Example sentences of "[vb -s] closer to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely in this sense , though , as long as everybody is guessing , guesses closer to the time of a music 's currency are at least as valid as those of any late 20th-century musicologist . |
| 2 | A worthwhile longer-term project , which gets closer to the heart of the matter , is therefore to begin to unearth these injunctions , to bring them to light , and to put them to the test of rational and empirical scrutiny . |
| 3 | Robin Coverdale is the man beside the fast lane and as a race marshal , he gets closer to the action than most . |
| 4 | When it gets closer to the ground , you ca n't pick it up . |
| 5 | Sixth , the employer 's will to resist trade union demands is weakened and he therefore ‘ settles closer to the union 's minimum acceptable increase than to his own maximum acceptable offer ’ . |
| 6 | And as Kemf witnesses more and more of the damage and the recovery for herself , she becomes closer to the Vietnamese friends who help her with her project , most particularly to Vietnam 's most eminent environmentalist , Vo Quy . |
| 7 | More difficult , is the construction of history as it comes closer to the present . |