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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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close
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Anyone can enter paintings in any style, and the lucky winners get hung, in rather close proximity , and sold.
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Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.
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Organizational structure was driven by the necessity of having skilled negotiators in close proximity .
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To guarantee plenty of fruit production, both male and female plants need to be put in the ground in close proximity .
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This is another place where visual and auditory information is handled in close proximity .
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Certainly he had not been in such close proximity to a pretty young girl for as long as he could remember.
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The idea is that close proximity will result in greater inter-disciplinary contacts.
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One of the great pleasures of the exhibition is to see so many works of high quality brought into close proximity .
geographical
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Those criteria include sibling priority and geographical proximity .
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On that basis, communities of interest, rather than geographical proximity , are redefining the politics of our time.
physical
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Sometimes, allusions to physical proximity were unavoidable, but it was never, on any occasion, represented literally.
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His physical proximity invariably seemed to provoke in her sensations with which she was quite unfamiliar.
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Aristos' very physical proximity filled Ocker with barely suppressed fury.
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live
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Doak now has over 30 written accounts of dolphins living in close proximity to humans.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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San Francisco has a significant immigrant population because of its proximity to Asia.
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The proximity of schools, stores, hospitals, and so on is an important factor when purchasing a house.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An important factor to consider is the proximity of your lodging to the slopes and to nightlife.
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Conde Nast Traveler magazine readers last year rated Lindbergh among the top 10 most-popular airports because of its proximity to downtown.
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Something about the proximity of audience and performer at Guildford turned the whole thing into a party.
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This nowhere land has neither the benefit of distance from Chicago to either become agricultural or the proximity to be wholly relevant.
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Those criteria include sibling priority and geographical proximity .
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To either side old farmhouses and new villas stood in uneasy proximity .
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When the laws were liberalized, Baja's proximity to California came into play.