Example sentences of "to get closer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he seemed to get closer to these seamen because of that . |
| 2 | McLeish , who had a built-in prejudice , well supported by experience , against statements incorporating an appeal to belief , noted dourly that he might at some later stage need to get closer to Yeo Davis 's accounts . |
| 3 | Marie shoved the table aside to get closer to Gazzer . |
| 4 | As it seemed to get closer to reality , I felt myself changing . |
| 5 | This would be likely to include the tracking through services and follow-up of groups of clients , through detailed description and in depth interviewing of professionals , clients , and carers , and would be designed to get closer to measures of quality of care and of outcome . |
| 6 | Anything to get closer to home … stalling tactics … |
| 7 | Either the youngsters have a view of the world that is the complete opposite to that of their seniors , or they decided a man of the church should be left to get closer to the heavens . |
| 8 | I tried to get closer to them . |
| 9 | In her attempt to get closer to her mother she had unknowingly identified with the mother 's way of not explaining anything . |
| 10 | If the surrounding web of reality which we perceive is partly true and partly false , then in order to get closer to the truth some things need to be doubted so that others can properly be believed . |
| 11 | In an interview in 1983 Bishop Peter said : ‘ I have a house full of young people who spend a year with me praying and working in the community to get closer to God , and I let them impinge on my ministry . |
| 12 | Charles Innes , an experienced lawyer who advised Lord Dundas in political matters , had no doubt about the desirability of acting to meet Glassford 's wishes , pointing out that Carrick had not been dismissed for malversation , which would have made reinstatement a difficult matter , but for ‘ some piece of neglect or inattention ’ , and in fact another of Dundas 's correspondents appeared to get closer to the heart of the difficulty when he met with Glassford , reporting that |
| 13 | That 's good news says Pyramid , because SNI is likely to get closer to it in the short term while these issues are being resolved , whatever the eventual outcome . |
| 14 | Family health services authorities have found themselves acting with and on behalf of district health authorities wanting to get closer to general practitioners and to understand better what they want purchased . |
| 15 | Using the work of social anthropologists and social psychologists to get closer to an understanding of the unique parts of Japanese culture , great play has been made of the primacy of group over individual interests . |
| 16 | This rude fellow in the green jacket had an advantage over Lieutenant Stapleton … he seemed able to get closer to Louise without discomfort than he could himself , no doubt because he stank worse than she did . |
| 17 | It was further recognised that project-related work in the library also brought benefits in terms of teacher/pupil interaction and support : you have the opportunity to get closer to them as well … to help them better because you can go round small groups and talk at length while others are getting on with something that you know they are interested in . |
| 18 | She did n't want to get closer to it but there was nothing else she could do . |
| 19 | Every time she vowed to get closer to Matthew , she only succeeded in driving him further away . |
| 20 | At the top of its latest action list is a bunch of measures designed to get closer to real users in order to find out what they really want . |
| 21 | Only once did Tess try to get closer to her husband . |
| 22 | But before I take up that theme let me try to get closer to the ground . |
| 23 | In this new emergency , Lalage looked behind the mask of prosperity and saw a valid reason to get closer to him , yet never to lean or serve . |
| 24 | As she parted her mouth , her tongue parried the thrust of his and her breathing was agitated , almost desperate , as she fought to get closer to him . |
| 25 | ‘ There has been a big drive in the last year to get closer to the travel industry generally , ’ says Bill . |
| 26 | ‘ If the blame is to be laid at anyone 's door , it was simply my over-zealous attempts to get closer to the wildlife . |
| 27 | Now this had happened he would have to try to get closer to her , make a fresh start … |
| 28 | It must come first , and then we can implement it through a sensible reform policy that encourages farmers to get closer to the market , helps them with environmentally friendly farming , does not discriminate against the United Kingdom , helps those in the less-favoured areas and gives early retirement to those who are prepared to restructure their farms . |
| 29 | Finally , farmers must be encouraged to get closer to the marketplace and be market oriented . |
| 30 | This investigation will focus on problems of vocal and instrumental scoring that arise in one representative work , Les nopces de village , and on ways to get closer to establishing the musical forces Lully called upon in 1663 . |