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 .
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