Example sentences of "[art] nearer [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nearer a satellite is to its sun , the faster it has to travel if it is to counter the sun 's gravity and remain in stable orbit . |
| 2 | This obtains a fortiori the nearer a discharge is to an intake for potable supply or some other use , such as fish farming , which requires water of very good quality . |
| 3 | Cash profits are necessary ; but the nearer a community can come to providing its own basic requirements of food , shelter , and energy , the less cash is needed for the luxuries . |
| 4 | It is this feature of price/yield relationships that ensures that the nearer an instrument approaches maturity , the more liquid it becomes . |
| 5 | Clearly the nearer an instrument is to maturity , the less significant is the risk of capital loss ( or gain ) should interest rates rise ( or fall ) . |
| 6 | Part of this myth is perpetrated by educationists who have been no nearer a press shop than a picture in a newspaper ; parents also see their offspring in cleaner , more ‘ respectable ’ jobs . |
| 7 | For Ian and Barbara , the hasty flight from freezing Paleolithic Earth has brought them no nearer a return to the comforts of England in 1963 . |
| 8 | However they admit they are no nearer a motive for the cold-blooded killing of the forty year old property developer . |