If places like this are still too close for comfort, opt to inch even farther out of the center at an accommodation situated in the outlying areas of a city.

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The next election would be too close for comfort.

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Sometimes, it can get too close for comfort.

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First off, it's alleged that this monster is going to be called the Touch ZINE HD, and considering the phone's uncanny resemblance to HTC's Touch HD, the name seems a little too close for comfort.

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Volvo says the coming C30 will take cues from the recently unveiled concept coupe called 3CC, and the a safety concept car Volvo displayed in 2001, which included features like rearview mirrors that alert drivers when a car is in his blind spot or too close for comfort.

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But his reaction tells me that I managed to touch something essential about him, too close for his own comfort.

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So we're likely to go through Christmas and the new year with the eurozone on the edge of a precipice - which also means that our economy is too close to the big drop for comfort.

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Many people consider him much too close to California's greedy unions for comfort, but he is sharp, politically protean and well known.

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