Example sentences of "[to-vb] close to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times on my pilgrimage through Biomorph Land I seemed to come close to a precursor of my insects , but , then , in spite of my best efforts as a selecting agent , evolution went off on what proved to be a false trail . |
| 2 | Other day-to-day situations that may not be attributed to visual difficulties include the extended time the children may need to complete tasks , their need to come close to the blackboard or to demonstrations , and their apparent clumsiness in certain practical activities and sports such as ball games . |
| 3 | The celebration of Artai 's Khanate having properly commenced , the common people were anxious to come close to the path of their newly enthroned lord through their city . |
| 4 | Krill eggs , 5–6 mm in diameter , are laid near the surface and sink to depths of over 1500 m ; the first few larval stages ( nauplii and metanauplii ) develop at even greater depths before the young krill rise to feed close to the surface . |
| 5 | ‘ You really do like to sail close to the wind , do n't you ? |
| 6 | I was born a reject , in the gutter ; was bred in the gutter ; and had learnt , very early on in life , to walk close to the gutter . |
| 7 | SCO is determined to stick close to the Intel trail , whilst dismissing UnixWare as ‘ server-centric , ’ saying ‘ Unixware wo n't hit the Intel market … it is not comparable to Vines ’ enterprise-wide networking capabilities . ’ |
| 8 | When he did finally get to his feet his legs were unsteady and he had to stick close to the tables for support on his way to the door . |
| 9 | ‘ And I want to stick close to the TARDIS , ’ Ace said , appearing on the stripped-down rear platform . |
| 10 | The darkness beneath the cover encourages the worms to tunnel close to the inside of the glass so that you will be able to see them clearly in their burrows . |
| 11 | Like Morrissey in 1977 , many in Manchester felt left behind and even fairly close friends found it difficult to gat close to the band . |
| 12 | Brother Cadfael waited his opportunity to draw close to the abbot 's shoulder as he left the choir . |
| 13 | The problem in the doctors ' surgery , I mean you 've got people taking ill sick children round there with high temperatures and , and they do tend want to park close to the surgery , er and if they see a space they will obviously use it . |
| 14 | She needs only to run close to the form which saw her finish second to multiple scorer Kassab over course and distance last month to turn this contest into a procession . |
| 15 | In my message I told them that I was going to fly close to the control tower to see if they could tell me what was wrong with my port wheel , but again no reply from control . |
| 16 | He wanted to keep close to the poor bloody infantry , so he would get into discussion with the constable on the beat , the detective on a case ; and he would end up being drawn into endorsing action that the Inspector in charge would not countenance . |
| 17 | Notice how the compact legs are enabling the body to keep close to the board . |
| 18 | Jess ignored the protest and pushed on , managing to keep close to the wall and surfacing not two feet from the doors . |
| 19 | She made her way across the room to where her father was , still with Urquhart following ; evidently there was no need to keep close to the stepmother with the rest ; it looked as if Kate knew her own mind . |
| 20 | It 's important to tap along each join to keep close to the glass . |
| 21 | At first sight A* , and breadth-first search appear to be quite different : the former tries to keep close to the correct path by comparing costs , the latter blindly and exhaustively explores each level . |
| 22 | Except for a Japanese joint venture , Russell 's group does not manufacture in the Far East , and sales there can come from either US or European production , but generally Morton prefers to manufacture close to the customer for improved service and to reduce tariff costs . |
| 23 | The reason they swim together is not fully understood , but the tuna are believed to stay close to the dolphins to take advantage of their superior food-finding talents . |
| 24 | The American version of the popular film attempted to stay close to the original script but sadly failed to be playable due to slightly dodgy design . |
| 25 | The philosophy in Spain is to stay close to the family . |
| 26 | Remote control releases you from the need to stay close to the video machine in order to operate the controls . |
| 27 | But in my opinion the best way to recover your memory is to stay close to the place where you lost it . ’ |
| 28 | As with the Yashica and Minolta AF-SP , the 35mm lens means you have to get close to the action if your photos are to have real impact . |
| 29 | So the piano was nearly always an upright , which was also easier to get close to the horn . |
| 30 | I did n't consciously try to get close to the original sound , but I think my style has always been fairly close to Eric 's anyway , plus I generally use a Strat in the studio . |