Sentence examples for close less from inspiring English sources

Yet labor agreements restrict its ability to lay people off or quickly close less efficient plants.

The new rules will close less than two-thirds of the gap; general spending will have to fill the rest.

Although the government wants to close less efficient smelters to save energy, local officials, keen to preserve growth and jobs, are slow to follow its edicts.

The opposing trenches have moved so close — less than 40 yards in some places — that soldiers on both sides sometimes hurl rocks at each other.

And several Internet companies listed on Nasdaq have filed for bankruptcy or announced plans to close less than two years after first selling shares to the public.

A US naval officer reported that Russian ships, too, had come "uncomfortably close" – less than a mile from the Nato flotilla.

If coal continues to struggle, Soros could push them to close less-profitable mines and producing less coal from more efficient sources.

It closed less than two months later.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed less than a point lower.

Level Global closed less than a year after Petershill bought a stake.

Sunriver, a neighboring community, is closer, less than 10 miles away.