Example sentences of "too close to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've all been overtaken by someone going too fast and too close to the vehicle in front . ’ |
| 2 | All of these vehicles are travelling too close to the vehicle in front . |
| 3 | DRIVING too close to the vehicle ahead is still a common tendency on Ulster roads . |
| 4 | Dozens of of Gay Rights campaigners have been arrested for marching too close to the Houses of Parliament whilst it was in session . |
| 5 | This stem has been cut at too sharp an angle , and too close to the bud . |
| 6 | My original design featured an ovolo and round moulding adding detail and delicacy to the edge , but this table was to have a tablecloth in use , and there was a fear that anything placed too close to the edge might tumble . |
| 7 | You are being seduced by your Ego 's love of melodrama and , since it can feel thrilling to dice with death , you might be tempted to walk rather too close to the edge of the cliff . |
| 8 | Hassan and the Omanis put their shoulders against the tail-board , Hassan cursing as he moved too close to the edge of the pit . |
| 9 | Because its period is not much more than a month shorter than a year , there are times when maxima occur with Mira too close to the Sun to be seen . |
| 10 | We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun , and catch fire ! |
| 11 | Do n't get too close to the breaking part of the wave . |
| 12 | The only practical flaw I can find is some faintly uneven string-spacing at the nut , making the top E string too close to the B string and too far from the edge . |
| 13 | Then they put the loo roll holders too close to the door and never seem to make allowance for sanitary towel disposal units . |
| 14 | Seven years later , remedial works were still being carried out ; the raised flood-banks set far too close to the watercourse were being eroded away ; the stability of the downstream bridge was threatened ; and the real cost to the public purse of what was a relatively small scheme originally has yet to be clearly counted . |
| 15 | Firemen said the joist had been installed too close to the flue . |
| 16 | The Celtic striker , however , put his header too close to the keeper . |
| 17 | He commented on the smell of petrol that came from them and made an elaborate joke of not putting them too close to the flames . |
| 18 | One of the Fellowship moved too close to the flames and a bull 's mask went up in flames . |
| 19 | No kid wants to get too close to the head . |
| 20 | ‘ The blue is a bit too close to the sky blue of the West Ham football kit , and I 'm not a fan ! ’ |
| 21 | Despite vehicles themselves being made safer , Peter Joslin says drivers are still travelling too fast and too close to the person in front . |
| 22 | He stroked her back , wincing at the sharpness of her spine , the ripple of ribs too close to the skin . |
| 23 | The headmaster was getting a little too close to the bone for my liking , so I decided to go on the defensive . |
| 24 | The article was n't particularly poignant but it did , in places , slide too near to home and too close to the bone . |
| 25 | → The string oscillation is probably due to pickups being set too close to the strings . |
| 26 | Producers will usually only meet pluggers who they know already , and rarely see any band 's representative because they are probably far too close to the music to have any objectivity . |
| 27 | But did pietism , I wonder , sail too close to the spirit of the Enlightenment ? |
| 28 | ‘ A trusted formula for me is a 57 or a Beyer 201 , with perhaps a Neumann U87 in the room — but definitely not too close to the cab . |
| 29 | It is surprisingly easy to make the circuit and base leg far too close to the field , particularly if the surrounding countryside is rough and unlandable . |
| 30 | However , effective S-turns are not easy to do , and they need to be practised if they are not to end up in dangerously steep turns or in bringing the final turn too close to the field . |