Example sentences of "close to it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great majority live in Reykjavik or a couple of towns close to it , and that leaves the country wonderfully bare , especially in the centre — what remains of the population is concentrated on the coast , where the chief occupations of fishing and farming are best practised . |
| 2 | The crops were stacked right up to the roof ridge , or close to it , so using almost all the roof space . |
| 3 | So did Campbell , although he came close to it with his emphasis upon Christ as the perfect penitent who makes the perfect confession . |
| 4 | He took hold of Pat 's head in both hands and , lifting it a little and coming close to it , simply stared into Pat 's open eyes . |
| 5 | If the stations of the Australian capitals did not reach the true gigantism of the last great wave of American stations or of Howrah and Tokyo , they came close to it . |
| 6 | It has close to it a park that provides pasture for a large herd of deer and wild goats . |
| 7 | Mick was perched close to it , with a bowl of hot water and suds at his feet . |
| 8 | ‘ I wass quite close to it , after all — much closer than I thought . ’ |
| 9 | Yet again , a big , comparatively heavy bait such as a lobworm , on a clean bottom may require only a few inches , for the sheer weight of this bait means the bream has to position himself quite close to it for the suck to be effective . |
| 10 | For a time it seems water was pumped straight from the canal and/or from a well perilously close to it ( see 1840 plan ) . |
| 11 | If the predator ignores this tempting performance , the little bird quickly flies back and runs close to it , moving with great agitation . |
| 12 | All it knows is that when a human male came close to it , it was restrained and then something painful happened . |
| 13 | This type of control works well with most 8-bit computers where the keyboard is monitored by input ports , and direct reading of each key ( or something close to it ) is possible . |
| 14 | I would n't say it will die a natural death , but I think the current burst of enthusiasm for looking at job evaluation may cool significantly when managers actually get close to it and start to assess what they have to do to introduce it . ’ |
| 15 | Use one quick ripping motion parallel to the skin and close to it , holding skin taut . |
| 16 | If one of these have become bent , the linker can not work properly and will not be able to link off the stitch close to it , hence it drops . |
| 17 | Try to take it out before you get close to it otherwise it 'll blow a big hole in your advancing army . |
| 18 | While I was visiting the area , one perched on a small hawthorn tree on the other side of the road and I got quite close to it . |
| 19 | ‘ I have never killed anyone in my life , never even come close to it . ’ |
| 20 | 's interest in discursive structure takes them too far from psychology , and their fascination with an absolutely psychological unconscious brings them too close to it for them to be able to pursue feminist and psychological interests together . |
| 21 | Locating the south celestial pole is not really difficult ( I have given detailed directions on page 121 ) , though there is no bright star close to it . |
| 22 | Swing from 41 through Beta and continue in a direct line until you come to M3 , which is just out of the × 7 field with Beta Comæ but which has a fairly obvious star close to it . |
| 23 | Alpha Comæ forms a triangle with Eta Boo¨tis and Epsilon Virginis , and is not hard to identify , as there are no other naked-eye stars close to it . |
| 24 | Close to it at a March meeting in 1585 accusations of a theft of some Scottish spurs and counter-accusations of ‘ a pretended matter beforehand ’ began to fly to and fro , until without warning someone on the Scottish side shot and killed Russell . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , it always seemed to me that the Cathars had got pretty close to it , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Some years ago Radio Luxembourg carried out a series of presentations to agencies on the subject of ‘ visual transfer ’ — a term used in the USA for the more or less observable fact that most of the TV audience recognize TV commercials from their soundtracks , and that , therefore , using the TV soundtrack , or something close to it , on radio can greatly enhance the coverage and frequency of a TV campaign . |
| 27 | The axon transmits information by means of electrical impulses , and it is beeause these cause current to flow in the media around the cell that one can monitor the impulses , and hence the information flow , by means of a micro-electrode placed close to it . |
| 28 | From reading sex manuals I knew I wanted to give oral sex because I love that part of a woman 's anatomy and I wanted to get close to it . |
| 29 | But if you find it , under NO circumstances get too close to it . |
| 30 | There is , however , a difference between imposing liability where the company has collapsed and it emerges that a director has been in total dereliction of duty or something close to it , and using the law to promote managerial dynamism . |