Example sentences of "and closer to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this logic was applied to the lower ranks of the armed forces it also carried the gloss that these men were less capable of intellectual control , being more animal and closer to nature . |
| 2 | Maybe , now that they know it works and if they are embold-Clare Shearer as Rosina ened , it will grow during the run into the big , bold bellylaugh it ought to be , forgetting operatic pretensions to high art and closer to situation comedy . |
| 3 | We are getting closer and closer to entry by examination only . |
| 4 | Some commentators — particularly Cockburn and Dearlove — have argued that this was a period of structural change in which local government became more clearly tied to the interests of capitalism and closer to business interests . |
| 5 | Carinish Court was a safer subject than James , less objectionable than Ralph 's views on racial purity and closer to reality than the history of the Salpertons . |