Example sentences of "[noun sg] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reflecting such thoughts , Mr Oleg Bogomolov , a reformer close to Mr Gorbachev , said in February , ’ If Hungary chooses to be a neutral state , then it will not be a threat just because of that . ’ |
| 2 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He writes of ‘ the little town Portadown , with its comfortable unpretending houses , its squares and market-place , its pretty quay , with craft along the river , a steamer building in the dock close to mills and warehouses — a pleasant conclusion to this ten miles ' drive ( from Armagh ) . ’ |
| 5 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 6 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 7 | It was well known how these sinister plasteel cadavers could house Stealer broods , adrift for centuries or millennia till a fluke of the warp vomited the derelict into truespace close to some vulnerable world . |
| 8 | The newly-bought axe was buried in deep undergrowth close to where the fire was lit . |
| 9 | ‘ Middlesbrough is a club close to my heart . |
| 10 | I 'm a great believer in it , I , I park my car close to that and find it a most convenient way of travelling around . |
| 11 | They 're trying to trace two men seen in a car close to where the attack happened . |
| 12 | At the age of three , Carina ran in front of a car close to the family 's home in Winsford , suffering near fatal injuries . |
| 13 | In an attractive , sunny setting close to the centre of Westendorf , the Hotel Austria consists of two buildings . |
| 14 | The juxtaposition of a raised aqueduct close to the granary was not , one might think , a particularly sensible arrangement , as seepage from the aqueduct could well have made the granary , despite its raised floor , damper than was desirable . |
| 15 | Unless you are forced to sail high by a boat close to leeward , come out of the start powered up and going fast . |
| 16 | In the same boat close to the bottom of Yorkshire Division plunged to a 20–6 defeat who played their best rugby of the season . |
| 17 | FRENCH PABX MAKER BARPHONE CLOSE TO BEING ACQUIRED |
| 18 | Christine put her mouth close to Anne 's ear . |
| 19 | The tooth , for example , is a living organ , at equilibrium with a complex biological environment and set in the mouth close to blood vessels , nerves , sense organs and salivary glands . |
| 20 | Ellwood put his mouth close to the old man 's ear and whispered , showing his teeth . |
| 21 | Franco had his arm around his elder brother 's shoulder , his mouth close to his face , his other arm gesticulating gracefully , as if conducting an invisible band of players . |
| 22 | ‘ Not silly , just compassionate , ’ he murmured , his mouth close to her ear . |
| 23 | An inexpressible lethargy , born of shock and mingled desire , made her want to lean her head forward against him , to have her face and mouth close to that part of him which , earlier , had taken her into such a seventh heaven of ecstasy . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , God ! ’ he said , laughing , his body relaxing and his eyes glittering as he bent his head , his mouth close to hers . |
| 25 | In a machine operating at 6000 stitches per minute , the needle thread has to accelerate to a speed close to 100 mph ( 160kph ) , stop , and accelerate backwards to the same speed , and all at a cycle rate of up to 100 times per second ! |
| 26 | This comes from training which is done at a speed close to , and occasionally above , your aerobic threshold — which is approximately the pace of your best 10 miles . |
| 27 | The ability to take action close to the market — and fast — is the first requirement for competing . |
| 28 | Millet took the bus to the pre-war inelegance of the College close to the Thames towpath and blessed the warmth that he found on the upper deck . |
| 29 | Club M'Diq is carefully sited on the Mediterranean coast close to the fishing village of M'Diq in the Rif region of that country , within easy reach of the exotic landscapes and fascinating old towns of Northern Morocco . |
| 30 | His boots hit the linoleum close to the door with a clatter . |