Example sentences of "is near the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although our cost-benefit figure differs from that of Meshkinpour et al by a factor of 10 , it is nearer the finding of Owen et al who estimated a cost of £427.00 per change in diagnosis . |
| 2 | Quote with mild disapproval his gallant remark to a self-conscious girl : ‘ When the chest is flat , one is nearer the heart . ’ |
| 3 | I considered I had had a sheltered upbringing — perhaps ‘ genteel ’ is nearer the mark — but she came from the world of country weekends , day and night nurseries , nannies , and never having to worry about where next week 's housekeeping money was coming from , or having to do the washing up . |
| 4 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 5 | The second movement is certainly menacing , but in a peculiarly lumbering way ; it times at 4′20″ , whereas Karajan on DG is nearer the mark at 4'05 ’ , Mravinsky takes 3′59″ , and the composer himself ( in the four-hand version now on Le Chant du Monde ) scampers home in 3′40″ , a feat matched among orchestral recordings only by Ančerl and the Czech Philharmonic ( DG , 9/56 — nla ) . |
| 6 | Stephen Brearley 's suggestion that the medical profession has tolerated poor working conditions because of high job satisfaction is , we believe , an understatement ; professional dedication is nearer the mark . |
| 7 | Maybe hubris is nearer the mark . |
| 8 | Mr Ozberk has now been moved to Pentonville Prison which is nearer the airport . |
| 9 | If he is being moved onto a chair with fixed arms , the chair is placed at an angle of about 45° to the bed , and the patient 's foot which is nearer the chair is placed slightly forwards relative to the other . |
| 10 | I feel such a sham — coward is nearer the truth . |
| 11 | Indeed , the opposite is nearer the truth as private shareholders own less and less of British industry and the institutions own more and more . |
| 12 | Again , in my own household , the following , though also a stereotype , is nearer the truth . |