Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] close " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local councils like Mid-Glamorgan have been presenting plans to British Rail for close on two decades . |
| 2 | Also , it is more than likely the case , however , that how a society designs manners for close personal and social relationships can not be totally separated from its understanding of the ‘ proper ’ treatment of its enemies . |
| 3 | In domestic relationships within the household and in relationships between close neighbours , who see one another very frequently , this is how gift exchange usually operates . |
| 4 | This is not just because giving practical expression to such broad objectives in any meaningful way is inherently very difficult , it is also because the superstructure has to meet demands for close and detached accountability : to parents , to governors , to local education authorities and , of course , to the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | Impeccably designed , witty , malicious and genuinely tragic with a trio of compelling and intimate performances for Close , Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later he dropped Hitch off close by Clapham Junction Station then drove away , heading home . |
| 7 | The opportunities for close , long-term relationships are greater than is usually the case in a large , metropolitan , residential area . |
| 8 | It also seemed that the perceived adequacy of close relationships was of most importance to women , while for men it was the perceived adequacy of more diffuse relationships that was crucial . |
| 9 | Launched by Geoff Harrison , senior environmental health officer with St Edmundsbury Borough Council , the Standards Manual is the result of close co-operation between environmental health officers and the firm . |
| 10 | The Hanseatic League was originally a German federation , primarily concerned in trade , protection from piracy then rife in the northern seas and promoting successful commercial interchange as a result of close co-operation between towns and guilds . |
| 11 | This is a further demonstration of close linkage of ZNF11 and ZNF33 sequences at each of the duplicated ZNF gene loci . |
| 12 | In addition , both these areas of law have been the subjects of close scrutiny by the courts over the last few years . |
| 13 | Most of all this influence is to be seen in the practice of close reading , which has become an established part of English literature courses in Britain . |
| 14 | These helpers are young of previous broods which defer breeding ‘ altruistically ’ to assist in the rearing of close relatives under ecological conditions which make this difficult . |
| 15 | The brunt of the company 's restructuring , which has lead to 18,000 layoffs in two years ( a cut of close to 30% ) , says Mr De Benedetti , is now over and he expects Olivetti to return to profit in 1994 . |
| 16 | This may be compared to the total inflow of Japanese portfolio investment in the UK over 1986 Q1–1989 Q2 which amounted to some £23.2bn and total foreign inward investment of close to £50bn . |
| 17 | The move was described by the Independent of April 20 as marking " a renewal of close co-operation between France and [ West ] Germany after a period of uncertainty generated by the speed of German unification " . |
| 18 | [ Public Record Office , Common Pleas Plea Rolls ( CP 40 ) of the reign of Edward I ; published and unpublished reports of cases ; Calendars of Close and Patent Rolls ; Year Books 8 Edward II , Selden Society , vol. xli , 1925 , pp. 216–20 ; Year Books 9 Edward II , Selden Society , vol. xlv , 1928 , pp. xl–xliii ; Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem , vol. vi , 1910 , no. 3281 . ] |
| 19 | As represented by anthropologists , such societies often appear to embody the Romantic conception of close social relations within highly communal environments ; but what is less often underlined are certain more difficult aspects of the actual experience of living within such conditions . |
| 20 | This prejudice against close involvement with " the secular government may be illustrated by an anecdote related in the about Molla Gurani . |
| 21 | Recommended remedy : He should share his worries with close relatives — and ‘ my help line is in the Sunday Mirror each week . ’ |
| 22 | One suspects its high rating owes less to a fondness for social-democratic parties with close trade-union links than to a loose wish for economic efficiency plus social justice . |
| 23 | A book , British Sign language a beginners Guide , by Dorothy Miles , a deafened writer , poetess and actress with close links with the FDA , was published by the BBC contemporaneously and proved a great success . |
| 24 | Now a group of schools with close links to Russia is planning to give them a holiday to remember . |
| 25 | Some species of small beetles behave in a similar fashion , pulling all their legs in close to their bodies and lying absolutely still . |
| 26 | It was the reconciliation of Sol and Luna after the violence of their strife , the chymical wedding of Sulphur and Quicksilver , the meeting of the dark and light in close embrace from which the golden stone was born . |
| 27 | ( a ) Supervision Where a new office of a firm is opened , save as a separate department in close proximity to the main office , arrangements will need to be made to ensure compliance with r13 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 relating to the supervision of the office ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 28 | To use a secular example : to open an antique shop next to another one is not necessarily bad marketing : the presence of two such shops in close proximity can bring in more custom ! |
| 29 | Two classes of category were identified : the first consisted of the 41 types occurring most frequently in a window of + or - 2 word positions , to capture those words in close grammatical construction with the node . |
| 30 | An early attempt at defining intonation units was that of Jones ( 1975 , Chapter 30 ) , where stretches of speech between pauses were called ‘ breath-groups ’ and marked with double vertical lines , and smaller stretches within these , called ‘ sense-groups ’ , bounded by places where ‘ pauses may be made ’ and consisting of ‘ a few words in close grammatical connexion ’ . |