Example sentences of "too close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at it this way : Track Two is now doing just what it was set up to do in just the situation they foresaw : a weak British government getting too close to Moscow . |
| 2 | That was my fault because I got too close to Senna . |
| 3 | That was my fault because I got too close to Senna . |
| 4 | Either you have a faulty fuel pump which allows fuel to bleed back in to the tank or the petrol pipe is routed too close to sources of heat which is causing vapour locking in the pipe I would guess it is faulty . |
| 5 | More objective observers regarded the contest as too close to call . |
| 6 | It is also estimated that 37 Tory backbenchers are set to vote against the government in Wednesday 's Maastricht debate , making the result too close to call . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Too close to base ? ’ ventured one of the men . |
| 9 | ‘ Too much emotional hassle , too close to home ? ’ |
| 10 | Yet probably The Rock relies on a form too close to extinction at the time for it to bring the whole revue to life . |
| 11 | The toots of trees planted too close to buildings may penetrate foundations and damage water mains . |
| 12 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 13 | It has the usual big , doleful ballads , smartly arranged and sung , but written with a dictionary of cliches too close to hand . |
| 14 | Patrick Stewart , secretary of the CFA , however , said yesterday that it should be made clear that the pinger was not the answer to the problem of submarines operating too close to fishing vessels . |
| 15 | It was getting too close to reality . |
| 16 | Was it too universal a theme for the Gaelic fund committee to tackle , too big a scale of project , too close to reality and too controversial a subject ? |
| 17 | Heater too close to coat rack . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen whether in the context of ‘ cohabitation ’ Jacques Sallois , the current incumbent , will be perceived as too close to Lang — he was head of his private office 1981–84 — to serve under a Minister of the Centre Right . |
| 19 | Tried moving to right but then too close to frame . |
| 20 | Almost too close to Madge Ramsey 's famous ; ‘ Say what you like , there 's nothing like a nice cup of tea . ’ |
| 21 | Elsa departed because she could n't take Fagg 's oft-repeated loud muttering of ‘ Swiss maybe , but Swiss-Kraut certainly ’ ; two male Chinese took umbrage when he denounced them as Nips ; an observing Hindu became revolted when Mauleverer , an occasional resident , subjected him to intense cross-questioning about whether the liver was from a Dutch calf and was being served sufficiently rare ; and a delicious-looking Filipino , who strayed too close to Fishbane at breakfast , received a pinch which made her hysterical . |