Example sentences of "[vb base] close to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bangladeshi babies are thought to be vulnerable , and they sleep close to other people both day and night ; at night they are either in the mother 's bed or in a cot next to it , a practice also reported by Farooqi et al . |
| 2 | Go forward on track through field ; in next ( second field ) , proceed close to right edge , at end of field which is to right and beyond the hedgerow , turn right on track which leads down through gates and up left side of the third field . |
| 3 | You need only one landing net , one keepnet , one set of scales , etc. if you fish close to each other . |
| 4 | On a true evolutionary walk you could " drop through " , at any time , to another plane , for instance from the plane of Figure 6 to the plane of Figure 7 ( in the vicinity of the insect , where the two planes come close to each other ) . |
| 5 | Some systems , such as TRISS , come close to these criteria but inconsistencies in the timing of data recording will lead to the results being influenced by therapy . |
| 6 | There are some yachts which come close to this spec : the FF boats of Holland ( only 30 and 35ft ) ; the X119 , but I do n't think this is suitable for two and its bulb keel with forward protrusion seems to me to be dangerous in our net-infested waters ; the Dehler db36 is interesting , though ugly and over-designed . |
| 7 | Following a route which will be some 23 km ( 14 miles ) in length , the City Bypass commences at Glasgow Road ( A8 ) immediately west of the bridge over Edinburgh/Aberdeen railway and follows a generally south-easterly alignment terminating at its junction with the Musselburgh Bypass close to Old Craighall . |
| 8 | Hi-tech leaders like IBM and Fujitsu spend close to 10 percent of turnover on R & D , and in the pharmaceutical industry spending is closer to 20 per cent . |