Example sentences of "[coord] very close " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most types of glider are reluctant to enter a full spin unless they are being flown with the c.g. on or very close to the aft limit , that is by light pilots . |
| 2 | Any bacteria in whole meat joints will be on or very close to the surface and the outside of roast meat gets hot enough to sterilise it . |
| 3 | All are family run and stand in or very close to the resort centre . |
| 4 | All are family run and stand in or very close to the resort centre . |
| 5 | Requires presence of trees in breeding season , when frequents open woodland , heaths , and other areas with scattered timber , though not usually in or very close to human settlements . |
| 6 | Rick changed his rods to boilies and we continued to catch fish right up until dark , the majority of which were doubles or very close . |
| 7 | If code switching is a regular feature of all speech styles in British black English , except perhaps the most formal , then the index of each speaker will actually be based on two distinct , discontinuous stretches of speech ; one which will have a Patois index of 100 or very close , ( i.e. no Patois features , because it is actually not meant to be Patois , but " English " ) and another — the Patois part — which will have a Patois index closer to 0 . |
| 8 | The corresponding rate of fall of the output signal power is 20 dB per decade or very close to 6 dB per octave ( an octave is the musical term for two notes , one of which is double the frequency of the other ) . |
| 9 | The notion that they will be circumscribed by a ‘ Joint Declaration ’ or a ‘ Basic Law ’ , so confidently advanced in 1984 , now seems like a distant dream ; 1997 , by contrast , suddenly seems very real , and very close . |
| 10 | for the winter traveller the climate is harsh , very cold , very windy and very close to the sea . |
| 11 | Ideally located , it 's only ten minutes ' walk from Levante Beach and very close to a selection of cafés , shops , bars and restaurants . |
| 12 | The Popi is well situated for everything — it 's in the middle of the harbour area of Kos , only a kilometre or so away from the early nightlife and bars and very close to the late night discos . |
| 13 | There may be more rabbits down the hole and very close . |
| 14 | ‘ It remains too early for visitors other than family and very close friends . |
| 15 | But snug in his arms and very close to him , she could at least see his looks were n't villainous . |
| 16 | The normal procedure is to link a standard to a stake with the top tie just below the head of fanned out branches , and very close to the implanted bud or buds . |
| 17 | In this landscape , which Richard learned to know well , the idea of a holy war against the Saracens must have seemed very real and very close at hand . |
| 18 | I remembered that I too hated the dust , and as I imagined the walk into the desert I felt the sky come low and very close . |
| 19 | Finch Close is a quiet exclusive cul-de-sac not far from Central Headington and very close to the Oxford Polytechnic and local hospitals . |
| 20 | Anyone reading it would assume that we were still living together , and very close . ’ |
| 21 | Coal-fired plants are mainly located inland , and very close to existing coalfields . |
| 22 | Particularly as in to the west and south of York , the ten mile radius gets you very very close to Wetherby and very close to Selby , which are not areas which fall within the York housing market . |
| 23 | In other words , in the period covered by this book , the only direct evidence on population figures comes near its start and very close to , or even after , its end . |
| 24 | As these works are carried out whilst the hotel is occupied and operation , it requires a flexible approach to the work and very close co-operation with the hotel and their representatives . |
| 25 | ‘ Not in Brussels , but very close . |
| 26 | He had still not released her hair , and he guided her firmly towards the sofa and sat her down , sitting beside her but very close , as though warning her that she could n't escape if that was what she intended . |