Example sentences of "[noun prp] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the preclinical teaching is within the Royal ( Dick ) School at Summerhall close to the centre of the city . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a very good reason for wanting Dana close to me . |
| 3 | She should n't blame her twin ; Roman had said he wanted Dana close to him , and who could wonder if her did ? |
| 4 | The loss of her own younger sister Maria , who had been drowned in the Beck close to Aumery Park Farm , was ever-present at the back of Tamar 's mind . |
| 5 | Nicky was born on the small island of Puerto Rico close to the United States of America . |
| 6 | Grand Hotel San Giorgio close to the port |
| 7 | The events of August 1969 in Derry brought Northern Ireland close to civil war and the killing of thirteen anti-internment demonstrators in the city on 30 January 1972 precipitated the imposition of direct rule and the end of the Stormont parliament . |
| 8 | more IBMers close to the customer . |
| 9 | Scrum-half Gregory fed Hanley close to the Halifax line and the Leeds skipper easily rounded the visitors ' defence . |
| 10 | Taylor close to dream line-up |
| 11 | We were staying in a seedy hotel in San Francisco close to the red light district . |
| 12 | Snow close to the coast is often additionally contaminated by mineral salts and organic material from the sea . |
| 13 | The $24,000,000 production was to be an unmitigated disaster and was to bring Twentieth Century-Fox close to bankruptcy when it found out that the heyday of the film musical was past . |
| 14 | The society wants development proposals , such as the building of 10,000 new houses in west Swindon close to drought-stricken rivers , to be refused if there is too little water available . |
| 15 | So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot . |
| 16 | McReynolds close to a personal best |
| 17 | As Guy gathered Isabel close to him , her words at the ford flashed into his mind . |
| 18 | " Now in 1849 both companies supplied virtually the same water … the Lambeth Company got theirs from the Thames close to the Hungerford Bridge ; the Southwark and Vauxhall Company got theirs at Battersea-fields . |
| 19 | A plan is underway to build a new YMCA home on Melland Street close to where the landscaping work is to be done . |
| 20 | Four robbers , two of whom were believed to be armed , threatened two security guards at the side entrance of the post office in Constitution Street close to the headquarters of Tayside police in Bell Street . |
| 21 | The Square of Pegasus is high in the north , with two of its stars pointing upward to Fomalhaut close to the zenith . |
| 22 | On the night of May 5-6 the village of Voskepar , in the north-east corner of Armenia close to the border with Azerbaijan , was razed by Azerbaijani and Soviet troops . |
| 23 | Possible town houses are suggested by the mosaics found in the vicinity of Ivel House and in the area north of Limington Road close to Green Cutting in Kingshams Field . |
| 24 | The Shankill councillor said he wants the crash barriers erected on the Springfield Road close to the scene of an accident last week when a woman and her young child were struck by a stolen car . |
| 25 | It happened behind the ice rink in Oxford off Oxpens Road close to the Oxford Canal . |
| 26 | Grove House could be approached by a lane called King 's Lane from Sutton Lane close to Sutton Manor Court . |
| 27 | Sir Edmond at this time lived in Foster Lane close to Goldsmiths ' Hall . |
| 28 | Wine supplier Bibendum 's buyer Simon Farr says : ‘ Friulian whites , particularly those from Collio close to the Yugoslav border , are wonderfully clean and restrained . |
| 29 | The lovely Llyn Brenig close to Cerrigydrudion , is a new reservoir set in a timeless landscape , where facilities exist for fishing , walking on the moors and bird watching . |
| 30 | Their destination the town of Graz in Austria close to the former Yugoslav border . |