1.   At the upper end they are closer to those of the elderly, at the lower end to those of young people.

2.   At this point, the investigators were closer to the truth than they realized.

3.   Ben, an awkward adolescent, is closer to being a successfully evolved man than the grown ones he encounters.

4.   Black-and-white pictures that are closer to exalted family snapshots than art photography open the exhibition.

5.   But under the arcane House rules that applied, the outcome actually was much closer.

6.   Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert.

7.   His next guess was closer to the mark.

8.   I think daytime television is closer to the street, more irreverent than any other spot on the dial.

9.   If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men.