Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] near the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village is near the formerly secret city of Chelyabinsk-65 in the Urals , centre for the manufacture of weapons-grade plutonium since the 1940s ; dumping of radioactive waste in the River Tyecha , which flows through Muslyumovo , led to the contamination . |
| 2 | As Tolkien wrote of Beowulf , it was important to preserve a balance , to see that the ‘ large symbolism is near the surface , but … does not break through , nor become allegory ’ . |
| 3 | The leg must be in control and in the correct position so that the spur is near the horses side and not constantly niggling and annoying . |
| 4 | My home is near the trees and I live there in , in my house there is |
| 5 | The historic site of the first water-powered cotton mill is near the river bridge . |
| 6 | The site is near the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Vallés Technological Park and close to two large centres for micro-electronics and material sciences . |
| 7 | The South Pole is near the centre of a high , windswept plain . |
| 8 | The relatively unchanging conditions of forest life ( i.e. K conditions ) suggest that the adult population is near the food limit at all times and that adults have difficulty in rearing young ; they therefore need to collaborate in pairs . |
| 9 | The site 's near the main roads to most of the East Midlands industrial centres and will be the country 's biggest Channel Tunnel terminal . |
| 10 | Always make a cut just above a bud or eye where the exposed surface is near the nodal storage cells and will quickly form healing callus , and where the growth bud will receive the diverted energy . |
| 11 | The Hotel Atlantis is near the airport , just outside Machico . |
| 12 | The church is near the Central Market and so , with our microphones , shoppers could hear our demands and many came up to show their support . |
| 13 | The swimming pool is near the castle |
| 14 | ‘ The Post Office is near the shop . |
| 15 | Yes I think their office is near the erm near Iceland . |
| 16 | Taken as a whole , these data could indicate that a 100 mg dose of gliadin is near the threshold for morphologically detectable intestinal damage in most coeliac disease patients . |