Example sentences of "more closely [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In societies where the organization of social and economic life is based much more closely on kinship than it is for most people in contemporary Britain , women 's involvement in exchanging goods and services with female relatives plays an important role in maintaining the solidarity of the kin group . |
| 2 | The following sections focus more closely on market structure and trends in profitability , before an attempt is made to interpret behaviour in the light of the theory of industrial economics . |
| 3 | Although puzzled , he hesitated to investigate more closely for fear his driver should imagine his interest to be prurient . |
| 4 | And he said that , since 1965 when the science Research Council took over the telescope , the observatory has been collaborating more closely with university researchers . |
| 5 | But that is quite impressive figures for us , I mean we 've never seen that sort of volumes of figures before , but erm over the last year or two I mean tour operators have worked far more closely with travel agents in promoting U K products . |
| 6 | Others are grateful for the additional money but believe that the ISF should work more closely with government agencies . |
| 7 | Despite the American criticism of Rhee , the British ambassador in Washington , Sir Oliver Franks , believed that the Truman administration was identifying itself more closely with South Korea . |
| 8 | In September the party 's national executive had rejected a proposal to co-operate more closely with Congress ( I ) [ see p. 38438 ] . |
| 9 | The version of WordPerfect in Borland Office has been modified to work more closely with Paradox and Quattro and similar joint developments have been planned for the future , although privately-held Wordperfect Corp is not thought likely to sell out to Borland . |
| 10 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 11 | Perhaps the most important function of deprivation payments was to compensate practices with low lists after the introduction of the new contract , which linked income much more closely to capitation . |
| 12 | Appalled , she pushed back , but the movement only succeeded in pressing her lower body more closely to fitzAlan 's hard thighs . |
| 13 | Management was under pressure to set an example on pay restraint and increases were now being linked more closely to performance , Hay said . |
| 14 | The government 's aim is evidently to shift the taxation of motorists on to petrol ; this will link the tax more closely to vehicle use , and so provide a greater incentive to economise on fuel . |
| 15 | All this suggests that , one way or another , both institutions will be brought more closely to heel by their big shareholders . |
| 16 | Let us first look a little more closely at modulation . |
| 17 | However , looking more closely at Fig. 6.5b , we see that in the cases and there is no chance that there are any trajectories which remain forever within the region of interest except for the homoclinic orbit itself at r = r* ; for all other trajectories the modulus of the a-coordinate increases on each pass through the top of B and so all trajectories eventually wander out of the region of validity of our analysis ( and , in fact , spiral into C1 or C2 ) . |
| 18 | In this chapter we are looking a little more closely at speech , the ‘ twin ’ of speechreading . |
| 19 | Well clearly it serves a different function from the from the A fifty nine erm in terms of er its role , then er it is a different role , I would accept that in that there are other parallel routes er more closely at hand , clearly the A one which is to be improved to motorway standard . |
| 20 | Moreover , on the old system where teachers shared responsibility for more than their own lessons , they were brought much more closely into contact with one another , in an informal way . |
| 21 | It is perhaps not without significance that Wulfhere 's queen was Eormenhild , daughter of Eorcenberht , king of Kent ( 640–4 ) , a marriage probably intended to bring the Mercians more closely into association with the Anglo-Frankish world of the Kentish court at a time when their kingdom was being Christianized under Wulfhere . |
| 22 | Elizabeth was determined to preserve within her church a number of liturgical features which were roundly condemned by more radical Protestants as popish , and throughout her reign she consistently thwarted the efforts of those who sought to bring English Protestantism more closely into line with its continental counterpart . |
| 23 | Our earlier discussion of unanimity and of majority rule was based , at least in part , on the assumption of direct personal participation by each citizen in decision-making ; and although many examples have been used from the practice of existing states which claim to be democracies , we have not as yet considered the principles of representation , or any of the procedures and processes which might bring indirect democracy more closely into line with the original ideal of rule by the people . |
| 24 | Briefly , the aim was to encourage particular schools to develop and implement learning resources plans , and to bring library provision and use more closely into touch with curriculum planning and innovation within the schools . |
| 25 | These models involve training users in skills needed for community survival , including medication management ( Eckman and Liberman , 1990 ) and attention has focused on people with long-term needs , and in involving them more closely in assessment and the selection of goals ( Liberman et al. , 1987 ; Shepherd , 1990a ) . |
| 26 | I would like to see national attitudes in relation to the proper and careful use of public resources brought more closely in relationship to local need . |
| 27 | To find out about the process of parents and staff working ever more closely in school settings , a couple of ‘ snapshot ’ visits or requesting a brief report on ‘ how things are so far ’ is inadequate . |
| 28 | Telecom Eireann is cutting international rates but raising the cost of local calls to put tariffs more closely in line with costs , but it has predictably met a storm of protest from the consumer lobbies . |
| 29 | The discrepancy was soon recognized and another calendar was then introduced which kept more closely in phase with astronomical phenomena . |
| 30 | Such a view presents Christians with particular problems in their idea of God ( though also with benefits , examined more closely in chapter 6 ) , but it demonstrates that they are consistent with the other traditions in what they say . |