Example sentences of "and close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The site must be central , easily accessible and close to parking facilities . |
| 2 | At the end of two weeks she was tired , frustrated , and close to despair . |
| 3 | The regiment had come ashore that morning and were going into action that evening , attacking the village just along the road , about two hundred yards from the edge of our village and close to No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 4 | From Table 16.5 we see that in 1976 the UK was only the tenth-ranked country out of eighteen in terms of tax burden , below the Scandinavian countries and close to France . |
| 5 | This flat is situated on a small select development built approximately 10 years ago , with views to a small river running alongside and close to Oxford City . |
| 6 | Most polar fish live in waters at temperature that are very stable and close to 0°C . |
| 7 | The tough-guy actor — filming smash hit movie Patriot Games which is released in Britain to-morrow — had to be rescued by emergency crews after a tough underwater fight scene left him exhausted and close to drowning . |
| 8 | By now McRae was down to seventh , four minutes adrift and close to tears . |
| 9 | For my part , I feel elated and close to tears . |
| 10 | She sounded tense and close to tears . |
| 11 | Building on and close to boundaries needs to be considered very carefully . |
| 12 | All Scorpios will be a little tetchy when the Sun in your birth sign is at odds with Saturn on November 4 and close to Pluto your ruler on the 14th . |
| 13 | In a final statement the ministers expressed " deep concern " over the conflicts in Yugoslavia and in Nagorny-Karabakh and Nakhichevan , on the southern edge of the former Soviet Union and close to Turkey , a NATO member . |
| 14 | The prison system in England and Wales , then , is creaking and close to collapse . |
| 15 | The requisite energy-related technologies are either already available or demonstrated and close to commercialization " . |
| 16 | It benefits from a lovely site , opposite the parish church and close to farm buildings , away from the village centre . |
| 17 | It has an excellent situation , only 60 yards from the sandy beaches and close to shops and restaurants . |
| 18 | Situated within easy walking distance of New Street and close to shops , restaurants , theatres and adjacent to the Chinese Quarter . |
| 19 | The brutal attack by David Makka , 22 , left Susan Lawson , 20 , brain-damaged and close to death , a judge was told yesterday at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 20 | Name a person whom you would wish to be contacted if you are seriously ill and close to death |
| 21 | Then he said , ‘ I knew an eagle once who was also ill and close to death . |
| 22 | Tinitus in her ears is the only physical reminder of the violent illness … which left her unconscious and close to death . |
| 23 | By this valley of the Glen water Douglas had surely intended to make his way back to Kelso , for he had brought his army out of the cleft of Wooler close under the hills , bearing west , and only when they were clear of the town and close to Homildon village had they become aware of the English army drawn up facing them , closing this route , and in a position also to deny them access to the more easterly route by the Till . |
| 24 | The Chicontepec oil is onshore and close to infrastructure , but it is dogged with very low productivity sands , and covers such a large area that accurate prediction of the sweet spots is the only way to reduce an onerous number of wells . |
| 25 | Ellwood did n't want her back in Hilary Todd 's office and close to people who posed a threat to him . |
| 26 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 27 | He had not only cuckolded Richard Sharpe , but in the process he had effectively stolen Sharpe 's fortune , and now he discovered that his enemy was mot lost in France , but alive and close to Brussels . |