Example sentences of "too close to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pitiful to see the agony of a naïve dog that has nosed up too close to a skunk and been sprayed in the face . |
| 2 | His neat , Astaire-like side-step to the road where he would rather die under a shining new Merc than to have to go too close to a cripple . |
| 3 | I think your lombardoi is abrading her upper lip on something — possibly through digging too close to a rock , so that her upper lip gets rubbed . |
| 4 | In Germany , this spirit often takes the form of a ‘ bergmonck ’ or huge , pale monk who wards off travellers venturing too close to a mine rich with lodes of gold . |
| 5 | We decided that our programmes of study for knowledge about language were too difficult , too close to a first-year undergraduate course , and so we cut these drastically . |
| 6 | This was weighted with a large wooden tag charred at the end where Father Barnes had put it down too close to a gas flame . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , Anne , you can get too close to a problem and not see it properly . |
| 8 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |
| 9 | And do n't site it too close to a house wall , or you will get sooty stains — unless you build some form of screening . |
| 10 | In everything , a compromise is the answer and by not expecting the horse to go too close to a potentially spooky object , kidding the horse that you never intended him to go near it , will avert an argument or tension . |
| 11 | The headmaster was getting a little too close to the bone for my liking , so I decided to go on the defensive . |
| 12 | It is surprisingly easy to make the circuit and base leg far too close to the field , particularly if the surrounding countryside is rough and unlandable . |
| 13 | However , effective S-turns are not easy to do , and they need to be practised if they are not to end up in dangerously steep turns or in bringing the final turn too close to the field . |
| 14 | Keeping far too close to the field |
| 15 | Remember , do not hold the glider down too close to the ground , 5 to 10 feet is safer . |
| 16 | Remember , do n't try to fly too close to the ground : 5 to 10 feet is quite all right and will make it much easier to smooth out any pitching which occurs before you have had time to get used to the light controls . |
| 17 | My original design featured an ovolo and round moulding adding detail and delicacy to the edge , but this table was to have a tablecloth in use , and there was a fear that anything placed too close to the edge might tumble . |
| 18 | The Celtic striker , however , put his header too close to the keeper . |
| 19 | Producers will usually only meet pluggers who they know already , and rarely see any band 's representative because they are probably far too close to the music to have any objectivity . |
| 20 | Today it 's a Greek Cypriot farmer who is cultivating land too close to the Turkish military positions for the UN to guarantee his safety . |
| 21 | ‘ The blue is a bit too close to the sky blue of the West Ham football kit , and I 'm not a fan ! ’ |
| 22 | The response was so swift and unhesitating that McLeish was taken aback , and drove much too close to the car in front . |
| 23 | He stroked her back , wincing at the sharpness of her spine , the ripple of ribs too close to the skin . |
| 24 | Many people in the territories felt that Arafat was sailing too close to the wind and were relieved by the collapse of his accord with King Husayn . |
| 25 | The article was n't particularly poignant but it did , in places , slide too near to home and too close to the bone . |
| 26 | Seven years later , remedial works were still being carried out ; the raised flood-banks set far too close to the watercourse were being eroded away ; the stability of the downstream bridge was threatened ; and the real cost to the public purse of what was a relatively small scheme originally has yet to be clearly counted . |
| 27 | ‘ Them dratted tombstones was put too close to the outside wall when they done the job . ’ |
| 28 | If the board is sailed too close to the wind , the so called ‘ no-go ’ zone is entered within which the board will stop or even blow backwards . |
| 29 | Do n't get too close to the breaking part of the wave . |
| 30 | If the pressure in the front arm decreases then you are sailing too close to the wind . |