Example sentences of "close to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question was one of site , and the Health chairman proposed to build it near Huaiwiri , the small outlying Mannaia oasis close to the route of the new road destined to link Kufra to the Mediterranean ; also close to Hawari , the larger Jlulat oasis . |
| 2 | For those who like access to a big town for sightseeing as well as mountains for skiing and other sports , Pitztal close to Innsbruck would be the better choice . |
| 3 | As for an alleged German seaborne attempt on the old RAF radar research station at Bawdsey Manor , close to Shingle Street , Suffolk , Mr Laurence S. Harley , scientist and antiquarian , who died in 1983 , told me in 1969 : ‘ At the outbreak of war , I was a principal scientific officer concerned principally with research into radar … at Bawdsey … |
| 4 | ‘ This is the best I have played so close to Wimbledon , ’ confirmed Edberg , and no one was disputing the fact . |
| 5 | The man , who disappeared the day after the murder , worked at Putney Vale cemetery close to Wimbledon Common where 23-year-old Rachel was hacked to death . |
| 6 | His horse , like Sharpe 's , had been slowed by the plough furrows in the rye field , but the Frenchman rowelled it on as he got close to Sharpe . |
| 7 | It seemed unlikely they would have placed a bomb so close to Livingstone Manor , but it was better to be sure than dead . |
| 8 | Georgian hotel close to Sutton Coldfield town centre . |
| 9 | Close to Sutton Park and very large leisure centre . |
| 10 | Grove House could be approached by a lane called King 's Lane from Sutton Lane close to Sutton Manor Court . |
| 11 | Georgian hotel close to Sutton Coldfield town centre and the extensive recreational facilities of Sutton Park . |
| 12 | Computer-aided design software specialist Cadence Design Systems Inc is to establish a number of joint production projects for the electronics industry in the former Soviet republics : meetings are scheduled with Ineum of Angstrem , close to Russia 's Silicon Valley in Zelenograd , near Moscow ; NPO Integral of Minsk ; BeloRussia and MKB Elektron of Kharkov in the Ukraine ; the Moscow office of Roy International Consultancy represents Cadence . |
| 13 | Afterwards he could n't tell if he had dreamed it , but he was sure little Tero drew close to Maldita several times , trying to prop her up , and twice he felt Tero 's timid nudge of encouragement in his back when he was buckling with exhaustion . |
| 14 | Once again his innings ended disappointingly , with another slash through point finding Chris Lewis , at a time when the South Africans needed some gutsy determination and level-headedness to get close to England 's 252 . |
| 15 | Could use Eleanor in order to get close to Jessamy . |
| 16 | The face he leaned so confidentially close to Harry 's was glimmering with triumph and self-importance . |
| 17 | It was still on the pavement , close to Sergeant Joe 's left foot , and faintly visible . |
| 18 | They skimmed low , passing so close to Simon that their wings beat at his head . |
| 19 | The Colombi is among the ‘ Thirty Best Hotels in Germany ’ list — and we were followed close to Freiburg … ’ |
| 20 | The most consistent reports were of a disturbance at a football match on March 25 in Kavaje ( close to Tirana , the capital ) where members of the crowd chanted slogans expressing support for President Ramiz Alia but attacking the repressive policies of his predecessor Enver Hoxha and the " Hoxha dynasty " . |
| 21 | Trent ( Triento in northern Italy ) was within the imperial territory , but sufficiently close to Rome for the papacy to influence events . |
| 22 | Vincent rented a studio — ‘ that is , a room and an alcove which can be arranged for the purpose , cheap enough ’ — on the outskirts of town , at Schenkweg 138 , close to Ryn station . |
| 23 | She spurred close to Lord Wyatt and spoke in a voice full of soft malice : ‘ They know what the bloody hell it is ! |
| 24 | They had spent two nights in bed-and-breakfast accommodation before taking a month 's let on a furnished flat close to Clapham Junction mainline railway station . |
| 25 | The mass of Mercury was first determined from its influence on the orbit of Eros , an asteroid which was discovered in 1898 and which often passes close to Mercury . |
| 26 | The orbit of Mariner 10 around the Sun is such that it passes close to Mercury about every 2 × 88 days . |
| 27 | Strangely , it was the part of a girl in her mid-twenties ( close to Carole Ann Ford 's own age at the time ) , in the traumatic play Man on a Bicycle , that won her an invitation to visit the Doctor Who Office and discuss the role of Susan with Verity Lambert . |
| 28 | And so to pastures new … and the small town of Gresford which lies near the Welsh border close to Wrexham . |
| 29 | The 400-bedroom Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza is situated close to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City . |
| 30 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |