Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train your eyes not merely to look but also to see . |
| 2 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 3 | This is not , after all , the stuff of drama texts but of matters rather closer to reality . |
| 4 | In recent years , there has been a desire both to move into the countryside and , for many young professional people , to move into areas fairly close to city centres . |
| 5 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 6 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 7 | The new directive is intended to ensure that national authorities process toxic substances as close to source as possible , thereby minimising the risk of accidents while in transit . |
| 8 | Anyway , there are bogeymen much closer to home : true Brits who drink too much lager and then get behind the wheel of a car . |
| 9 | So I 've basically got ta take one of those suit holders in tomorrow to school for my costume . |
| 10 | She had been Form Mistress of Junior C from 1950 to 1962 and taught with patience , sympathy , and understanding , introducing many boys not only to drama ( as was to be expected ) but also to cricket and football . |
| 11 | It seems essential that critical studies should be undertaken to examine the consequences not only to agriculture but also to visual amenity , recreation , conservation , etc , of alternative afforestation strategies . |
| 12 | The arrangement was that they would all meet at the Federal Express Office in Salt Lake City Airport and send the papers off together to Nature . |
| 13 | It has the usual big , doleful ballads , smartly arranged and sung , but written with a dictionary of cliches too close to hand . |
| 14 | Among those who could not be trusted were colleagues even closer to home , right inside the NSC , who believed in presenting the President with ‘ ranges of options ’ for his policies in Iran or Central America . |