Example sentences of "[indef pn] close [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so far as any rules had been devised in the past , the principle seems to have been to give power to someone close to the throne , and invested therefore with some of the aura of royalty . |
| 2 | ‘ I had n't heard about Doug but in a case of murder , nobody close to the victim gets overlooked . ’ |
| 3 | Any impression of calm and harmony is down to the fact that everyone close to the band has obviously passed the Krypton Factor -sponsored How To Tolerate Courtney test . |
| 4 | The picture that emerges , at least as a possibility , is of something close to the idea of a constitutional monarch , a king whose power was substantially restricted by the overwhelming spiritual , political and economic power of the priesthood . |
| 5 | Today many live on something close to the Church 's minimum stipend of £12,200 a year and their accommodation is more likely to be in the council semi mould . |
| 6 | And you had one close to the City Council , one is very close to the St Edward School one , was that for deliberate reasons . |
| 7 | Sprays produced by taps and showers also produce fine aerosols and here the person at risk is one close to the source of aerosol production . |
| 8 | Screw two screw-eyes to the underside of the batten to correspond with the two rows of vertical rings , and a third one close to the end of the batten on the operational side . |
| 9 | ‘ The nearest courses to Crossgar are Downpatrick and Ringdufferin , both about six miles away , so the need for one close to the town was obvious , ’ he adds . |