Example sentences of "close [prep] [noun sg] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iles Kerguelen and Macquarie Island , lying on the Antarctic Convergence , have correspondingly richer floras close to sea level , including several species of ferns and flowering plants . |
| 2 | Rodents came ashore mostly from sealing and whaling ships ; they survive well , mainly close to sea level , on all the main island groups north of the northern limit of pack ice . |
| 3 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 4 | Adelies breed ashore , mostly on raised beaches close to sea level from November onward ; they lay two eggs in pebble nests in October and November , rearing their chick through summer . |
| 5 | In the maritime Antarctic they form short mats or cushions up to 25 cm across and 5–1Ocm deep , typically on warm north — or west-facing slopes close to sea level , in association with each other and with mosses ; they are usually underlain with brown soils to which they have contributed roots and other organic material ( Longton , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | In societies close to subsistence levels , there may be relatively little outside the ‘ world of work ’ , which occupies most of their individuals ' time and energy . |
| 7 | Hodgskin saw a shameless deception at the centre of Ricardian economics and British capitalism : both pretended that capital was productive and the essential spring to greater prosperity , but , Hodgskin argued , capitalists were always parasitic , holding wages close to subsistence levels and diverting the fruits of labour 's productivity to unproductive and anti-social consumption . |
| 8 | ‘ The use of bed and breakfast is still hovering close to record levels , ’ says Pawson , ‘ It is only through the boom in short-term leasing that boroughs have been able to avoid further increases in hotel placements . ’ |
| 9 | This is effected by means of extractor fan system , the air entering close to the ceiling and leaving close to ground level . |