Example sentences of "so close [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polite win for Pompey FOOTBALL : Portsmouth , who went so close to a promotion and Wembley double , have finished the season with a trophy after all . |
| 2 | I mean , can you think of any other situation , Pop , when a man gets so close to a woman except when he 's actually making love to her ? ’ |
| 3 | In this sense it was Maxse 's radical Conservatism and not his more dangerous notions that brought him so close to the hub of Conservative politics in the decade before 1914 . |
| 4 | In and poised for his latest triumph — a political satire so close to the heart of American electioneering that pundits believe it could affect the outcome of the presidential election . |
| 5 | It is also the place for those who want to soak up the sun on their hotel terraces or at the Lido , a huge pool so close to the sea that waves frequently wash into it . |
| 6 | Mention Chiswick House today and everyone will think of the neo-Palladian Villa set in wonderful parkland , now all controlled by English Heritage , and famous as one of the finest examples of its kind in Britain , yet so close to the centre of London and with other interesting places close by . |
| 7 | ‘ It took skill to manoeuvre the vessel so close to the shore and the girl , ’ said Inspector Peter Steenhuis , of Thames River Police . |
| 8 | It came again as James slipstreamed Jody at the chicane , ever so close to the edge of real peril , and pulled away from the start line . |
| 9 | Just above the spot where Carey had stood to fish was a spread of broom , so close to the edge that it seemed to be rooted in granite . |
| 10 | After the ceremony there was a reception at the bride 's home Malmesbury House , which is a most attractive house and so close to the Cathedral that guests could walk there easily . |
| 11 | Did they have to have so tight-packed an audience , with the front row so close to the dais on which he was sitting that he could positively feel their stupid gawping eyes on him ? |
| 12 | This is because the former faces lack either a sunny aspect or a pleasant prospect and the preservation of privacy is an important consideration on elevations so close to the highway . |
| 13 | His 47-year-old father , also called David , said : ‘ It is tragic that he died so close to the birth of his first child . |
| 14 | He did not like the fact that his potential assassins had got so close to the Hotel where he was staying . |
| 15 | Astronomers made strenuous efforts to observe Vulcan , generally attributing their lack of success to the fact that a small body so close to the Sun would be incredibly difficult to detect . |
| 16 | And its hoped this will reveal exactly why the plane crashed so close to the airport . |
| 17 | Contemporary with the alterations to the main east-west road , at least one or perhaps two possible public buildings were constructed immediately to the south on Sites 1 and 2 , each with a frontage carried on four columns and set so close to the road that the new roadside drains had to be diverted . |
| 18 | He also sent us out to a dhow in the harbour to fish ; we had never before been on a vessel that rode so close to the water . |
| 19 | Yet artists do have political responsibilities and some of your critics might suggest that living , as you do , so close to the border in Northern Ireland , you should give your stories a more direct , political context . |
| 20 | In Andrew 's world the pocket-knife that belonged to Iain 's recollection became a cleaver that seemed to go so close to the bone as to almost sever completely . |
| 21 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 22 | Our model predicts that such an object disrupts so close to the surface that its fragments crater the surface as if from a coherent object , consistent with the appearance of Meteor Crater . |
| 23 | Indeed , the pineal of a New Zealand reptile known as the tuatara is pigmented and so close to the surface that it looks similar to a real eye . |
| 24 | Philip , pressed so close to the tree he could feel the knobbles in the bark , watched him . |
| 25 | ‘ And it 's not just the pace of the serves that does it , it 's also the fact that they go so close to the line . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Dr Latimer , I hope you 'll agree that your presence on the 614 so close to the time of the crime appears to be something of a coincidence ? ’ |
| 27 | A book written so close to the time is unlikely to have achieved the necessary perspective on such a controversial subject and not all of the evidence will have been accessible . |
| 28 | Women leave , afraid to bear children in a city so close to the reactor . |
| 29 | The ignition key was still in place — she could feel Lal 's little body in the car ; the driving-seat was moved so close to the steering that Nicandra found no room for her long legs . |
| 30 | The luckless eight-year-old hit the fence so close to the ground that at least a somersault was inevitable . |