Example sentences of "fairly close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is the Catholic Christian who will most naturally speak in this way , it is not unknown for the Evangelical Christian to make statements which come fairly close to that . |
| 2 | It also rejected the Crown 's argument that the issue of consent should be left to the jury — in the same way as the question of dishonesty is left to them in theft cases — but its actual decision comes fairly close to this position . |
| 3 | These straps can be made of thick tape , sewn through and on either side of the sail with a curtain ring or similar kite ring ( the ‘ D ’ rings are ideal ) held fairly close to the edge of the kite . |
| 4 | The pilot was flying the aircraft fairly close to the ground and was using road signs to help determine his location . |
| 5 | Abney Park in North London was a convenient site for the Titford family — fairly close to home , extremely spacious , and with a certain degree of Nonconformist tradition . |
| 6 | There 's a great wooded area fairly close to the town — including the wonderfully named Tolpuddle Hollow and Puddletown Heath . |
| 7 | The Company 's line of communication , which placed it fairly close to the centre of northern North America , was already long and was open only in the ice-free months . |
| 8 | It is worth remembering that in conditions of mist or moonlight , the whole south-polar region appears blank , and Beta Hydri is often the only star fairly close to the pole to remain visible with the naked eye . |
| 9 | In recent years , there has been a desire both to move into the countryside and , for many young professional people , to move into areas fairly close to city centres . |
| 10 | Then , fairly close to transmission , Verity Lambert decided to tighten the dramatic structure of ‘ Planet of Giants ’ by truncating it from four episodes to three . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're no fun these days , ’ said Bella sulkily , moving back down the room to stand facing Johnny , and fairly close to him . |
| 12 | It was launched on 3 November 1973 , passed fairly close to Venus on 5 February 1974 returning pictures and other data from that planet , and flew by Mercury on 29 March 1974 . |
| 13 | The survival today on the intercrater plains of largely unaltered patches of that ancient crater-free terrain must owe much , as outlined earlier , to the fairly high surface gravity of Mercury , which confines most ejecta fairly close to the primary impact . |
| 14 | That he had to pass fairly close to her made Jenna 's heart beat alarmingly and all she could think was that she wished she had phoned and spared herself this . |
| 15 | I saw him focus on a boat which lay almost stationary beneath its single sail , fairly close to shore . |
| 16 | He maintained that the distribution of tillites and patterns of glacial striations produced by ice sheets during the Late Palaeozoic glaciation ( now termed the Gondwana Ice Age ) found in the now widely dispersed continental areas of southern Africa , Australia , South America , India and Antarctica indicated that these land masses were contiguous at that time and probably located fairly close to the South Pole . |
| 17 | He himself had other plans , although for the moment he was keeping them fairly close to his chest . |
| 18 | We moved out of the flat a few weeks after and found a house fairly close to Kate and Alison 's . |