Example sentences of "[noun prp] close to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the preclinical teaching is within the Royal ( Dick ) School at Summerhall close to the centre of the city . |
| 2 | Nicky was born on the small island of Puerto Rico close to the United States of America . |
| 3 | Grand Hotel San Giorgio close to the port |
| 4 | more IBMers close to the customer . |
| 5 | Scrum-half Gregory fed Hanley close to the Halifax line and the Leeds skipper easily rounded the visitors ' defence . |
| 6 | Snow close to the coast is often additionally contaminated by mineral salts and organic material from the sea . |
| 7 | " Now in 1849 both companies supplied virtually the same water … the Lambeth Company got theirs from the Thames close to the Hungerford Bridge ; the Southwark and Vauxhall Company got theirs at Battersea-fields . |
| 8 | Four robbers , two of whom were believed to be armed , threatened two security guards at the side entrance of the post office in Constitution Street close to the headquarters of Tayside police in Bell Street . |
| 9 | The Square of Pegasus is high in the north , with two of its stars pointing upward to Fomalhaut close to the zenith . |
| 10 | On the night of May 5-6 the village of Voskepar , in the north-east corner of Armenia close to the border with Azerbaijan , was razed by Azerbaijani and Soviet troops . |
| 11 | The Shankill councillor said he wants the crash barriers erected on the Springfield Road close to the scene of an accident last week when a woman and her young child were struck by a stolen car . |
| 12 | It happened behind the ice rink in Oxford off Oxpens Road close to the Oxford Canal . |
| 13 | Situated on Scarborough 's South Cliff close to the Esplanade and its magnificent views of the South Bay , this small , well appointed hotel offers you theatre ticket , overnight accommodation and full English breakfast for just £22.50 . |
| 14 | Cuts of this size would bring the US close to the target sought by many other industrialized countries to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 15 | It appeared that Armenian militia had attacked a convoy of refugees from Khojali to Agdam ( a town in Azerbaijan close to the Nagorny Karabakh border ) . |