Example sentences of "an [noun sg] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A coup attempt was launched in the early hours of Oct. 13 when a group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an arsenal close to N'Djamena airport . |
| 2 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 3 | As an example close to home , it would be a sanction much more powerful than an SEC if , as head of audit of my firm , I was called in to that panel to be told that if my firm wanted the institutional shareholders to vote their proxies in favour of our being reappointed auditors to this or that company , we would have to mend our ways in some respect . |
| 4 | For various reasons the accretion of the Earth proceeds more rapidly , leading to a situation resembling that in Figure 6.11 ( c ) but without this material having to have an inclination close to 0° . |
| 5 | If you have to load an application close to breaking point then at least be patient with it . |
| 6 | Too shocked , too intensely angry to speak , she contemptuously passed the document to him with a hand that shook so much that he steadied it with his , an expression close to pity on his face as he carefully extracted the paper from her numb fingers . |