Example sentences of "a [noun sg] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 2 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 3 | Somehow the country has managed to consume more energy per capita than anywhere else other than rich ( and notoriously thriftless ) Canada and the United States and at the same time plunge into a state close to bankruptcy . |
| 4 | A gunsmith is taking Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , to court over a bureaucratic blunder which left a company close to bankruptcy . |
| 5 | As memory returned she was hit by a depression close to despair , the earlier feeling of security completely vanished . |