Example sentences of "[det] [noun] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As implied above , another effect of generally high crude prices earlier on had been to encourage the economics of developing oil accumulations discovered outside the OPEC countries — not only in the industrialized world , in places like the North Sea , but also in some countries close to OPEC members , like Oman and Mexico . |
| 2 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 3 | Something like it still seems to be believed by some economists close to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's one of the few places close to Washington where you can get lost and still not get hurt , ’ Ashelman said . |
| 5 | Rather less simply , some people close to Crédit Lyonnais think it may also have lent money to Florio Fiorini , a Swiss-based Italian associated with Mr Parretti . |
| 6 | In most cases the slaughter still continues , driving some species close to extinction . |
| 7 | In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home . |
| 8 | Yet the first definition of culture which he now supplies , ‘ that of a refinement of living , including appreciation of philosophy and the arts , among the upper levels of society ’ , is in many ways close to Amold 's ideal . |
| 9 | Elvis is the icon of the Fifties , and Jasper Johns ' flag is shit compared with Elvis and never ever in this world will have any relevance close to Elvis , ’ Koons says , defiantly . |
| 10 | It would be the end of her time being in any way close to Alain . |
| 11 | With both economies close to capacity there is no room for a further stimulus . |