Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] closer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , ejecta that can be associated with a specific primary impact lie much closer to the primary than would have been the case on the Moon . |
| 2 | ‘ But first we must dig deeper , get much closer to INCUBUS . |
| 3 | In Ireland , even in high summer they say , never bet on mirages ; as you approach ever closer to those distant shimmering patches , they go on shimmering until they force you to detour around them — or get wet . |
| 4 | Those peoples with less elaborate technologies and a narrower range of effective communications and intercourse live much closer to the wild ; for them , it is the antithesis of the mastered , lived-in realm of normal everyday social intercourse . |
| 5 | This led , through X The Unknown ( 1957 ) , which parodies the complacency of the authorities towards the radiation threat and Quatermass 2 ( 1957 ) , in which the visiting monsters come much closer to taking over the world , to the cycle of horror films that started with The Curse of Frankenstein ( 1956 ) , moving away from immediate contemporary concerns towards mythological narratives that touched some of the same fears and terrors . |
| 6 | Biographies written in the liberal tradition come much closer to recreating the mentality of their subjects than formalistic , hagiographic Soviet equivalents . |
| 7 | Defence ministries , however , come far closer to this ideal . |