Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] near " in BNC.
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1 | When you breathe something it goes up into your your brain here , what they call the olfactory bulb up here , and this is right near the memory . |
2 | This is nowhere near as dangerous as the spike itself , but still causes a strength 5 attack on any targets hit . |
3 | The bodice is quite small , but it 's actually not as , you read about eighteen inch waists , I mean this is nowhere near an eighteen inch waist , and although she would have worn corsets , she obviously did n't wear , you can see there , so much corseting that she could n't move , and that she could n't bend down if she had to . |
4 | If this is anywhere near the true figure , would n't it be nice if Mr Dobson made a substantial donation to help fund treatment for the three-year-old handicapped boy , say £2,500 , plus another £2,500 for the echocardiograph appeal ? |
5 | When a , it would be nice to have yellow , that yellow 's fairly near the hoop |
6 | ‘ That is often near a stream where they would drink . ’ |
7 | Music for wasted afternoons that 's nowhere near the bottom of the pile this week . |
8 | " But that 's nowhere near the direct track from Yellowmead Down to Grimspound " |
9 | That 's nowhere near Greenwich |
10 | That 's right near the window yes and all the dust is coming in we 've got to put up with it till Christmas . |
11 | and that was that 's along near Maxie 's near the post office but it 's a |