Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Only Babylonia has given us a story so close to Genesis that the question of borrowing or of direct influence is seriously considered . |
2 | It 's their intention to have a car as close to Zoom as possible in production by 1995 . |
3 | It is also estimated that 37 Tory backbenchers are set to vote against the government in Wednesday 's Maastricht debate , making the result too close to call . |
4 | Not since the Second World War had Congress remained in session so close to election day , and with mid-term elections on Nov. 6 rapidly approaching , a compromise budget was at last finally agreed . |
5 | This was also another issue always close to Mr Chatrier 's heart . |
6 | Heater too close to coat rack . |
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 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
9 | She judged the first to be that of some official and wondered what such a one would be doing there at an hour now close to midnight . |
10 | ‘ But could I get an appointment so close to Christmas ? ’ |
11 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
12 | In 1975 when Jock Stein was almost killed in a car crash , he lay in a Dumfries hospital dangerously close to death with a fractured skull . |
13 | Yet probably The Rock relies on a form too close to extinction at the time for it to bring the whole revue to life . |
14 | You can step on board conveniently close to home , know your luggage is in safe hands and travel in carefree comfort to your hotel near Paris . |
15 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
16 | We moved out of the flat a few weeks after and found a house fairly close to Kate and Alison 's . |