51.   Neither we nor the Western world as such would stand by and see the straits of the Persian Gulf closed to international traffic.

52.   It has become traditional in the West to move publication dates of new books on Chernobyl as close to the anniversary of the accident as possible.

53.   The carpets were laid on a Sunday when the Palace is closed to the public.

54.   Do not dry wet clothes on or close to heaters.

55.   The faculty is based mainly at the Medical School within the central area of the University and thus close to the centre of the city.

56.   She shivered, uncomfortably close to an understanding.

57.   I feel so close to God, so inspired by His Spirit that in a sense I am God.

58.   Too close to the real problem.

59.   He made the tea, conscious that Hannele was close to him, unmoving, unanswered.

60.   It included several hamlets and scattered farms within its bounds as well as the village that was clustered close to the church and the ruined castle.