Example sentences of "close to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flow rotates from uniformly northwestwards to northwards close to the poleward edge of the cusp . |
| 2 | Their destination the town of Graz in Austria close to the former Yugoslav border . |
| 3 | Lostwithiel too dealt with its scolds by means of the ducking stool near the mill by Cotter Lake , close to the present railway station . |
| 4 | One regular meeting place was at the Redeswire or Reidswire , close to the present Border crossing of Carter Bar . |
| 5 | At body weights close to the required minimum women may still have anovulatory cycles even if they are menstruating because of a lack of peripherally produced oestrogen in adipose tissue . |
| 6 | These timber works have all been replaced now , but north-west of Devoran , close to the modern viaduct across the river , are the remaining piers of a timber viaduct Brunel built to carry the Truro-Falmouth branch line of the Great Western Railway . |
| 7 | Visitors were able to see sheep shearing and cattle milking and get close to the docile farm animals . |
| 8 | Similar buildings seem to predominate at Cambridge and Dragonby , and , interestingly , at accepted ‘ village ’ sites like Catsgore , a fact which must be important when trying to define the function and status of individual sites close to the town-village threshold . |
| 9 | Politicians on both sides in Bharatpur agree that if she is chosen as the Janata Dal candidate , she is certain to benefit from a sympathy vote , particularly in the nearby town of Deeg , where the Rajah died close to the extravagant summer palace formerly used by the family during monsoon months . |
| 10 | He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches . |
| 11 | In Navli , a prosperous village close to the famous cooperative Amul Dairy in Gujarat , irrigation , cash crop farming and animal husbandry have made several families very rich . |
| 12 | Situated on Scheveningen Beach close to the famous Scheveningen Dunes . |
| 13 | As its name would suggest , the Carlton Beach Hotel is situated near the sea and sandy beaches , at the northern end of the main boulevard and close to the famous Scheveningen dunes . |
| 14 | Situated on Brighton Seafront close to the famous West Pier , the Brighton Hotel offers elegance , luxury and comfort , coupled with the friendly service so often lacking in the larger establishment . |
| 15 | Apart from whether the weak transmissions from a pair of £25-sets operating on the American Citizens ' Band FM frequency could have penetrated the thick walls of Blake 's cell , which were reinforced with cast-iron segments , with no external aerial and close to the 17 feet-high perimeter wall , there is also the question of how Blake managed to keep a radio in his cell without it once being noticed over six months during which he and his cell were regularly searched . |
| 16 | She wanted to kneel down next to her friend but felt that she would be trying to get close to the untouchable . |
| 17 | Topographically it also enjoys a favoured position on a spur of ground which divides the Severn from the Avon valleys , and close to the fertile land in the Vale of Evesham . |
| 18 | This reportedly began only on Jan. 20 , but only close to the Israeli border in the West Bank , and was limited to those aged over 15 . |
| 19 | This places the reconnection close to the subsolar magnetopause , consistent with previous studies of both ‘ steady ’ reconnection and ‘ flux transfer events ’ ( FTEs ) . |
| 20 | But Aeschylus , however close to the Wagnerian ideal , was no more than a spiritual ancestor . |
| 21 | The fit to the electron density of 2- ( sec- butyl ) thiazoline is good , but difference electron density maps show additional weak positive electron density close to the modelled ligand . |
| 22 | Assignments can be especially challenging as in the case of the Director-General of a national charity , the chairman of a county council , the MD of a small airline perilously close to the Official Receiver , the chief executive of gunmakers Holland & Holland and — last but not least — the chef de cuisine for one of London 's most famous eating places . |
| 23 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 24 | So Mains had to organise a counter-punching attacking system , keeping the attacks rolling usually close to the forward mass with loose forwards and inside backs combining . |
| 25 | Three of these samples are from a single area close to the Gomakwe intrusion and are represented by open symbols in the figures , whereas the remainder ( solid symbols ) are from more widely spaced localities . |
| 26 | The rabbits gave them a wide berth and came through by another gap farther up , close to the gnarled trunk of an old crabapple tree . |
| 27 | The light of water showed through the tree trunks as they drew close to the narrow wood along the lake but once on the fringe of the trees they lost all resentment at the sight of the thick floor of bluebells beneath the trees . |
| 28 | The case shocked the public : here was a respected intellectual , close to the highest circles in the Democratic Party and the Federal government , apparently exposed as a traitor . |
| 29 | A departmental manager might establish informal contacts with the managing director 's personal assistant , and so get ‘ one up ’ on other departmental managers , by having a friend close to the managing director 's ear . |
| 30 | One hand , with its bitten nails , rested on the mantelpiece , also close to the innocent shepherdesses . |