Example sentences of "even closer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This causes the contestant to try and get even closer to the opponent 's face with subsequent jabs , in order to pick up that elusive score . |
| 2 | First , it drives Stavrogin even closer to Svidrigailov than I have suggested so far . |
| 3 | Markofdistinction ( 3.50 ) , who got even closer to Nashwan when fourth in the 2,000 Guineas , was beaten at Doncaster by what is probably an outstanding horse in Nashwan 's stable companion Gold Seam and should find compensation in the Supreme Stakes . |
| 4 | Luca Cumani 's promising colt , Montendre ( next best 3.15 ) , got even closer to Welney at Yarmouth and has since won easily at Brighton . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When you have been so close to death and even closer to permanent serious injury then every day becomes a bonus . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The last letter , bearing the date of 8 June , read : ‘ My heart is very full this evening — a letter from you has just come in , and that brings you even closer to me . |
| 9 | He edged even closer to her . |
| 10 | Another approach , designed by the earthquake engineering centre at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Takenaka Corporation of Japan , comes even closer to Booth 's analogy . |
| 11 | The group came even closer to a Top 40 spot with their next single , ‘ Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now ? ’ . |
| 12 | Hourly electric trains connect London to the U.K. 's Northern Capital in under two hours , whilst the regional attractions of York and Harrogate rest even closer to hand . |
| 13 | Filled with the devil , Perdita swung Hermia even closer to the boards , so the ponies ' nearside hooves were scraping the paint off , and Paul , who 'd been instructed to mark Perdita at all costs , stayed with her . |
| 14 | But , as she stretched out a hand to stroke the mare , Maldita moved even closer to Luke , flattening her ears and lashing out at Perdita protectively with a hind leg . |
| 15 | Others did worry , though , and agreed with Leverrier that there must be a planet even closer to the Sun than Mercury ; the gravitational tug of this hypothetical planet — which Leverrier christened Vulcan — could cause the anomalous advance of Mercury 's perihelion . |
| 16 | Even closer to home is the enchanting beauty of the Craigendarroch Country Estate . |
| 17 | You and your family could be enjoying the delights of Bermuda , Florida and Disneyland , Australia and its Great Barrier Reef , or the exotic mysteries of Thailand with its capital Bangkok , the ancient worlds of Greece and Egypt , or you can travel even closer to home in the UK . |
| 18 | It would be easy for Therapy ? to fling back the prison door and let this crazy loose to wreak havoc but , to their credit , they resist this temptation and push your nose even closer to the bars , where the full extent of their character 's madness is revealed through a wiry guitar drone and , especially effective this , a sudden swarm of string arrangement . |
| 19 | There is a version in the Bargello even closer to ours , and I 'd love to have the opportunity to examine and show all three together ’ . |
| 20 | The Santa Cruz Operation Inc is sidling up even closer to Compaq Computer Corp , following the signing of a worldwide OEM agreement which will see Compaq putting all SCO products through its marketing channels for the first time . |
| 21 | It was close enough to London , and even closer to some of the Company in person . |
| 22 | Putting her contribution even closer to J 's preceding remarks , K makes her comments about her father relate to his ‘ starting ’ work and so comparable to J's started and when my time was out . |
| 23 | Thompson approaches even closer to pluralism . |
| 24 | As David 's nose nuzzled the back of her neck , Clare had an overwhelming need to be even closer to him . |
| 25 | The foam on the back is thinner than that used on the front , the intention being to allow slalom paddlers ( who are good enough ) to pass even closer to the poles . |
| 26 | ‘ Even closer to the prototype . |
| 27 | What the Commission has to do now there is a new article in the Maastricht treaty is to ensure that its practice complies with it and that it does not encourage the drafting of legislation or the working out of projects on matters that can perfectly well be dealt with by member states , or even closer to the citizen , and that applies to English and French cheeses . |
| 28 | Admittedly nerves were strained to breaking point and great passions aroused , yet what mattered in the longer run was the extent to which it caused the British to decide to draw even closer to the United States . |
| 29 | In the end it was David who spoke first , drawing her even closer to him and pulling the duvet round them both . |
| 30 | 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 . |