Example sentences of "[noun] [is] near " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touring Northumberland we visited the site of the battle of Flodden in 1513 , but it is really Branxton Ridge and the monument is near Branxton village Flodden Edge is about a mile away . |
| 2 | In the middle of each step the motor torque is near its maximum value , which is greater than the load torque , and the system accelerates , as shown in Fig. 4.4 . |
| 3 | Former Praxsys president Tripp Blair , who like the rest of his small team is now a Sun employee , said Snoopy is near the end of its development cycle and close to going into test and verification . |
| 4 | One of the highest survivors is near Cranham , called Suttons Mill . |
| 5 | The location is surrounded by mature woods , and Sanquhar Den is near Forres town centre , with a secondary school and swimming pool close at hand . |
| 6 | The village is near the formerly secret city of Chelyabinsk-65 in the Urals , centre for the manufacture of weapons-grade plutonium since the 1940s ; dumping of radioactive waste in the River Tyecha , which flows through Muslyumovo , led to the contamination . |
| 7 | Daryaganj is near the Fort . |
| 8 | The playground is near Chester 's busy Hoole Road and police were quick to remove the body before any children passed on their way to nearby schools . |
| 9 | As Tolkien wrote of Beowulf , it was important to preserve a balance , to see that the ‘ large symbolism is near the surface , but … does not break through , nor become allegory ’ . |
| 10 | The leg must be in control and in the correct position so that the spur is near the horses side and not constantly niggling and annoying . |
| 11 | My home is near the trees and I live there in , in my house there is |
| 12 | The old man is sitting under a tree , and a young girl is near him ; I think he is blind — at least , he ought to be . |
| 13 | Lartington is near Barnard Castle , Country Durham . |
| 14 | The historic site of the first water-powered cotton mill is near the river bridge . |
| 15 | The first mill site is near Highnam . |
| 16 | The site is near the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Vallés Technological Park and close to two large centres for micro-electronics and material sciences . |
| 17 | The South Pole is near the centre of a high , windswept plain . |
| 18 | The relatively unchanging conditions of forest life ( i.e. K conditions ) suggest that the adult population is near the food limit at all times and that adults have difficulty in rearing young ; they therefore need to collaborate in pairs . |
| 19 | The site 's near the main roads to most of the East Midlands industrial centres and will be the country 's biggest Channel Tunnel terminal . |
| 20 | and that was that 's along near Maxie 's near the post office but it 's a |
| 21 | Today , we hear that Mr. Gorbachev thinks that his time of public service is near its end . |
| 22 | Always make a cut just above a bud or eye where the exposed surface is near the nodal storage cells and will quickly form healing callus , and where the growth bud will receive the diverted energy . |
| 23 | The demand for the UN 's peace-keeping services has risen alarmingly , overstretching the organisation 's near bankrupt resources . |
| 24 | The variable is near ρ ( 4.0 ) . |
| 25 | Bradleyscope is near Craig 's school place . |
| 26 | He used to work in Lipton 's near the wool shop . ’ |
| 27 | The effect is accentuated if the c.g. is near the aft limit and , in some cases , it is doubtful whether there is sufficient elevator authority to stop the pitching once it has gone beyond the early stages . |
| 28 | [ T ] he term British constitution is near meaningless even as used by British writers . |
| 29 | The southern limit is near Montauk at the eastern end of Long Island ( New York ) , 41-N . |
| 30 | While Sussex , Avon and Somerset , and Surrey are among the most dangerous 20 counties , the built-up area of Cleveland is near the bottom of the list with 57 rapes and 174 sex attacks . |