Example sentences of "[vb base] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price pitches the 75 V6 Cloverleaf close to the 2-litre 164 Twin Spark Lusso , which costs £17,560 . |
| 2 | I sleep close to the stove . ’ |
| 3 | Bangladeshi babies are thought to be vulnerable , and they sleep close to other people both day and night ; at night they are either in the mother 's bed or in a cot next to it , a practice also reported by Farooqi et al . |
| 4 | Agriculture will have to be re-thought , because most crops , at present , grow close to their physiological limits ; and present day wildlife reserves may prove unsuitable for the plants and animals they contain , as the climate within them changes . |
| 5 | In Moscow at least 50,000 people defied a heavy security presence to stage a march and rally close to the city centre which featured speeches and banners strongly condemning Communist Party leaders , including President Mikhail Gorbachev , and calling for round table talks between the authorities and the political opposition . |
| 6 | International : Russia and Ukraine sail close to the wind on Black Sea fleet |
| 7 | With his own property , it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind . |
| 8 | Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours . |
| 9 | Topstitch close to fold . |
| 10 | Consequently , many of the seeds land close to where the diners collected them and the plants ' purpose is largely thwarted . |
| 11 | Great care must be taken to set the hoe up and steer it accurately so that the blades run close to the crop without damaging the seedlings . |
| 12 | Mountains where the ‘ dragon 's veins ’ run close to the surface , are powerful sources of ch'i . |
| 13 | The particles travel close to the speed of light and as they pass through the bending magnets they emit radiation , covering wavelengths typically from 0.1 to 106 nanometres , and collimated into the plane defined by the circular machine . |
| 14 | Since charged particles rarely travel close to the velocity of light we may conclude that the magnetic forces are by orders of magnitude smaller than the electric forces . |
| 15 | International : Tories get close to their cousins on the continent |
| 16 | Get close to the board ( Fig 58 . |
| 17 | I would n't say it will die a natural death , but I think the current burst of enthusiasm for looking at job evaluation may cool significantly when managers actually get close to it and start to assess what they have to do to introduce it . ’ |
| 18 | Sub-text : ‘ I 'm not making myself vulnerable , I do n't want to deal with the unpredictable or get close to you . ’ |
| 19 | Try to take it out before you get close to it otherwise it 'll blow a big hole in your advancing army . |
| 20 | They get close to clients and do their best for them . |
| 21 | Visitors were able to see sheep shearing and cattle milking and get close to the docile farm animals . |
| 22 | ’ When you get close to him , as you do occasionally . |
| 23 | Local storms at sea and strong equinoctial tides may affect whale migration routes that pass close to the coast . |
| 24 | His profile was strong and patrician , his nose straight , the bronzed skin clear and healthy , the neat scroll-work of his ears set close to his well-shaped head . |
| 25 | I ca n't stress too much the value I give my tears … they are priceless , beyond words , they are the most private part of myself that I can share with those who draw close to me . |
| 26 | GRAHAM Taylor will welcome back at least three of his ‘ famous five ’ today and draw close to his England dream team for the World Cup qualifier against Turkey on November 18 . |
| 27 | ‘ Sometimes you play your cards so damn close to your chest I do n't think you can see them yourself . |
| 28 | A principal feature of the flow as a whole may then be the following : large eddies of the eruption type originate close to the wall as described in Section 21.6 ; as they move away from the wall they become increasingly influenced by buoyancy , until , at large heights , they resemble the free convection plumes to be described in Section 22.7 . |
| 29 | She saw the taller of the boys hesitate , then touch the arm of the other and lean close to whisper something . |
| 30 | The driver must have seen the prepared patch of ice reflected in the moonlight , for I saw his white face lean close to the windscreen . |