Example sentences of "[adv] closer [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if a merger takes place between two firms in an industry of ten firms , so moving the industry apparently closer towards monopoly , it is not at all apparent , a priori ( even in the absence of any economies of scale ) , what the effects on either type of efficiency would be . |
| 2 | This arrangement allowed the elaborate wooden structure of the steeply pitched roof — now much closer at hand following the insertion of the upper floor — to remain unmodified , an impressive preserved construction ‘ oversailing ’ the new living accommodation . |
| 3 | The same tendency to compromise showed itself in a facet of internal policy much closer to home , one whose violent impact threatened life and property on the British mainland herself . |
| 4 | Much closer to home , sightings of dolphins and porpoises around British coastal waters are rapidly decreasing , although 12 species are regularly seen . |
| 5 | Anyway , there are bogeymen much closer to home : true Brits who drink too much lager and then get behind the wheel of a car . |
| 6 | This year , however , Britain has been faced by a tyrant much closer to home . |
| 7 | Water shortages can occur much closer to home . |
| 8 | An understanding monarch reflected that disobedient and violent subjects were also to be found much closer to home . |
| 9 | Another example , much closer to home , relates to the persecution of witches in pre-industrial Britain . |
| 10 | The keynote for the last years of Offa , however , is sounded by an event much closer to home than the Carolingian court . |
| 11 | But this shift of emphasis was not due to any direct influence from the Formalists whom , as I have said , the New Critics did not know ; it was due to the influence of a figure much closer to home , the poet T.S . |
| 12 | It was n't the truth awaiting her at the château that she feared , but one much closer to home . |
| 13 | Much closer to home for me , we listened to the hon. Member for Oxford , East ( Mr. Smith ) , who represents and lives in the Blackbird Leys part of Oxford . |
| 14 | EVER thought what would happen if your bike broke down in Donegal , Dingle , or Dorset , let alone much closer to home ? |
| 15 | In the summer of 1991 he proposed a new party programme which , in effect , would have brought it much closer into line with a social democratic party , competing with others on Western lines . |
| 16 | Meanwhile closer to home , it 's home sweet home for our footballing sides on parade . |
| 17 | He had underestimated the new mood of his members who had become sick and tired of the never-ending series of disputes , which they knew in their consciences had been driving the Division ever closer to bankruptcy . |
| 18 | These factors the patriotism edging ever closer to chauvinism , the conviction that a Catholic composer must be inherently superior to a non-Catholic , the tendency to let emotion blind the reason are surely relevant when we consider d'Indy 's attitude towards Rameau . |
| 19 | Slightly closer to home , is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the British chambers of commerce today report that this is the seventh consecutive quarter in which the United Kingdom economy has suffered from recession , with levels of economic activity continuing to decline ? |
| 20 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 21 | We know where the problems are , we can actually solve those problems , and I think that 's where parish council actually far closer in touch with the people , because we 're on the ground and there are fifteen of us |
| 22 | Thompson approaches even closer to pluralism . |
| 23 | Among those who could not be trusted were colleagues even closer to home , right inside the NSC , who believed in presenting the President with ‘ ranges of options ’ for his policies in Iran or Central America . |
| 24 | Even closer to home is the enchanting beauty of the Craigendarroch Country Estate . |
| 25 | You and your family could be enjoying the delights of Bermuda , Florida and Disneyland , Australia and its Great Barrier Reef , or the exotic mysteries of Thailand with its capital Bangkok , the ancient worlds of Greece and Egypt , or you can travel even closer to home in the UK . |
| 26 | Hourly electric trains connect London to the U.K. 's Northern Capital in under two hours , whilst the regional attractions of York and Harrogate rest even closer to hand . |
| 27 | Well a little closer to home now for the rest of the sport in our roundup . |
| 28 | Are n't there causes a little closer to home they could be investigating ? |
| 29 | There is a skill in coping with real life software and once you realise this fact you can start to live with your computer in something a little closer to harmony ! |
| 30 | This is not , after all , the stuff of drama texts but of matters rather closer to reality . |