Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] 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 | Something like it still seems to be believed by some economists close to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's one of the few places close to Washington where you can get lost and still not get hurt , ’ Ashelman said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | With both economies close to capacity there is no room for a further stimulus . |