Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] close [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The team found buildings too close to the prison wall . |
| 2 | This is because the former faces lack either a sunny aspect or a pleasant prospect and the preservation of privacy is an important consideration on elevations so close to the highway . |
| 3 | Sources extremely close to the development of IBM Corp 's network repository claim that its is close to production status and an IBM announcement is imminent . |
| 4 | ‘ We will try to relocate the various activities as close to the town centre as possible , ’ he said . |
| 5 | There is a dairy farm and two farmers who keep pigs quite close to the centre of the village , but the larger farms with their pigs and sheep and production of cereal crops are on the outskirts of the village . |
| 6 | Then they put the loo roll holders too close to the door and never seem to make allowance for sanitary towel disposal units . |
| 7 | Flap and gear cause minimal trim changes , but with the limits so close to the target speeds accuracy is needed — although the Fouga turned out to be quite speed-stable , making this less difficult than expected . |
| 8 | Also — wherever possible keep valuable livestock , feedstuffs or other bulk materials as close to the farmyard as you can . |
| 9 | Mount tubes as close to the front of cabinets as possible and shield them with a baffle or small valance or cornice attached to the bottom of units . |
| 10 | He stroked her back , wincing at the sharpness of her spine , the ripple of ribs too close to the skin . |
| 11 | There was no getting away from the fact that , as a unit , the Scotland back row were so disjointed as to be at times perilously close to a vacuum . |
| 12 | Veteran starter Captain Keith Brown , in his last season , was also criticised for allowing the horses too close to the start tape , which broke twice , impeding the horses . |
| 13 | The Connell report said part-time recall man Ken Evans had failed to raise his flag and criticised starter Captain Keith Brown for lining up the horses too close to the tape . |
| 14 | It also criticised starter Captain Keith Brown for lining up the horses too close to the tape and described the starting gate as outdated . |
| 15 | Kenneth Langford said the noise of the prisoners shouting to each other at night was ‘ not too bad ’ at the moment , but that the proposed new blocks would bring the prisoners too close to the rear of his property . |
| 16 | Their purpose was to provide unloading and warehousing facilities as close to the heart of London as possible , and Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) and Philip Hardwick were appointed chief engineer and architect respectively . |