Sentence examples for and the nearest thing from inspiring English sources

Which brings us to Cambridge, Marshall's alma mater and the nearest thing Europe has to Silicon Valley.

But at least Yoda is 900 years old, and the nearest thing to a safe bet that Star Wars has.

But I was an 11-plus failure and the nearest thing to what I was interested in was the police".

The shoes were metallic wedges and the nearest thing to a Burberry bag was its check pattern inserted into gilded leather.

Albuquerque, the largest city with 40% of the population, and the nearest thing to a Sun Belt boom town: high-tech, suburban and evenly divided.

Attacking his most powerful minister, and the nearest thing he has to an anointed successor, is much easier.Since the accusation against her is indirect, Ms Rousseff is likely to survive.

It was called domestic rates and was the nearest thing we had to a wealth tax.

Bells is perhaps the most successful track – and also the nearest thing on the album to an instrumental.

For years and years the nearest thing you could get to Japanese food in Cork was Wagamama.

He entered the N.F.L. two years before Hill and was the nearest thing that Hill, an only child, had to a big brother.

Revelations over the extent of sexual abuse by predatory priests have undermined the moral authority of the Catholic hierarchy and overturned the nearest thing Europe had to a theocracy.