Example sentences of "close to [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone gets stung close to a bee 's nest , they are likely to find themselves quickly surrounded . |
| 2 | And of course , they had these signs up about la up close to a signal er twenty , twenty five or thirty or whatever it was , that was miles an hour , they were supposed to reduce to that . |
| 3 | The demonstrative pronouns are perhaps more clearly organized in a straightforward proximal-distal dimension , whereby this can mean " the object in a pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " , and that " the object beyond the pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " ( Lyons ( 1977a : 647 ) suggests the derivative glosses " the one here " , " the one there " , respectively ) . |
| 4 | The demonstrative pronouns are perhaps more clearly organized in a straightforward proximal-distal dimension , whereby this can mean " the object in a pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " , and that " the object beyond the pragmatically given area close to the speaker 's location at CT " ( Lyons ( 1977a : 647 ) suggests the derivative glosses " the one here " , " the one there " , respectively ) . |
| 5 | They said tension was running high over the mass funeral of 38 of their soldiers whose graves were found close to the convoy 's route . |
| 6 | They were placed in the tribune of St Longinus , close to the moderators ' table , both for the conciliar proceedings and other events , which gave them an excellent view . |
| 7 | Brother Cadfael waited his opportunity to draw close to the abbot 's shoulder as he left the choir . |
| 8 | Close to the sea Breiđ3amerkurjökull , a broad flat snout of Vatnajökull , dies into this lake , the melt water exiting along a wide , fast channel into the sea . |
| 9 | The Humbug ( Dascyllus aruanus ) is a good example and although not achieving the tactile relationship of the clowns , is usually found shoaling close to the anemone 's tentacles , darting away to hide in crevices around the anemone when approached . |
| 10 | Although close to the Piazza del Duomo and its hubbub of city life , and surrounded by cars , the Piazza Mercanti manages to preserve a little of the quiet that must occasionally have existed in Medieval , pre-car , times . |
| 11 | It is situated close to the resort 's centre and the colourful bustling market , yet only 150 yards from the beach . |
| 12 | Set on the beachside promenade , close to the resort 's centre , this hotel is opposite a sandy beach where guests can swim , fish and wind-surf or use complimentary bicycles . |
| 13 | Close to the Princess 's elephant are the chief eunuchs , richly adorned and finely mounted , each with a wand of office in his hand . |
| 14 | It has not been easy , Caroline , fulfilling all my commitments while staying close to the Princess 's side . ’ |
| 15 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
| 16 | He cut the bandages close to the man 's chin and began slowly unravelling them , pausing every now and then to lift the man 's head . |
| 17 | Levels of pesticide in some samples of cereals and flour were as high as in non-organic produce , with levels of lindane , which attacks the nervous system in excessive quantities , close to the government 's safety limit . |
| 18 | In addition , three smaller meeting rooms are located close to the hotel 's Business Centre . |
| 19 | On our last night we dined on fresh local fish in the Club taverna sitting at a table close to the water 's edge . |
| 20 | Close to the Raws ' was another house called Dovers where an elderly couple called Bell lived , and just over the wall from there was Nelson House where Grandfather and Grandmother Hauxwell lived before they moved to Sleetburn . |
| 21 | Today many live on something close to the Church 's minimum stipend of £12,200 a year and their accommodation is more likely to be in the council semi mould . |
| 22 | The £2.8m expansion at Wrexham Wire Company will involve the construction of a 45,000 sq ft factory close to the firm 's existing plant which employs 92 people on the town 's industrial estate . |
| 23 | The natural place for earth was at the centre of the universe ; for water , on the surface of the earth ; for air , in the region immediately above the surface of the earth ; and for fire , at the top of the atmosphere , close to the moon 's orbit . |
| 24 | These tend to be located close to the company 's headquarters , which , for a foreign-owned multinational company , is unlikely to be in Britain . |
| 25 | For example , in the rattlesnake the upper end of the tooth near the jaw has a large inlet for venom ( the basal orifice ) , and a smaller outlet close to the tooth 's tip ( the distal orifice ) . |
| 26 | The view of a matchbox held close to the viewer 's nose gave a clue to the multiple vision of Cubism and Futurism . |
| 27 | Subcutaneous injections can be in the scruff of the neck close to the handler 's thumb while holding the mouse firmly on a surface that it can grasp . |
| 28 | Every time Jim tried to pass the Ford moved up close to the Renault 's rear bumper , or rather the towbar protruding from it , and Jim was forced to ease back again . |
| 29 | It does not help your cause much , either , if you give the ball away close to the opposition 's line four times in as many minutes . |
| 30 | Up to 20 caravans have parked close to the town 's historic cathedral , and opposite the leisure centre and steam train station . |