointingly , with another slash through point finding Chris Lewis , at a time when the South Africans needed some gutsy determination and level-headedness to get close to England 's 252 . |
| 3 | Cassowary put his domed head close to Bower-bird 's beak . |
| 4 | The face he leaned so confidentially close to Harry 's was glimmering with triumph and self-importance . |
| 5 | Earlier , two other fake bombs were discovered close to Shell 's Seafield House offices at Hill of Rubislaw and BP Expro 's headquarters at Dyce . |
| 6 | Hare then held that one was not , so to speak , in the arena of moral debate at all , unless one 's moral judgements were based on considerations one was prepared to universalise ( in a sense close to Kant 's ) . |
| 7 | Christine put her mouth close to Anne 's ear . |
| 8 | Under his scheme they would be elected by something close to Britain 's first-past-the-post system . |
| 9 | But their own preoccupations with rational , thinking subjects often bring them too close to psychology 's notion of the subject for them to question it . |
| 10 | The Faculty of Divinity has its home in New College on the Mound , close to Edinburgh 's majestic Castle and overlooking its New Town . |
| 11 | The electrification of the network , a topic close to Lenin 's heart , was discussed in the pages of Gudok . |
| 12 | Bodie put his lips close to Doyle 's ear . |
| 13 | The ‘ milliseconds ’ pulsar actually spins once every 1½ milliseconds , tantalisingly close to Tipler 's limit . |
| 14 | It is surely significant that at c.60 rpm for the 1793 machine 's flywheel , the tempo of the Haydn ‘ Clock ’ Symphony 's Menuetto Allegretto ( Czerny marks it Allegro ) is dotted minim = c.72 , certainly reasonably close to Czerny 's 76 for the same music . |
| 15 | The town is located close to Manchester 's international Ringway Airport . |
| 16 | So why this mysterious meeting close to Hauser 's lair ? |
| 17 | Their first success was with the Rostam field , close to Qatar 's offshore terminal at Halul . |
| 18 | ‘ We have been very busy this week and hopefully the attendance will get close to Windsor 's 10,500 capacity , ’ said William Campbell of the IFA . |
| 19 | Packaged in a disturbingly brave grey sleeve ( depicting the rear regions of a naked angst ridden , shorn haired young man ) it verged dangerously close to Factory 's moderne Savilleion artwork . |
| 20 | Maybe ; but for all his adoption of the imperial cause , an obstinate streak of republicanism still clung close to Thiercelin 's heart . |
| 21 | Most of the big names since then — including Clint Black , Alan Jackson , Trisha Yearwood , Reba McEntire and , especially , Garth Brooks — have made a virtue of sticking close to country 's roots . |
| 22 | The next stop was across the Gulf of Oman to Gwadar in Pakistan , close to Iran 's border . |
| 23 | Hazel crouched down by Blackberry and laid his nostrils close to Bigwig 's , but a light breeze was blowing and he could not tell whether there was breath or not . |
| 24 | He thought what Susan had thought : The parking place close to Lori 's house . |
| 25 | Then his face moved close to Jed 's , and he said , ‘ Are you interested in my daughter ? ’ |
| 26 | So colleagues were intrigued when posters appeared near the Guardian office recently , announcing a meeting to celebrate Uncle Joe 's 110th birthday in a hall close to King 's Cross station . |
| 27 | Given a merchant 's upbringing close to London 's dockland , and enrolled as a mercer , he rapidly made his mark among a group of rising ‘ outsiders ’ , prominent in colonial trades and colonizing ventures , who were challenging the politically conservative oligarchy of mainly Levant and East India Company merchants that dominated the corporation of London before the civil war . |
| 28 | Rex nuzzled close to Laura 's ear . |
| 29 | The three were arrested after a house was stormed at Bidart , close to France 's Atlantic coast . |
| 30 | The production will stay close to Morton 's book detailing Diana 's private grief as her marriage falls apart , and is sure to cause a major row . |