Example sentences of "[be] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upper tip will be high in the air where the wind is stronger , while the lower wing will be close to the ground where the wind is much lighter . |
| 2 | Certainly , for your first few flights , your left hand should be close to the release knob , so that you can release immediately if you get into a bad swing or a wing-tip goes onto the ground . |
| 3 | Smoke alarms need to be close to where a fire is most likely to break out , but also in a position where an alarm can be heard throughout your home especially when you 're asleep . |
| 4 | The ADC felt that this was ironic , given that a property has to be close to amenities if it is to be excluded from the Right to Buy ; |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the 50Hz or 60Hz frequencies , relating to the two-pole magnetising rotor fields on synchronous alternators ( running at a speed of 3,000 or 3,600 rpm ) , happen to be close to the frequency at which ions in bodies respond to , while in 50µT of the geomagnetic field . |
| 6 | Reports in South Africa said a number of members of the Broederbond , the secret Afrikaner pressure group , were included in the talks , as well as individuals known to be close to Gerrit Viljoen , the Constitutional Planning Minister . |
| 7 | Dr de Klerk , who has acted as an adviser to the anti-apartheid Democratic Party , is known to be close to his brother , but politics is rarely on the agenda when they meet . |
| 8 | If you want to be close to the centre there 's a campsite within the grounds . |
| 9 | Britain seemed at times to be close to open class war ; Mrs Thatcher denounced ‘ the enemy within ’ . |
| 10 | Built in left-hand-drive form only , a mere 125 a year of the 155mph saloon will reach the UK , starting around mid-year at a price expected to be close to £52,000 . |
| 11 | You 'll get little change from £40,000 for the 300SE , the 500SE is expected to sell for around £60,000 while the flagship 600SEL ( the short wheelbase model wo n't be sold in Britain ) is expected to be close to £80,000 — £22,500 more than the rival 750iL BMW . |
| 12 | The gate valve for cold water will be close to the cold water cistern ; the hot water valve will be near the hot water tank . |
| 13 | If the current growth rates continued , it would be close to 6 million by 1992 , with the TUC at 8.8 million and declining . |
| 14 | It 's not advisable to try and cut them out yourself as they tend to be close to the skin . |
| 15 | But his company is believed to be close to appointing advisors for a flotation in New York . |
| 16 | If we were to backtrack in the area of supporting composers , commissioning new work and putting it on as public a stage as possible , that would be close to admitting : ‘ Look , a classical commercial station can do the job just as well . |
| 17 | Not for him , then , the vogue of so many of today 's tournament players who have moved into the fashionable Sunningdale area so they can be close to Heathrow . |
| 18 | Now it has 200 and by the end of the year there will be close to 400 . |
| 19 | Although it will be close to midnight before the game ends , the trains of Boston 's admirable underground , the T , will be waiting to carry us away in orderly and good natured hordes . |
| 20 | By contrast , where food resources are relatively constant the population will be close to the carrying capacity of the environment and successful reproduction will only balance mortality . |
| 21 | The village is the place to stay if you enjoy a relaxed , informal atmosphere and want to be close to all the activities . |
| 22 | However skilfully that is organised , the disruption to the vital work of the Institute will be close to unbearable . |
| 23 | But his general gist seemed to be close to his lordship 's , concluding with a call for a freezing of German reparation payments and the withdrawal of French troops from the Ruhr region . |
| 24 | Morrissey was still very upset about that incident and wanted to be close to the decision makers . |
| 25 | The meter and service pipe should not touch or be close to any electrical conduit or apparatus . |
| 26 | These ‘ friendships ’ , however , tended to involve a third party , for as Bair stresses , it was not possible to be close to de Beauvoir without becoming involved with Sartre as well . |
| 27 | The smoothed value should be close to each of the values which determine it except those which seem atypical ; we therefore want some form of resistant numerical summary — some local typical value . |
| 28 | When I reluctantly put him back in his shoe box , I had a desperate need to be close to ‘ Fred ’ the person . |
| 29 | F. Because transport is needed between the factories in a chain , it is more profitable for them to be close to one another . |
| 30 | To be vulnerable to pain and love at one and the same time is to be close to the ground of our very being . |