Example sentences of "to [be] close to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digital 's vice-president for manufacturing and logistics , Edward McDonough , said changes in the world computer market and the need for Digital to be close to its major customers — Britain is its largest single market in Europe — were the reason for cutting the Irish plant . |
| 2 | She longed to be close to her mother , or talking to Louise or cycling up the drive towards the grim yews of Seaton Cramer Hall and the warm welcome of Miss Hatherby . |
| 3 | Dr de Klerk , who has acted as an adviser to the anti-apartheid Democratic Party , is known to be close to his brother , but politics is rarely on the agenda when they meet . |
| 4 | But his general gist seemed to be close to his lordship 's , concluding with a call for a freezing of German reparation payments and the withdrawal of French troops from the Ruhr region . |
| 5 | He would also go to Tangier to be close to his friend , the Hon George Borwick , who was married to a South African diamond multi-millionairess and was a member of the baking powder business . |