Example sentences of "so close to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Is it safe to stop so close to that accident ? |
2 | ‘ Until then waves had looked like a pleasant photogenic distraction on television , and not a serious challenge to anything else , ’ Salter recalled , ‘ but getting so close to 5 p/kWh would have rung a lot of alarm bells with people who would feel threatened . ’ |
3 | Psychological utilitarianism 's assumptions are hard to recognize , because they come so close to popular discourses of the individual , and of gender and other social relations . |
4 | NIGEL LAWSON conceded last night that the hike in interest rates was extremely ‘ awkward ’ , ‘ uncomfortable ’ and ‘ embarrassing ’ so close to next week 's Conservative Party conference . |
5 | This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders . |