Example sentences of "[is] [adj] near " in BNC.
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| 1 | has got to remember that a duty was put upon the County Councils of Great Britain in nineteen sixty eight to provide sites for gipsies , and here were are in nineteen ninety one — that 's damn near thirty years further on , and we 're still looking for sites to get the county designated . |
| 2 | Now , here in Devon , she suddenly wants to know all about why a fish is oily near the spine and how you cut and salt it . |
| 3 | On the left hand side and erm it 's pretty near the main road . |
| 4 | Oh I see what you mean , the front 's pretty near the main road ? |
| 5 | Yes that 's pretty near the truth being nasty to you now Do you want to have some of those chipsticks then ? |
| 6 | This is pretty near the 0.215 difference in figure 13.4 . |
| 7 | We can check that this is pretty near the correct proportion ( 426/1326 = 0.321 ) ; once again , it is not exactly the same because of the crudeness of the averaging procedure . |
| 8 | Nor could she have said what made her so positive about this assumption that had become a fixture in her head — unless it was the fact of Silas 's previous near engagement to Doreen . |
| 9 | It 's going to be um been to his grandmother 's flat near your place |
| 10 | So it is possible that the β -sheet that is present near physiological pH is disrupted at low pH . |
| 11 | Thirdly , low-lying level terrain where the water-table is close to the surface , and comprising calcareous ground-water gleys , is common near Loch Bee , Benbecula aerodrome and on Baleshare , North Uist . |