Example sentences of "as close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their positions were under constant sniper fire during the day so I had to keep as close to the ground as possible . |
| 2 | Alone , the two girls were playful as they went about their tasks , mischievous at times , even carefully boisterous ; but as soon as their father came in they would sink into a beseeching drabness , cower as close to being invisible as they could . |
| 3 | I like to use cosmetics as close to my natural skin colour as possible . |
| 4 | However , coupled with a European high-speed rail network , owned by an EC track authority with both national and private operators running trains on it , the high-speed travel market in Europe could well come as close to perfect contestability as anything . |
| 5 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
| 6 | Since then it has been brilliantly restored to as close to its original condition as can be . |
| 7 | I do n't know much about marathon running and I shall try and stick as close to Mota as possible . |
| 8 | Mr Patten , 46 , a former Oxford geography don , is regarded as close to the European Christian Democrat tradition , which is predominately Roman Catholic . |
| 9 | Britain 's future must be safeguarded by active membership of a European Community which is united and democratic and in which decisions are taken as close to the people as possible . |
| 10 | If you have car trouble , try to get as close to a telephone as possible . |
| 11 | If you do n't have a garage , park as close to your home as possible , preferably somewhere where you can easily observe the car . |
| 12 | Also — wherever possible keep valuable livestock , feedstuffs or other bulk materials as close to the farmyard as you can . |
| 13 | Keep bulk feedstuffs as close to the farmyard as possible |
| 14 | Your main objective should be to sail as close to the wind as possible whilst maintaining speed . |
| 15 | If you are sailing in this curved air flow you can not sail as close to the wind as you could if you had been in clear wind . |
| 16 | The course you steer when beating , ie , sailing as close to the wind as possible . |
| 17 | Their purpose was to provide unloading and warehousing facilities as close to the heart of London as possible , and Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) and Philip Hardwick were appointed chief engineer and architect respectively . |
| 18 | My idea is to cast as close to the branches as I dare , then allow the current to carry the bait into the roots . |
| 19 | Gripping the edge of the blanket he moved as close to the fearsome head as he dared . |
| 20 | It 's their intention to have a car as close to Zoom as possible in production by 1995 . |
| 21 | Labour 's campaign came about as close to pure packaging as is possible . |
| 22 | Get as close to subject as you can |
| 23 | Starting with the top lashes , look up and — taking the wand as close to the roots as possible — brush from roots to the tips in a single motion and leave to dry . |
| 24 | Howden Marsh , situated on the outskirts of Howden , is a low area of over eleven acres , the habitat of wild flowers , animals and birds , which the parish council is developing as close to nature as possible . |
| 25 | If you situate the cable tidy as close to your tank as possible , you can cut the wires on your equipment fairly short , to get rid of all those unsightly trailing cables . |
| 26 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 27 | ‘ I like to stick as close to the recorded version as possible . |
| 28 | However , with record companies realising the appeal and financial benefits of bands like Sabbath having a line-up as close to the original as possible , Neil found himself out in the cold after Geezer Butler was reunited with his former partners . |
| 29 | Clasp your toes and pull your feet in as close to you as possible . |
| 30 | Sitting with soles of the feet together , pull your feet in as close to you as possible . |