Example sentences of "close to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scotland has a population of approximately 5 million , most of whom live in or close to cities or towns . |
| 2 | Some of those who served with the Forces on the continent were brought close to areas where their families had lived , or where friends and relatives had last been heard of . |
| 3 | These small communities are usually situated close to rivers and streams , along the sides of which gardens are cleared from the bush . |
| 4 | BUILDING CLOSE TO BOUNDARIES |
| 5 | Building on and close to boundaries needs to be considered very carefully . |
| 6 | Do not pitch close to objects that will reflect the sun 's rays onto the tent , such as white caravans . |
| 7 | Close to buses , taxis and shops and with ample free street parking . |
| 8 | We kept our distance from nests and stuck close to paths , very conscious of the vulnerability of young birds and the urgent searchings for food of anxious parents . |
| 9 | Bradford is conveniently placed , close to motorways and main trunk roads . |
| 10 | Close to motorways , airport , National Exhibition Centre and Shakespeare country . |
| 11 | Either you have a faulty fuel pump which allows fuel to bleed back in to the tank or the petrol pipe is routed too close to sources of heat which is causing vapour locking in the pipe I would guess it is faulty . |
| 12 | Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . |
| 13 | The sale will strengthen Standard 's balance sheet and improve its capital ratios , which have recently sunk close to limits set by the Bank of England . |
| 14 | Indeed in the case of Bijlmermeer , there is concern over the residents ' increased fear of assault by assailants concealed in shrubbery close to walkways between the flat blocks , so that in future some vehicular access to some of the blocks is to be permitted , even though it undermines the integrity of the segregation principle . |
| 15 | In some areas , notably close to towns , dogs are banned from beaches . |
| 16 | Well , I strongly recommend that you try your luck on any wide verges close to towns . |
| 17 | You 'll find them right up close to towns , sometimes . |
| 18 | Sir Edmond at this time lived in Foster Lane close to Goldsmiths ' Hall . |
| 19 | Close to Hibs football ground . |
| 20 | By keeping close to customers , we are better able to service their needs and we can keep ahead of industry trends . |
| 21 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 22 | Similarly , in the Philippine language Samal , we have a four way distinction based on four kinds of participant role : ( i ) close to speaker , ( ii ) close to addressee , ( iii ) close to audience ( other members of Conversational group ) , ( iv ) close to persons present but outside the COnversational group that consists of speaker , addressee(s) and audience . |
| 23 | Thus it is important to have paddocks and gardens close to farmsteads , for overnight penning of animals , and garden crops for use in cooking ; but both the latter and the arable need a lot of manure from the farmstead and are also intensively worked in terms of man hours . |
| 24 | Excellent , small family run G.H. Central location for Conference Centre , close to Lanes , etc. * Own Key Open all year . |
| 25 | The sources that ISO will be investigating will generally be clouds of dust in space , with temperatures from a few hundred degrees down to only 30 K. The warmer dust clouds are found close to stars , either in dark nebulae adjacent to stars that have just formed , or in the ejected shells of matter from old stars , called planetary nebulae . |
| 26 | Nowadays , it 's probably the only profession that enables you to spend time close to birds of prey and watch them in action . |
| 27 | He said it with a heavy emphasis which brought them all close to tears but the mood was soon scattered by all the joyful preparations Rose had planned . |
| 28 | They were singing a folk-song , simple but moving , and Erika came close to tears . |
| 29 | After the verdict , Mr Logan and the magazine 's editor , Ms Sheryl Garratt , 31 , appeared close to tears . |
| 30 | After the verdict , Mr Logan and the magazine 's editor , Ms Sheryl Garratt , 31 , appeared close to tears . |