Sentence examples for close to agreements from inspiring English sources

But the governor, Mr. Bruno and Mr. Silver appeared less close to agreements on other issues, most notably the property tax cap that Mr. Paterson had proposed.

Senator John Edwards, Democrat of North Carolina and one of the bill's sponsors, said lawmakers were close to agreements on other difficult issues, including the relationship between new federal standards and existing state laws.

"We are close to agreement," he said.

Each time they get close to agreement, something happens to thwart agreement.

Negotiators are close to agreement on the financial terms of a new labor deal.

Mr Abbas came close to agreement with Ehud Olmert, a former Israeli leader, at least on borders.

But EU sources sounded confident that they were getting close to agreement.

Several diplomats said the Security Council was close to agreement on the terms of the plan.

We are close to agreement with Guernsey and Isle of Man.

But the news yesterday that the Council members were close to agreement was a good sign.

Dayne Is Close to Agreement Ron Dayne, the Giants' top draft pick, is close to agreeing on contract terms.