Example sentences of "and [adv] closer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within this continuum , however , other proverbs are planted , sounding much the same as the others but more original and so closer to Tolkien 's own intention . |
| 2 | At a later date , however , the fort was probably moved to lower ground and so closer to the site of the future town ; two pieces of cavalry equipment from the Bleachfield Road area plus a few Claudian coins and some slight remains of early timber-framed buildings , might be thought to support this view . |
| 3 | Pound and Rebka exploited the contemporary discovery by Mössbauer that the linewidths of certain gamma emitters , in particular 57 Fe* , were exceptionally narrow and much closer to the resolution required to detect the gravitational red shift than for any other type of source . |
| 4 | Relations between the two countries had been severely strained because of persistent allegations of support by the Solomons for the secessionist rebellion on the island of Bougainville which , although formally a part of Papua New Guinea , was geographically and ethnically closer to the Solomon Islands . |
| 5 | And last night … she swallowed convulsively … last night she 'd felt closer , physically and spiritually closer to Guy Sterne than to any other person in her whole life … |
| 6 | Even forgetting the fact that the Cobra was the fastest accelerating car you could buy at the time , that only puts it between the £21,620 Elan SE and the entry level £26,400 Excel SE , close to the £22,363 Morgan plus eight and even closer to the £23,526 Toyota Supra Turbo . |
| 7 | When you have been so close to death and even closer to permanent serious injury then every day becomes a bonus . ’ |
| 8 | It was close enough to London , and even closer to some of the Company in person . |
| 9 | But come Sunday , who 'd bet against Nigel Mansell still being King of Formula One with another British Grand Prix victory … that would take him past Jackie Stewart 's 27 Grand Prix wins and even closer to that World Championship title he cherishes so much . |
| 10 | But , besides this we found those who had not been stopped etc. at all still reflected the overall differences between races — Blacks being least favourable , Asians most favourable , with Whites being sometimes closer to Blacks and sometimes closer to Asians . |