Example sentences of "[vb -s] to a close " in BNC.
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| 1 | As summer draws to a close , some plants are still cropping , others need winter preparation and , suggests Joy Larkcom , a green manure will do your soil a power of good |
| 2 | In any case , this type of speculation is a complete waste of time and anyone who seriously thinks that all is quiet on the western front as the twentieth century draws to a close must be dozing in his dug-out . |
| 3 | Another day at the WRAC Centre draws to a close . |
| 4 | As this story of Henley Golf Club 's history draws to a close , it is fitting to refer to today 's Juniors who will inherit this particular tract of hallowed earth . |
| 5 | By examining the response to these and similar issues over the coming years , this series will provide a unique means of monitoring the changes in society as the twentieth century draws to a close . |
| 6 | But these notarial registers start in 1154 , the year in which this book draws to a close . |
| 7 | As the afternoon draws to a close , the judge calls ‘ last end , worst white ’ . |
| 8 | My own view is that the Church of England must win its crisis of nerve and dare to do things differently as this millennium draws to a close . |
| 9 | That is the startling recommendation of former Forest striker Lee Chapman as Cloughie 's career in football management draws to a close . |
| 10 | As your weekend draws to a close , why not revel in the peace and tranquility of a walk through its woods , where the Highlands birds and animals live harmoniously amongst the oak , silver birch and pine trees . |
| 11 | AS the busy part of the tourist season draws to a close , the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow-gauge railway on Cumbria 's west coast is once again preparing to receive a visiting locomotive to its tracks . |
| 12 | AS the Belfast and District Chess league draws to a close , the various promotion and relegation issues are beginning to fall more clearly into place . |
| 13 | This dilemma lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing every society as the 20th century draws to a close . ’ |
| 14 | Showdown At Glastonbury comes to a close with the argument still raging — is it a blissful summer gathering or slovenly layabouts causing havoc in the countryside ? |
| 15 | It looks as though March comes to a close on an emotionally chilling note because the revolutionary planet Uranus , passing through your own birth sign in April , is adversely aspected by the Sun in Aries on the 30th . |
| 16 | Lucker points out that his contract comes to a close in Chicago and he is not being paid for anything he is n't doing , and he is not doing anything he is n't paid for . |
| 17 | But , much worse , as the decade comes to a close , the development process has actually gone into reverse for large parts of the world . |