Example sentences of "close to the [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A week later , however , when Branson walked into the shop close to the Virgin offices in Portobello Road where Joan worked , selling Victorian advertising ephemera , and invited her to lunch , she accepted .
2 King George V unveiled the ‘ Cenotaph'-the war memorial in Whitehall , close to the parliament buildings at the Palace of Westminster , also to Downing Street , in 1920 , and an ‘ Unknown Warrior ’ was ceremoniously Buried in Westminster Abbey .
3 There are no critical layout requirements although it is suggested that the decoupling capacitor , C1 , be placed close to the supply pins of the microcontroller IC1 .
4 However , will my hon. Friend consider the impact on residents in areas close to the landing pads for helicopters providing such services ?
5 This combination of uses is suggested by the existence of a dormer-roofed pitching hole close to the roof eaves at the north end and the two high-level square ventilation openings which are closely associated with it ( Plate 6 ) .
6 They were his mother 's people , they had an old weathered brick house close to the harbour moorings at Annapolis , Maryland .
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