Sentence examples for approving almost from inspiring English sources

In fact the opposite is true, councils are approving almost half a million more houses than are being built, and this gap is increasing.

The financial pressure on Italy is rising, and despite approving almost $70 billion in spending cuts and tax increases last month, politicians say the country needs to pass new austerity measures as soon as September.

An annual scorecard issued by New York League of Conservation Voters, an environmental group, gives the council a score of 90 out of a possible 100 for approving almost a dozen bills in 2010 and 2011 that promote sustainability.

The executive, Josef Ackermann, and five others were being retried on charges of breach of trust in approving almost 60 million euros ($79 million) of payments to executives of Mannesmann after it was bought by Vodafone.

Critics note that the court has approved almost all of the government's surveillance requests.

In the past year alone, the committee has approved almost 60 new jobs for former ministers.

Foundation representatives said the board approved almost $5 million in initial grants at its October meeting.

Comment about the SST--supersonic transport--for which the House of Rep. approved almost 3 million dollars in the transportation budget for fiscal 1971.

Although the federal government approved almost $60 billion in aid for the region, thousands of homeowners have seen barely a trickle.

The matter is usually approved almost automatically, but that is not likely to be the case this year.

One Saturday Mr. Jutting, 51, typed an online application at the PeopleFirst.com Web site and was approved almost instantly.