Example sentences of "so close together " in BNC.

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1 [ they ] work so close together , yet they are , so to speak , utterly different in direction .
2 On that narrow bed we were so close together .
3 The poem we were working on was one of several left unfinished , but I can quote here the first three verses , for their expression of our condition at that time , our sense of being so close together that we were utterly apart from all else :
4 How is it that love and hate live so close together within one pulsing heart ?
5 It was always chilly at the school because the building was made of stone , rather like a castle , and was perched on the top-most peak of a mountain , surrounded by pine trees which grew so close together that it was very damp and gloomy .
6 ‘ Because the murders were committed so close together we are looking into possible links between the two . ’
7 The two fjords , so close together , could n't be more different .
8 For a long moment after the door had closed , Craig and Hari remained motionless , so close together that she could feel his breath against her cheek .
9 Sandy 's red Jaguar was parked behind a dense hedge , the twigs so close together they formed a visual barrier from a distance .
10 Also there are many binaries in which the components are so close together that no telescope will separate them , and they betray their true nature only by means of the spectroscope .
11 This is because the two components are so close together that they almost touch , and presumably gravitational strains mean that each is distorted into the shape of an egg .
12 It is yellowish , with a G-type spectrum , and is actually a close binary , though the components are so close together that no ordinary telescope will separate them .
13 It is actually a binary , but the two components are so close together that they can not be separated with ordinary telescopes .
14 There are some excellent villages , like Iholdy , where the church and the frontón are so close together they seem to be one building , and the church has an unusual , very charming wooden gallery attached to the side wall .
15 In those narrow streets , with houses so close together , and the dirty water running down the middle of the street , there was no escape .
16 Perhaps there had been a muddle because her birthday and her wedding date were so close together .
17 The thing which kept him in such a feverish state was the unmistakable message her brown eyes had sent him as they stood so close together outside her door .
18 At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart .
19 The Earth and the Moon are so close together that it has been estimated that the exposure of both planets to asteroids and comet debris has been much the same .
20 Metallic hydrogen is expected to be produced at very high pressures because the molecules of molecular hydrogen ( H 2 ) will be forced so close together that each of the two hydrogen atoms in the H 2 molecule is attracted to atoms in neighbouring molecules as much as to its partner .
21 Rather than by using the fist , the greatest volume is attained more easily and also more beautifully by placing the notes so close together that the ear hears no space between them .
22 The huge drops were so close together that they reflected the light , and the rain billowed and rippled like a silver-white curtain .
23 From here he could see the crowded harbour quarter , the rooftops so close together that they welded in the heat haze into one whole .
24 We were lying there so close together , but there seemed to be a mile-wide gulf between us .
25 The lines are so close together that two of them can be seen crossing the planet Jupiter at any one time .
26 The cars are so close together in the street that it 's like a river .
27 Devlin 's hand swung up , he fired three rounds so close together that they might almost have been one .
28 Taking the last first , there are three villages which are so close together that with any allowance for coalescence , even the one kilometre which I believe was taken in the original look at this problem by the County Council , there would be no possibility of fitting in a settlement er of the size proposed .
29 If if they 're doing the business on they could be pulling off , that 's what I do n't like cos the airport 's are too so close together , like it 's too you know too er Right , shall we revert , I think more sensible to talk about this in the beginning of February yeah ?
30 This development here , as you approach from Farnsfield , if you look at the angle of the position on site , will be clearly visible and it will create the impression that it is it is one single house , because they are so close together they will stick out like a sore thumb .
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