Example sentences of "and close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the cable will move with the current , more violently in shallow water and close to a shoreline . |
| 2 | EIE has bought 446,000 square feet of offices in two blocks of 11 and 15 storeys which make up Britannic House West , built 10 years ago and close to the Bank of England . |
| 3 | The Marine Commandos were well dug in in a wooded area just off the road and close to the village . |
| 4 | We arrived at the weapon pit at the side of the road and close to a low wall . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If yours is the kind of garden that is attractive to hedgehogs — lots of cover , plenty of natural food and close to other good habitats — then you could well find your offer of a house taken up this winter . |
| 7 | It benefits from a lovely site , opposite the parish church and close to farm buildings , away from the village centre . |
| 8 | Charles said he knew it well , being just off Eaton Square and close to his place of work . |
| 9 | The Beau Rivage is a comfortable hotel set on the front in Baveno , opposite the promenade and close to the centre of the village . |
| 10 | The friendly and unpretentious Hotel Doria is set just 400 yards from the lake , and close to all the resort 's amenities . |
| 11 | Once part of a watermill , this hotel is just 500 metres from the lakeside beach and close to the centre of Garda village . |
| 12 | Just 5 minutes from the centre of St Johann , the Park stands in its own gardens by the gondola lift , and close to the summer toboggan run . |
| 13 | This is described by another commentator as ‘ a disposal of the grey , day-to-day business of reconciling interests , a fear of the pragmatic soiling of ideals through political compromise , a distaste for cool reason , which threatens to corrupt the hot dictates of the heart , the primacy given to principle , the loyalty to fundamentals , to ruthless coherence instead of to balance , to compromise , which is always thought of as ‘ lazy ’ and close to ‘ horse-trading ’ if not ‘ treachery ’ . ’ |
| 14 | Beyond Pilsley and close to the Eastern Region Border , the GC crossed over Locko Lane by way of a small viaduct . |
| 15 | Apart from whether the weak transmissions from a pair of £25-sets operating on the American Citizens ' Band FM frequency could have penetrated the thick walls of Blake 's cell , which were reinforced with cast-iron segments , with no external aerial and close to the 17 feet-high perimeter wall , there is also the question of how Blake managed to keep a radio in his cell without it once being noticed over six months during which he and his cell were regularly searched . |
| 16 | Her elder brother André , an academic painter , was fond of Jeanne and close to her . |
| 17 | To control the power keep the sail low and close to the water to decrease its effective area and slide one or both feet into the straps whilst lying in the water . |
| 18 | Robin Dew equalled his personal best time of 15.4 secs. in the colts 100 metres , taking fourth place , and in the long jump he was also fourth in an excellent 4 metres 15 , the BAF standard for this event and close to his personal best . |
| 19 | Within the castle precincts and close to the Saxon church of St Mary-in Castro are the remains of a Roman lighthouse , or pharos , built early in the imperial occupation of Britain to guide cross-channel vessels . |
| 20 | She thought it was the squirrel again , but then realised it was something moving jerkily in the hollow of a decayed tree below her and close to the beech . |
| 21 | Streams flow abundantly into the little River Axe , and close to the meeting-point of three counties a secluded no man 's land contains the exquisite Forde Abbey , its Cistercian isolation still largely undisturbed . |
| 22 | And close to the poetry of Persia is that of Arabia , so singularly pithy and elegant . |
| 23 | There he suggests that the extant megalithic monuments are preferentially located in areas underlain by older rock ( without acknowledging that such monuments over younger rock in the south and east Britain might have been destroyed by later development ) , and close to geological faults which he believes cause a luminous aerial phenomenon , sometimes called a UFO ! |
| 24 | The site must be central , easily accessible and close to parking facilities . |
| 25 | The principle of proportion is at the heart of our aesthetic awareness and close to the life principle controlling plant growth . |
| 26 | At the end of two weeks she was tired , frustrated , and close to despair . |
| 27 | Over his shoulder was hung a canvas bag which contained all his worldly possessions , and close to his left heel trotted a black and white collie . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | On May 28 , ten days after they had lost contact and close to complete despair Bonington gave up the search . |
| 30 | Building on and close to boundaries needs to be considered very carefully . |