Example sentences of "near to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See how the King sometimes lies near to the bottom , feeding carefully and non-competitively , while his underlings vie with each other for the mid-water scraps . |
| 2 | The hall should have only a minimum of furniture in it , and nothing too near to the bottom of the stairs which could increase her injuries if she fell . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that the incomes of elderly married couples and of men living alone were considerably higher than that of elderly women living alone , both groups were near to the bottom of the distribution of income when compared with households not including elderly people . |
| 4 | I do n't , I think we must do , because it underlines it 's it 's as sp , it 's been a slow spiral down for these people , and we 're getting now , very near to the bottom where we 're not going to be able to help any of them at all . |
| 5 | By 1696 he had moved to Pall Mall , near to the court . |
| 6 | I take my combination tackle bag and seat and walk carefully towards the river , then place the seat near to the water but behind the cover of a hawthorn bush . |
| 7 | When you have received an Offer of Mortgage , to enable a bid up to a maximum agreed limit , a further visit to the property should be made near to the date of Auction , to ensure that everything is in order . |
| 8 | Manure is often used on pastures near to the farmstead . |
| 9 | Pigs had to be kept near to the farmstead , probably in nearby closes , but they could be taken to wastes and pasture and , of course , woodland , where traditionally they ate acorns and beechmast . |
| 10 | Cold water feeds are usually fitted with gatevalves near to the cistern ; the one for the cold feed to the hot water system is generally fitted near to the hot water cylinder . |
| 11 | The Neptune is situated in the countryside about 6–7 minutes walk from the lake , near to the Hotel Form . |
| 12 | Unfairly , the Scottish domestic ratepayer was badly hit and , in the area near to the constituency of the then Secretary of State for Scotland , the right hon. Member for Ayr ( Mr. Younger ) , the majority were Conservative voters . |
| 13 | Not until the two men were out of sight did the highwayman turn his horse and put it into a gallop along the track that passed near to the hollow where Seb and Melody were kneeling . |
| 14 | Fowl , including ducks , geese , chickens and also pigeons , were kept near to the settlement in closes and open spaces . |
| 15 | Having discovered that , I was then , in April of last year , in France , in Strasbourg , Strasbourg is Leicester 's twin city in France , and as I was wondering through near to the cathedral in Strasbourg , I found a book a book-shop , a second- hand book shop . |
| 16 | It does this because there is a large area of magnetized rock near to the North Pole which attracts the needle . |
| 17 | Controls must be sufficiently near to the event to enable adjustment or avoiding action to be taken . |
| 18 | This one' — he picked one up gingerly , near to the tip — ‘ says it is the reincarnation of Cleopatra 's asp . |
| 19 | Plans for 1991 are being made for a reunion on a Saturday as near to the middle of June as possible . |
| 20 | Below : An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead . |
| 21 | She saw that the leader of the religious group had separated himself from the majority and was standing near to the sea 's edge and looking directly at the horizon . |
| 22 | At Bishopstone Near to The Sea |
| 23 | Later , as his family came into the world , it was to be the dining-room and a new surgery was built at the side of the house , but when Mrs Curdle first knew him , the doctor and his wife dined in the sunny little room at the back of the house , conveniently near to the kitchen . |
| 24 | Regional daily and weekly papers near to the factory and offices . |
| 25 | Capital and corporal punishment , to which majorities in the House of Commons had consistently been opposed , long remained at or near to the top of the short but touchy list of policy issues separating Conservative Ministers from their party followers . |
| 26 | This site has now progressed near to the top of our list of outstanding requests for shelters . |
| 27 | For next time , attach a piece of wire to the retaining plug and nail it to the sides of the inspection chamber ( with a wire staple ) near to the top so that you can simply pull it out . |
| 28 | Men offered a diplomatic post could not be blamed , as one writer put it , for " choosing rather to fix themselves near to the person of the Prince ; because the recompences for that service are much greater , and much more frequent , and because those that are absent are commonly forgotten , which makes them look upon an embassy as a sort of an honourable exile " . |
| 29 | If the viewfinder image is still not sharp , you should now check that the eyepiece diopter adjustment is correct for your eyesight : you will find the adjustment ring or knob for this near to the eyepiece . |
| 30 | Those on windowsills could be too cold at night , for example , while plants which spend the summer in darker corners might prefer a bright spot near to the window . |