Example sentences of "[noun pl] close to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his precision of line , careful musicality and swift little steps close to the ground , Shaw , in ballets like Les Rendezvous , embodied everything that was best about Ashton 's choreography and which made the Royal Ballet unique . |
| 2 | ‘ Good ! ’ breathed Owen soundlessly into Cynan 's ear , in the bushes close to the path . |
| 3 | With gunnels close to the water , much shouting and sharp warnings to sit still , Hussa and I dragged the boat back home . |
| 4 | Detective Superintendent Owen Taylor , who is leading the inquiry team , said yesterday that three people were spotted in an E-registration , black Nissan Micra car , near allotments close to the barracks at 8.15pm on 21 September , which was 12 hours before the bombing in which 10 bandsmen died . |
| 5 | Lakes close to the sea acquire minerals faster than those inland , from wind-blown spray and from seals , penguins , gulls and skuas , which like to wash in fresh water . |
| 6 | The possibility of earthlike planets was considered , and he envisaged illustrious extraterrestrials close to the sun . |
| 7 | There are no homes close to the area where the body was found , but workers in the docks area expect to be questioned by police . |
| 8 | But in the two weeks , as they moved slowly north into the forested hills and grassy uplands close to the hill station of Dalat , they had killed between them prime specimens of almost all the groups required for the museum . |
| 9 | This is a most luxurious , hotel set in large gardens close to a complex of pools . |
| 10 | SHAC provides 250 bed places in two modern residences close to the campus . |
| 11 | SHAC provides 250 bed places in two modern residences close to the campus . |
| 12 | For example , in areas close to the sea the newcomers have been predominantly retired couples whose impact i n the local housing market has again caused resentment in those regions where they have become concentrated , such as Devon and Cornwall . |
| 13 | On Nov. 7 it was widely reported that Nigerian Alpha jets had bombed NPFL positions in the Monrovia suburbs of Gardnersville , Mount Barclay and Stockton Creek the previous day , and had also attacked areas close to the rebel headquarters at Gbarnga , 160 km north of Monrovia on Nov. 5 . |
| 14 | The other Portrack Option avoids the area of countryside to the south of Middlesbrough , traverses industrial areas close to the Tees , and follows the A19 south through Thornaby . |
| 15 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 16 | However , will my hon. Friend consider the impact on residents in areas close to the landing pads for helicopters providing such services ? |
| 17 | Despite this , the Government is prepared to allow equally sensitive areas close to the beaches and islands of Wales to drilled in the future . |
| 18 | There remain some inaccessible areas close to the frontier with Peru ; again , we are in luck , because the state oil company CEPE is drilling exploratory wells there , and has offered to fly us in by helicopter . |
| 19 | Subsoil No vines are planted on the alluvial soils close to the river , but on nearby higher ground Belemnite chalk can be seen as the major subsoil . |
| 20 | In Leeds , for example , the middle class suburbs to the north of the city had little in common with Hunslet and Holbeck , the working class townships to the south , where families were packed into rows of back-to-back houses or into cramped folds close to the mills , foundries , railway sidings and other places of work . |
| 21 | What is certain is that the Yanomami are in a critical state , with imported diseases spreading to epidemic proportions in communities close to the miners . |
| 22 | The concentration of inhumation cemeteries close to the defences also suggests contraction , though several presumably earlier cremation urns from the same areas might counsel caution . |
| 23 | On the lower reaches of glaciers and on ice shelves close to the sea , where ablation exceeds snowfall in summer , wind-blown dust and rock fragments encourage local melting . |
| 24 | More importantly , it has brought the two companies close to the brink of financial disaster . |
| 25 | Flexibility and the location of ligand-binding sites close to the top of adhesion molecules may be a general feature of their organization . |
| 26 | Ecologists blamed the high death toll on widespread deforestation and the construction of flimsily built prefabricated homes and caravan sites close to the river . |
| 27 | Bankers close to the deal say that Morgan Stanley was forced reluctantly to accept a lower commission structure because Italy was being offered this by other banks competing for the business . |
| 28 | And though Zurich could never be described as off the beaten track of tourism , there are plenty of quiet corners close to the city centre which are off the beaten track of Zurich itself . |
| 29 | The main lines of Turkish mines were laid in the Narrows , but on 8 March a small Turkish vessel had laid another line of 20 mines close to the shore of Eren Keui Bay . |
| 30 | Brilliant rose coloured blooms close to the ground . |