Example sentences of "close to [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for an alleged German seaborne attempt on the old RAF radar research station at Bawdsey Manor , close to Shingle Street , Suffolk , Mr Laurence S. Harley , scientist and antiquarian , who died in 1983 , told me in 1969 : ‘ At the outbreak of war , I was a principal scientific officer concerned principally with research into radar … at Bawdsey … |
| 2 | President dies in car bomb blast after only 17 days in office Arab League close to despair Lebanon leader killed . |
| 3 | Car bomb blows up president after only 17 days in office Arab League close to despair Lebanon leader killed . |
| 4 | It seemed unlikely they would have placed a bomb so close to Livingstone Manor , but it was better to be sure than dead . |
| 5 | Grove House could be approached by a lane called King 's Lane from Sutton Lane close to Sutton Manor Court . |
| 6 | Close to Sutton Park and very large leisure centre . |
| 7 | Georgian hotel close to Sutton Coldfield town centre . |
| 8 | Georgian hotel close to Sutton Coldfield town centre and the extensive recreational facilities of Sutton Park . |
| 9 | This allows just over a year to look out for possible candidates and suitable premises ; with regard to the latter , teachers are asked to look out for centrally situated schools with a good hall and piano , close to mainline travel facilities . |
| 10 | It was still on the pavement , close to Sergeant Joe 's left foot , and faintly visible . |
| 11 | Vincent rented a studio — ‘ that is , a room and an alcove which can be arranged for the purpose , cheap enough ’ — on the outskirts of town , at Schenkweg 138 , close to Ryn station . |
| 12 | She spurred close to Lord Wyatt and spoke in a voice full of soft malice : ‘ They know what the bloody hell it is ! |
| 13 | They had spent two nights in bed-and-breakfast accommodation before taking a month 's let on a furnished flat close to Clapham Junction mainline railway station . |
| 14 | Strangely , it was the part of a girl in her mid-twenties ( close to Carole Ann Ford 's own age at the time ) , in the traumatic play Man on a Bicycle , that won her an invitation to visit the Doctor Who Office and discuss the role of Susan with Verity Lambert . |
| 15 | The 400-bedroom Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza is situated close to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City . |
| 16 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |
| 17 | If you have to load an application close to breaking point then at least be patient with it . |
| 18 | Whilst originally described as a universal buffer for restriction enzymes , we have found that all modification enzymes required for cDNA synthesis have close to 100% activity in 0.5 KGB buffer . |
| 19 | Several such enzymes including Alu I and Rsa I have close to 100% activity in 0.5 KGB . |
| 20 | This year we shall be holding our Reunion at the Seymour Leisure Centre , close to Edgware Road Underground Station . |
| 21 | Hotel is located close to Spaghetti Junction and includes 35 rooms all with TV , tea and coffee making facilities . |
| 22 | Our local pub , the Wallace Arms , run by Ted and Brenda Roper , was about three miles from Haltwhistle , close to Fetherstone Castle ; a fine , red sandstone structure overlooking the South Tyne and still occupied . |
| 23 | All round his dingy housing-association flat in Stoke Newington , close to Amhurst Road , where he had been arrested at the beginning of the 1970s , were the signs of the new affluence . |
| 24 | The loss of her own younger sister Maria , who had been drowned in the Beck close to Aumery Park Farm , was ever-present at the back of Tamar 's mind . |
| 25 | They have published a list of recommended hotels close to AEA sites and beyond , organised corporate rates with hotels and negotiated preferential rates with Eurodollar for hire cars . |
| 26 | Iles Kerguelen and Macquarie Island , lying on the Antarctic Convergence , have correspondingly richer floras close to sea level , including several species of ferns and flowering plants . |
| 27 | Rodents came ashore mostly from sealing and whaling ships ; they survive well , mainly close to sea level , on all the main island groups north of the northern limit of pack ice . |
| 28 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 29 | Adelies breed ashore , mostly on raised beaches close to sea level from November onward ; they lay two eggs in pebble nests in October and November , rearing their chick through summer . |
| 30 | In the maritime Antarctic they form short mats or cushions up to 25 cm across and 5–1Ocm deep , typically on warm north — or west-facing slopes close to sea level , in association with each other and with mosses ; they are usually underlain with brown soils to which they have contributed roots and other organic material ( Longton , 1985 ) . |