Sentence examples for came even close from inspiring English sources

It was a formula that many choreographers imitated, but few came even close to achieving.

But because no other crop came even close to the value of poppies, we needed the threat of eradication to force farmers to accept less-lucrative alternatives.

"They asked me to come up with some alternate titles, and I did, but none of them came even close to 'Love Monkey,"' he said.

In fact, it reported that none of the vote turnouts for the three main public-sector unions involved – the GMB, Unison and Unite – came even close to the threshold.

In recent interviews with nearly a dozen of the two men's political and personal associates, no one came even close to suggesting that the elder Mr. Bush was trying to mold his son's candidacy and act the part of a political Pygmalion.

No chief executive of a traditional Wall Street investment bank came even close.

Bert Blyleven came even closer, with 400.

And sometimes, the war came even closer.

Under the RF, government policies came even closer to those in South Africa.

Later in life, when Brassai tried his hand at color photography, these "Graffiti" came even closer to abstract paintings.

But Iran came even closer to breaking the deadlock, if the trifling matter of an offside flag can be overlooked.