Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] close [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond it the waters of Sandwich Bay were blue , flecked by the white specks of seagulls plunging to their prey , or little squads of terns scudding close to the waves . |
| 2 | It is revealing , for example , to compare Engels ' description of Manchester courts close to the Irk , ‘ from the depths of which bubbles of miasmatic gas constantly arise and give forth a stench unendurable ’ , with Mrs Gaskell 's account of a Manchester court in Mary Barton . |
| 3 | Developments in the world of computing move close to the speed of light . |
| 4 | Nu is equal to 1 when the fluid is at rest and greater than 1 when it is convecting ( Section 22.1 ) , and it is apparent that the onset of motion occurs close to the predicted value of Ra . |
| 5 | From where she lay Tallis could see the skulls and bones in them , the faces of death creeping close to the surface . |