Sentence examples for used close to from inspiring English sources

In the early days of windsurfing, sailboards were capable of only modest speeds and were used close to shore.

They wanted to find out if there were associations between particular sounds and meanings that couldn't be put down to the fact that the languages were related, are used close to one another, or to chance.

The researchers report in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the birds used close to the same rates of climb in thermals as paragliders and hang gliders who finished in top places in competitions.

Although gas can be carted around in liquid form, that is expensive and the infrastructure required is still patchy; for the most part, gas is shifted through pipelines, and tends to be used close to where it originates.

By the end of our daughter's first year of college, we will have used close to half of the funds set aside in her 529 plan, and will need to begin accessing other funds currently invested in mutual funds and stocks.

(38) are used close to the singularities.

"The transmission system is being used closer to its limits more of the time than at any time in the past," Mr. Sergel said.

An expectation value usually is used closest to the highest frequency estimator accruing in the estimation.

The results indicate that more solid material should be used closer to the hot plate (non-uniform distribution).

Numbers and letters are better used closer to school age, and shapes and colors are more age appropriate for the younger children.

China's 600 million farmers use close to two million tons of pesticides each year but the effective utilization rate is only about 30 percent, the Greenpeace study found.