Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason alone , according to sources here , Mr Ortega 's summit game plan could come to naught , leaving the Sandinistas to fight an election and a war , and the peace process close to collapse . |
| 2 | The pebble in the conglomerates and sandstones are predominantly of local provenance , and the overall character of these rocks indicates sediment deposition close to source . |
| 3 | The town has a major shopping centre close to completion , a grand leisure complex in the Dolphin Centre and ambitious plans for the future . |
| 4 | German recycling scheme close to collapse |
| 5 | Doctors and accountants are one thing ; husbands on the brink of divorce or even drug barons close to capture are another . |
| 6 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 7 | The wood in the barn was soaked and we stood there in our dripping combat jackets close to despair ; we had been made to wear our helmets for the duration , and the oversized tin hats kept slipping over our faces , as we scrambled in the mud taking the wood to where the petulant staff were demanding hot coffee . |
| 8 | With a post officer close to retirement and a garage owner struggling with ill health , Parnell was desperate not to let the quality of village life plummet . |
| 9 | In April 1974 the rainfall in Pitlochry , Scotland , had an acidity level close to lemon juice . |
| 10 | So people were increasingly being faced with the problem of lots more dog mess close to home and how to dispose of it ! |
| 11 | It also occurred to him that this precaution eliminated the likelihood of ever finding a witness who had seen Sandy arriving in her Jaguar at the bell tower close to dawn . |
| 12 | Thus results in estimates that are independent , unbiased for broad features , with exactly known variance and probability distribution close to gaussian after only modest grouping . |
| 13 | The ideas that have been developed for this region can be applied to most turbulent flows adjacent to a wall : for example , to turbulent channel and pipe flow ( although not , for example , to a boundary layer close to separation ) . |
| 14 | There is a regular bus service close to hand and also convenient shops . |
| 15 | Am imposing traditional hotel located in the heart of the City Centre close to night life and shopping . |
| 16 | President dies in car bomb blast after only 17 days in office Arab League close to despair Lebanon leader killed . |
| 17 | Car bomb blows up president after only 17 days in office Arab League close to despair Lebanon leader killed . |
| 18 | He commanded 90 men from a jungle camp close to Route 10 , from Battambang to Pailin . |
| 19 | This change arises from the differences in size between the components which would normally mean mole fractions close to unity for the solvent especially when dilute solutions are being studied . |
| 20 | Comfortable family hotel close to seafront and shops . |