Example sentences of "[verb] near to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What chloroplast cells there are tend to concentrate near to the veins , so that the little carbohydrate that is elaborated is quickly moved into the nearby veins and carried to where it is needed , thus we get a characteristic green outline to the veins in an otherwise pale green , even yellowish , leaf . |
| 2 | Except for a white , Ford van , similar to the van that had been parked near to the Coroner 's Court , nothing caught his suspicions ; he watched the van drive past . |
| 3 | See how the King sometimes lies near to the bottom , feeding carefully and non-competitively , while his underlings vie with each other for the mid-water scraps . |
| 4 | What her reception would be she feared to imagine , and as she drew near to the Mohaka River bridge she became filled with apprehension because , now that she came to think of it , she realised she was poking her nose into something that did not even remotely concern her . |
| 5 | This elegant listed Georgian house stands near to the centre of a picturesque market town in a quiet yet central position . |
| 6 | So , for a moment , consider a long-distance runner who has collapsed near to the finish on one occasion . |
| 7 | Compounds bearing radioactive elements are acquired late , and are therefore confined near to the surface thus avoiding the problem that would otherwise be posed by the observed surface abundances ( section 6.3.4 ) . |
| 8 | Andesitic eruptions typically occur from a single central vent , while both basaltic and , to a lesser extent , rhyolitic eruptions are more often associated with fissures , in part because the major phase of expansion in these forms of volcanism occurs near to the surface . |
| 9 | People living near to the prison are releived Hanger is back behind bars . |
| 10 | When you have received an Offer of Mortgage , to enable a bid up to a maximum agreed limit , a further visit to the property should be made near to the date of Auction , to ensure that everything is in order . |
| 11 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 12 | It is tempting to think that one of these robbed tombs may have been that of Imhotep , buried near to the king he had served . |
| 13 | Very often , when I take a walk along the river in the close season and see a shoal of chub sliding in and out of the streamer weed , or merely lying near to the surface , ready to suck in a floating insect , I imagine I have a rod with me and I want to catch one of those chub . |
| 14 | However , they required good pasture and plentiful hay and would probably always have been kept in closes near to the farmsteads . |
| 15 | As far as can be ascertained this happened near to the position of the guide pulley sited on the lower embankment . |
| 16 | As we draw near to the table in the course of the nest few minutes to meet with our Lord , in the bread and in the wine , let's just remember today that the power , that the energy , that the spiritual renewal comes to us because God is with us and God is with us now , because of the activity of God the Holy Spirit . |
| 17 | I tell you , Leith , I 'm getting near to the end of my rope ! ’ |
| 18 | The moral is clear : when gustiness is getting near to the limit for safe flying , assume that at any time it could suddenly increase . |
| 19 | I hesitate to intervene again , as the hon. Gentleman is getting near to the time left for my contribution . |
| 20 | as , as it gets near to the harvest you can come |
| 21 | Below : An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead . |
| 22 | you 're coming near to the end of your shift you 're not waking up because it 's getting near morning whereas everybody else is , you 're finding it much more difficult to carry on because you 've gone through the whole night working , the night is well along and it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay awake so physically , spiritually , whatever way you look at it , it is certainly very difficult to stay awake in the truth today , but it is n't that difficult and it is n't er a hurdle that none of us can overcome , Jehovah says that his load is light , Jesus echoed that did n't he and it is true that if we do Jehovah 's will , Jehovah 's way , then it will be made light for us , he will help us to stay awake , but he 's not going to allow us to slumber and drift off into obscurity , but it all comes back in hinges upon us and that 's why the counsel is in verse thirteen as a day , as in a day time look , let us walk decently so we have to do something do n't we ? |
| 23 | I was coming near to the place where I 'd left Vern sitting on the bench . |
| 24 | Many players , as it happened , were coming near to the age of retirement , so it was possible over a period of six or seven years to make the orchestra young again . |
| 25 | , A Tass report from Moscow has said that a vast reserve of natural gas , capable of " meeting Soviet and Western demands for decades " has been found near to the Barents Sea . |
| 26 | This site has now progressed near to the top of our list of outstanding requests for shelters . |
| 27 | She saw that the leader of the religious group had separated himself from the majority and was standing near to the sea 's edge and looking directly at the horizon . |
| 28 | Ask yourself what these three poets in your experience of them have in common , and in answering that you will get near to the quality I am trying to isolate . ’ |
| 29 | Well , very likely we wo n't get near to the store house , either . |
| 30 | We would n't get near to the Looms , of course . |