Example sentences of "close as [modal v] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway . |
| 2 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 4 | This point was proved by showing in evidence that the vehicle was the wrong way round , i.e. the offside or right of the vehicle was next to the kerb or that the nearside was not as close as may be to the kerb . |
| 5 | Had it been a boy , he would have been Arthur , after that toast of all good Cornishmen , the once and future king ; but as she was a girl , she was Jennifer , which was as close as need be to Guinevere . |
| 6 | The Georgian case was as close as could be to straight annexation , without the pretext of disorder ( although the Turkish army remained an important threat ) . |