Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one form of the argument , which is found in Pizzorno , the periphery has a very limited role in residual economic activities , usually in those associated with peasant farming , characterised by small-scale , low-technology , fragmented units operating close to subsistence . |
| 2 | Walking offers wonderful opportunities to get close to wildlife . |
| 3 | This entailed the loss of about 3,000 posts with some universities shedding 25 per cent of their staff ; some departments were closed and a number of institutions came close to bankruptcy . |
| 4 | Oystermen come close to victory |
| 5 | Hazel moved close to Fiver and quietly edged him away from the others , feeding as he went . |
| 6 | New developments which generate freight capable of bulk transport to locate close to rail facilities wherever possible . |
| 7 | At the end of 1987 they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup and then played two drawn series against India and Pakistan , in the latter case coming close to defeat before squeezing a two-wicket victory to square the rubber . |
| 8 | Digital television comes close to reality |
| 9 | Even if the man drifted close to sleep , which the stillness encouraged , the union remained unbroken . |
| 10 | The situation came close to manslaughter , and by its overt violence and the occupation of the assailant it is an exception . |
| 11 | Many hunters and men moving close to nature have commented on this sixth sense , warning them of danger . |
| 12 | During the summer breeding gulls , skuas , terns and cormorants feed close to land ; the rest range widely over the ocean , browsing at or close to the surface in single-species or mixed flocks . |
| 13 | The division had a good year in 1992 , with results coming close to budget . |
| 14 | However , in that year , the scheme came close to disaster when nearly 20 per cent of the breed was found to be infected with brucellosis ( in comparison with a national rate of less than 5 per cent ) . |
| 15 | Culley moved close to Court , who fought the desire to flinch . |
| 16 | A SURGEON told yesterday how stabbed policewoman Leslie Harrison came close to death as his team battled to save her . |
| 17 | The Dolphin People shamans know a complex series of whistles that signal the dolphins to venture close to shore . |
| 18 | When death struck close to home it was not easy to accept such counsel , nor to see God 's design . |