Example sentences of "near [subord] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Saville 's can not possibly do anywhere near as good a job in bringing that site back into use as the local authorities could if they acquired the site themselves . ’ |
| 2 | He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid . |
| 3 | He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid . |
| 4 | Over and above that are the various assurance schemes designed to offer as near as possible a guarantee of quality , safety , wholesomeness and implied animal welfare in the whole process in much the same way as the lion 's stamp once guaranteed eggs in the pre-Edwina Currie days . |
| 5 | But first the staff at Slim bridge set about creating a faithful replica of his garden : water spaces , land areas , nesting boxes , feeding devices — all were as near as possible the same . |
| 6 | It was very important to know as near as possible the number of kibbles which could be mined weekly " upon which the projects of gaine or loss are to be framed . " |
| 7 | I have to scuff the other foot as well , with as near as possible the same weight , to feel good again . |