Example sentences of "close together [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a fortified church , because during the Hundred Years ' War the walls were raised and a chemin de ronde or covered battlement was added all the way round the building , deducible from outside from the row of arched apertures for the defenders set close together under the roof-line , like large pigeon-holes . |
| 2 | He describes his own ( very Darwinian ! ) experiment in which he allowed the stolons of Saxifraga sarmentosa ( a classic ‘ guerrilla ’ growth form ) to encounter an artificial vegetation that he had constructed : ‘ Many long pins were next driven rather close together into the sand , so as to form a crowd in front of … two thin lateral branches ; but these easily wound their way through the crowd . |
| 3 | At first Sara did not see the two figures standing close together at the end of the room . |
| 4 | In the semantic analogues to these continua , two readings which are close together on the continuum can be coordinated without zeugmatic incompatibility ( this is the semantic parallel to mutual intelligibility and interbreeding ) , whereas readings which are far apart are incompatible . |
| 5 | Keep both hands close together on the grip throughout the stroke . |
| 6 | This courier service could be most economically operated if both pollen and egg were placed close together on the plant . |
| 7 | They were sitting close together on the couch . |
| 8 | Drill one hold for the spindle , and two close together for the keyhole . |
| 9 | There are lots of spots close together around the city centre , then many more close by in a car . |
| 10 | Flowers will look at their best if bulbs are placed close together in the bowl , but they must not touch each other . |
| 11 | This simply means that meaning shared by words or signs allows them to be located close together in the system which allows them to be identified internally . |
| 12 | Midge and Angela , close together in the back , were carrying on their own conversation . |
| 13 | The new picture shows the two youths , face on , walking close together in the shopping precinct . |
| 14 | I described the beauty of the fields and sky to him , as we sat close together in the shade of a tree . |
| 15 | Cells close together in the cortex are likely to have a number of interconnections whereas cells farther apart may have few or none . |
| 16 | The cars are so close together in the street that it 's like a river . |