Example sentences of "near the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the several species that nest near the mouths of caves incorporate feathers into their constructions , the one that inhabits the deepest and totally lightless parts of caves constructs its nest from saliva and nothing else whatever . |
| 2 | There is a point in moving him to London because that is near the Houses of Parliament where he has weight . |
| 3 | Near the ending of interminable night |
| 4 | Thus factories were placed in or near the port of Belfast . |
| 5 | She had done a total of 62 test runs , past the measured mile up and down the Baltic Sea coast near the port of Kiel , with a full load of coal ( 350 tonnes ) . |
| 6 | Israeli planes and helicopters shelled the Palestinian refugee camps of Ain-el-Hilweh near Sidon , and Rashidiyeh near the port of Tyre . |
| 7 | We made a brief stop at the Convent of Les Filles de Dieu near the port of St Severin . |
| 8 | If this is the case , it implies that some at least of the feedback systems maintaining human wellbeing may be in difficulties simply because they are being called upon to function near the limits of their capacity . |
| 9 | After two miles , and near the limits of cultivation , the roadside waterfall of Lockin Garth appears suddenly on the right . |
| 10 | Those at the top , on or near the board of directors , may exercise strategic control over investment and planning of markets and products . |
| 11 | He says that he wo n't massage er the economic figures to try and create a pre-election boomlet , but then , he said that he would n't go into the E R M until inflation was falling and indeed was very near the level of our competitors , so I do n't think you can believe a word he says . |
| 12 | THE parents of 20-year-old Howard Ross-Bain , who died after he was hit by a car near the ruins of Ephesus in Turkey between 2pm and 4.30pm on Tuesday 16 August , wish to hear from any witnesses to the accident . |
| 13 | Can you identify this item found in a ploughed field close to a small stream near the ruins of Inch Abbey ? |
| 14 | The six brothers ' direct descendants were called the che gaon ki gor ( six village clan ) and similarly the artisans and their descendants were the twelve village clan , the labourers were the twenty four village clan and right near the bottom of the caste hierarchy came the shoemakers with their clan of ‘ several ’ villages . |
| 15 | Yet in terms of market share , BZW stumbles near the bottom of the league of 25 foreigners in Tokyo . |
| 16 | It stood at an angle behind the Alexandra Hotel near the bottom of Great Horton Road , tucked away on the curve of Randall Well Street . |
| 17 | It came from one of the huge stone jars in the herbalist 's shop near the bottom of Manchester Road . |
| 18 | On the edge of the Forest , on the Gloucester side , is the Ley Brook , rising at Huntley , near the bottom of May Hill . |
| 19 | That is , you can have a shoal of bream of one size at or near the bottom of a water , and a shoal of bigger or smaller bream above them . |
| 20 | They both married , with Madge going to live in Cotherstone , just about the nearest village to us , and Violet staying near the bottom of the dale . |
| 21 | Out of date as soon as it was published , it will do nothing to lift Britain from its position near the bottom of the league table for pedestrian safety , nor to address the fact that in individual residential areas the quality of life continues to be blighted . |
| 22 | Music for wasted afternoons that 's nowhere near the bottom of the pile this week . |
| 23 | While Sussex , Avon and Somerset , and Surrey are among the most dangerous 20 counties , the built-up area of Cleveland is near the bottom of the list with 57 rapes and 174 sex attacks . |
| 24 | The Premier League got off to a wonderful start as far as its detractors were concerned when Arsenal lost 4-2 at home to Norwich , a side still stubbornly refusing to go back to what is considered their rightful place near the bottom of the League . |
| 25 | Altrincham , flirting with danger near the bottom of the GM Vauxhall Conference , are at home to Port Vale ; Yeovil , nearer the top but off the pace , greet Hereford . |
| 26 | DALTON Grant , Britain 's high jumper who threatened to ‘ make the big boys sweat in Barcelona ’ flopped out and could only reach 2.15 metres — near the bottom of the list . |
| 27 | He lives down near the bottom of Wind Street , got a shop he has , a well-to-do sort of man , better off than me at any rate . ’ |
| 28 | This contained miscellaneous correspondence , but near the bottom of the tray the letter heading of my favourite Sunday newspaper caught my eye . |
| 29 | shelves spaced too widely apart can waste a lot of space , and it can be difficult to remove clothes which are near the bottom of a high pile . |
| 30 | Look at several drops from the surface and near the bottom of the culture . |