Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to home " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 2 | And all I know is he 's getting literally close to home and he works for you , if you include disabling your barmen in the conditions of employment , that is . ’ |
| 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 | ‘ Youthful folly ’ struck unpleasantly close to home . |
| 16 | Meanwhile closer to home , it 's home sweet home for our footballing sides on parade . |
| 17 | They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | Or rather back to home . |
| 20 | Abney Park in North London was a convenient site for the Titford family — fairly close to home , extremely spacious , and with a certain degree of Nonconformist tradition . |
| 21 | And if the Soviet leader kept silent in Peking in May , as hundreds of thousands shouted his name during the demonstrations at Tiananmen , he seems the more likely to say nothing which might inflame passions so comparatively close to home . |
| 22 | He changed the subject sharply back to home troubles of another kind . |
| 23 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Even closer to home is the enchanting beauty of the Craigendarroch Country Estate . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'll have one last gallop down to Lambs Dell and then up to home , what ? ’ he said , his pastoral vision of the Bagots already forgotten . |
| 28 | Well a little closer to home now for the rest of the sport in our roundup . |
| 29 | Are n't there causes a little closer to home they could be investigating ? |
| 30 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |