Example sentences of "[pers pn] the nearest " in BNC.
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| 1 | And your function is designed as , when I give you a number , you give me the nearest integer , which is just above it . |
| 2 | PLEASE NOTE : Although it is unlikely , if we have to change your confirmed Freelink departure and/or return point we will inform you/your Travel Agent as soon as possible , and offer you the nearest available alternative . |
| 3 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 4 | He crossed to the library and entered , assailed at once by warm memories of the man who had been to him the nearest thing to a father . |
| 5 | Was writing to her the nearest he could be ? |
| 6 | ‘ Partridge , who acts as guide , as boots , postilion , and boatman , at the Salutation Inn , might have brought us down an easier descent ; but as he had been out with a chaise all night , he was perhaps induced , from fatigue , to take us the nearest way . |