Example sentences of "[noun pl] close [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the two weeks , as they moved slowly north into the forested hills and grassy uplands close to the hill station of Dalat , they had killed between them prime specimens of almost all the groups required for the museum . |
| 2 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 3 | And though Zurich could never be described as off the beaten track of tourism , there are plenty of quiet corners close to the city centre which are off the beaten track of Zurich itself . |
| 4 | Some of the buried water molecules close to the iron centre are not present in the apoR2 structure , such as the two iron-bound water molecules . |
| 5 | Salt-laden winds also increase the salinity of lochs close to the west coast , and may raise the nutrient content and base status of coastal blanket bogs as in western Ireland ( Sparling 1967 ) , possibly explaining the presence of plants such as Schoenus nigricans , which grows profusely in some coastal peatlands in the Western Isles . |
| 6 | Eight 1 bedroomed flats close to the town centre at Wallingford by J Smallbone and Sons together with many other individual and small prestige developments for local client developers throughout the County of Oxfordshire are also planned for the near future . |
| 7 | Traders would naturally regard stall-sites close to the abbey wall as the best for business . |
| 8 | Also , we observed that males close to the breeding site seem deliberately to sit out on roads , where they have a clear view , and wait to jump on females as they pass . |
| 9 | Hitchens Quality Homes has developed a number of properties close to the golf club , ranging from two bedroom detached bungalows ( £159,500 ) to three bedroom three storey houses ( £169,950 ) . |
| 10 | Note that in this case all lines coincide , and so Q branches are often line-like features close to the vibration transition energy ν vjb or ν . |
| 11 | Eye witnesses close to the crash site saw the aircraft spiral to the left in a 40° to 45° descent with between 60° and 90° of left bank and noticeable sideslip . |
| 12 | Carbide lamps hissed on the walls ; a few had been mounted on poles close to the plank circle . |