Sentence examples for close to a case from inspiring English sources

NEW DELHI — Four men were convicted of all charges on Tuesday in the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman who was attacked when she boarded a bus here in December, bringing a bitter close to a case that broke open the subject of sexual violence in this rapidly changing society.

NEW ORLEANS — In a verdict that brought a decisive close to a case that has haunted this city since most of it lay underwater nearly six years ago, five current and former New Orleans police officers were found guilty on all counts by a federal jury on Friday for shooting six citizens, two of whom died, and orchestrating a wide-ranging cover-up in the hours, weeks and years that followed.

One of the characters gets in trouble for being "too close" to a case.

But this seething mass of frustrations who grabs at whatever she imagines might gratify her romantic fantasies is closer to a case study.

Yet every snapping twig brought me closer to a case of the yips.

The two samples placed closest to a case sample were selected as control samples matched by date- and place of birth.

He warned that it was "naïve" to think of Hurricane Katrina -- the costliest hurricane in U.S. history -- "as anything close to a worst-case event".

Now, imagine that events veer toward something close to a worst case.

Second, more mendaciously, excluding specific black jurors because of a perception of blacks generally is as close to a textbook case of racism as exists.

"It's definitely not anything close to a cold case".

For Pfizer, which makes Celebrex and Bextra, this is close to a best-case scenario.