in near or far future vs in the near or far future

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• To the extent that you can equalize the amount of detail that people put into the mental representations of near and far future, people begin to make decisions about the two in the same way.
• We cry, people die, near or far.
• Other victims spread around, near or far.
• But it is in their nature to betray men, whether near or far.
• Though we'll be near or far It's too strong for me, sir.
• We must ensure that Europe is a recognised space, where it is possible to come and go without interference, on good terms with third countries near or far.
• One of the problems with making decisions about the far future and the near future is that we imagine the near future much more vividly than the far future.
• "Never let a Harker cry, lest near or far people die."
• 'offshore wind energy' means the electric power generated from turbine engines powered by wind and situated in the sea, whether near or far from the shore;
• Only time keeps running into the far future.
• I'll conclude with a striking implication of all these ideas for the very far future.
• In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.
• Lets me talk to my descendants in the far future.
• In the far future space wars may be beyond human beings and machines.
• I worked at Philips Electronics in the far-future design research lab, looking 20 years into the future.
• So astronomers in the far future looking out into deep space will see nothing but an endless stretch of static, inky, black stillness.
• In the far future space wars may be beyond human beings and machines.
• She'll be in a basement near or in the Woolworth Building.
• I said hazardous waste sites near or around the Everglades.
• If the kids are anywhere near Or in the house, we'll find them.

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• To the extent that you can equalize the amount of detail that people put into the mental representations of near and far future, people begin to make decisions about the two in the same way.
• I do not expect this to be possible in the near or distant future.
• Since Yugoslavia fell apart in 1992, attempts have been made to turn Bosnia and Herzegovina into a unitary state, but to no avail. I expect this will not be possible in the near or distant future.
• One of the problems with making decisions about the far future and the near future is that we imagine the near future much more vividly than the far future.
• The action plan should be regarded as a long-term programme which will guide continuous EU action in the near future and in any case far beyond summer 2007.
• We, the European Parliament, have only one option: we must reject these proposals, as we want a broad public debate and we want to use our strengthened rights to support the citizens now, rather than in the near or more distant future.
• It also encourages the Commission to explore, together with the Member States which have so far not ratified the ILO Conventions 97 and 143 on Migrant Workers, possibilities for ratification in the near future.
• As far as it can? No, but I don't think it'll go much further in the near future.
• As far as the institutions to be set up in the near future referred to today are concerned, I am afraid that we will paint ourselves into a corner.
• As far as the Treaty of Prüm is concerned, the Presidency can announce that Finland will take steps to join this Treaty in the near future.
• As far as the Commission is aware, no new date for the conference has yet been fixed, although it is expected to take place in the near future.
• This is a political subject we will have to face in the near future, because the approach and the choices so far made are not satisfactory.
• Remember that when we hold a referendum on this in the near future, the issues we will be asked to decide on will be of far greater complexity and importance than those related to Nice.
• Does the Council intend to take much more far-reaching sanctions against Mugabe and his regime in the near future?
• It can be concluded that at present and in the near future, the by far largest part of EEG electricity is marketed in the regime of statutory payments and via the transmission grid operators.
• The Caspian Sea basin, the Ukraine and the Baltic States will, after all, have a major role to play in the near future: linking Central and Eastern Europe to the high-growth economies of the Far East and South-East Asia.
• I do, however, hope that supporters of far right-wing political parties do not take advantage of this, and that the restrictions that now apply to some Member States will be removed in the near future.
• As you are well aware, both cod stocks in the Baltics suffer from over-exploitation, with the eastern cod stock falling so far below safe biological limits that it may be in risk of collapse in the near future.
• Co-operation agreement with the EU's new neighbours to the East would be strengthened in the near future, he said.
• He hoped that the implementation of these recommendations would prevent more Erika and Prestige disasters in the near future.