Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] near " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touring Northumberland we visited the site of the battle of Flodden in 1513 , but it is really Branxton Ridge and the monument is near Branxton village Flodden Edge is about a mile away . |
| 2 | In the middle of each step the motor torque is near its maximum value , which is greater than the load torque , and the system accelerates , as shown in Fig. 4.4 . |
| 3 | The location is surrounded by mature woods , and Sanquhar Den is near Forres town centre , with a secondary school and swimming pool close at hand . |
| 4 | The 16th was also moved from its 1908 place ( approximating to the present ) to become a longer version ( 250 yards ) of what is played today — i.e. the green being near the present ladies ' 17th tee box . |
| 5 | The village is near the formerly secret city of Chelyabinsk-65 in the Urals , centre for the manufacture of weapons-grade plutonium since the 1940s ; dumping of radioactive waste in the River Tyecha , which flows through Muslyumovo , led to the contamination . |
| 6 | The playground is near Chester 's busy Hoole Road and police were quick to remove the body before any children passed on their way to nearby schools . |
| 7 | As Tolkien wrote of Beowulf , it was important to preserve a balance , to see that the ‘ large symbolism is near the surface , but … does not break through , nor become allegory ’ . |
| 8 | The leg must be in control and in the correct position so that the spur is near the horses side and not constantly niggling and annoying . |
| 9 | My home is near the trees and I live there in , in my house there is |
| 10 | The old man is sitting under a tree , and a young girl is near him ; I think he is blind — at least , he ought to be . |
| 11 | Lartington is near Barnard Castle , Country Durham . |
| 12 | The historic site of the first water-powered cotton mill is near the river bridge . |
| 13 | To avoid them I should either have had to go several hundred yards through dense undergrowth , or make a wide detour round and above them ; the former would have subjected me to very great danger , and there was no time for the latter , for the sun was near setting and I had still two miles to go . |
| 14 | The village was near the main road between Canterbury and Dover . |
| 15 | Yardarm Street was a turning off Commercial Road and the pub was near the Commercial Road corner . |
| 16 | As the depôt was near the ‘ Robin Hood ’ , in the mornings , one would often see drivers ' small children waiting with a blue enamelled jug of steaming tea and sandwiches in a red handkerchief , for their father 's breakfast . |
| 17 | John Pilkington 's home was near the duchy lordship of Wakefield and Ralph Snaith had close links with a leading duchy family , the Savilles of Thornhill . |
| 18 | Maybe it was a good thing I did n't see Darrowby ; Helen 's home was near the bus route and I dropped off well short of the town . |
| 19 | Hilda 's home was near the convent , and the tube train seemed to be boring a hole into the past , bearing her inexorably back to the source of her purest happiness and pain . |
| 20 | John Pilkington 's home was near the duchy lordship of Wakefield and Ralph Snaith had close links with a leading duchy family , the Savilles of Thornhill . |
| 21 | Apart from its prominence , Luxulyan was several miles from a river estuary , requiring both a long water pipeline and cooling towers , whilst Gwithian was near the tourist honeypot of St Ives . |
| 22 | My kit being near the casualty ( by now conscious ) , I thought it may have been mistakenly picked up . |
| 23 | The first mill site is near Highnam . |
| 24 | The site is near the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Vallés Technological Park and close to two large centres for micro-electronics and material sciences . |
| 25 | The South Pole is near the centre of a high , windswept plain . |
| 26 | The relatively unchanging conditions of forest life ( i.e. K conditions ) suggest that the adult population is near the food limit at all times and that adults have difficulty in rearing young ; they therefore need to collaborate in pairs . |
| 27 | The site 's near the main roads to most of the East Midlands industrial centres and will be the country 's biggest Channel Tunnel terminal . |
| 28 | In fact , the community was near the end of its financial tether . |
| 29 | So they were pleasantly surprised that sales of Impressionist and ‘ modern ’ art were near the top end of the houses ' estimates , even if ‘ contemporary ’ art foundered . |
| 30 | Today , we hear that Mr. Gorbachev thinks that his time of public service is near its end . |