Example sentences of "people close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only safe solution is to get the gliders into the hangar before the squalls arrive , or to make sure that there are at least two people close to each glider all the time , ready to swing them round when necessary . |
| 2 | Rather less simply , some people close to Crédit Lyonnais think it may also have lent money to Florio Fiorini , a Swiss-based Italian associated with Mr Parretti . |
| 3 | He may use a type of emotional blackmail against you and other people close to him , by constantly demanding attention but refusing to allow other people to perform necessary chores for him , on the grounds that ‘ you do it better ’ . |
| 4 | I have seen people close to tears as they own up to being over 50 . |
| 5 | You inflict your self-reproaches on people close to you . |
| 6 | Brief people close to you to cajole you into doing things and not to take no for an answer . |
| 7 | people close to you engage in dangerous/risky activities ( eg mountaineering , riding a motorcycle , flying ) . |
| 8 | It means helping counsellees to look closely at their attitudes and beliefs , about themselves , about other people , and about life generally as an ageing person , in order to determine the effect these have on their lives , and upon the people close to them . |
| 9 | Some older people suffering from these and other major conditions can undergo a significant change in personality which can be distressing to people close to them . |
| 10 | These impressions he/she could perhaps spell out , verbalizing them for the benefit of the student and anyone else who has a legitimate interest in knowing how the student is seen by people close to him/her . |
| 11 | Rosing told the Times that the new Sun subsidiary is in the ‘ advanced development ’ stages , and that finished products were more than two years away , although people close to the project reportedly say working models already exist . |
| 12 | No , Stephanie thought later , it had been no more and no less than could have been hoped : a reasonable coming together of people close to each other , not by choice , reluctant in many cases . |
| 13 | This denial is so certain that other people close to the sufferer may even come to doubt their own certainty that there really are problems or they may even come to doubt their own sanity . |
| 14 | When family members , or other people close to the sufferer attempt to give feedback it may be resented and resisted by the reactivated denial system and lead to the opposite of the desired effect . |
| 15 | In a formal Intervention the people close to the sufferer — family members , a close friend , a close colleague , supervisor or employer , personnel staff or medical director — meet together to pool their information and rehearse their presentation to the sufferer . |
| 16 | Their arrest followed press reports of allegations by unidentified members of the opposition that private armies were being assembled by people close to the government , including the former Minister of Energy and IndustryKiprono Nicholas K. Biwott [ for whose dismissal from office see p. 38563 ] . |