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As near as a foreigner like me can understand it, the basis of face seems to be worry about other peoples' opinions.

The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small.

You can then go near them for a short time, as near as you are prepared to risk it, and then quickly get out of the way.

and thus, with the help of the tide, I went at the rate of a league and a half an hour, as near as I could guess.

As near as I can tell, we'd have to put all of our extra dollars towards the project for several years.

As near as he could remember, it stood twelve or fifteen rods from the shore, where the water was thirty or forty feet deep.

I heard the shooting because I was in the area, I walked over and got as near as I could and I saw a crowd and a scuffle, " he explained. "

As near as I can tell that fabric was a sort of waffle-weave.

The stream was trickling south by southeast, as near as she could tell. She followed it.

Unexpectedly, I can stand as near as five meters to it. Outside are the gentle raindrops falling in the breeze.

Erected as near as possible to the building, structure, or equipment to be worked on ?

The linkages between the stable units must be as near as possible of equal stability .

Team member locker rooms should be located as near as is reasonably practical to the team member entrance.

As far away as a star, as near as a grain of sand, the presence rises, shimmering with light.

It means we are finding teams that as near as possible match the ability of your team.

As near as I can tell, this was true on both the buy side and the sell side.

They had a definite meaning, for they were as near as early man could get to writing.

So, he is asking, why not celebrate Christianity's defining event on, or as near as possible, the day it happened?

There were about 500 people there, as near as I could judge.

Our Assistance is as Near as Your Telephone or Telex.

And they let the Federals come as near as twenty paces before shooting them down.

As near as I can guess there are fifty students in the class.

As near as I can tell, the answer to #1 is that Wall Street traders are bad at pricing tail risk.

It's 500 miles from here, or as near as makes no difference.

It is practically boundless, as near as we can tell.

kept as near as she could to the children:

When hunters stalk animals, they are trying to get as near as possible without frightening the animals away

hotel that meets for a reasonable price and gets as near as