Example sentences of "[noun] close to home " in BNC.
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| 1 | So people were increasingly being faced with the problem of lots more dog mess close to home and how to dispose of it ! |
| 2 | It is important , however , to have a source of money close to home . |
| 3 | In the past , Scotland 's architects might find commissions close to home — such as England . |
| 4 | In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home . |
| 5 | ICAS welcomed the review but also said it was a timely reminder of archaic and unnecessary burdens in the UK tax system and urged an independent examination by a working party of all interested bodies to tackle problems close to home . |
| 6 | ‘ In our case , I think people were looking further afield for education without realising that they had a very good facility close to home . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Since March the dogs have competed in a mixture of open and championship shows as far afield as Leeds , Doncaster and Stafford and the occasional show close to home . |
| 9 | The northern lawyers have n't been slow to see the marketing potential of providing legal services close to home . |
| 10 | The Avon , Severn and Trent are all likely to feature in Denis ' matches for the rest of the season , although he is likely to stay away from events close to home where the meat has become the number one bait . |