Sentence examples for close to approaching from inspiring English sources

He has hit 20 home runs in each of his seasons in Chicago but has never come close to approaching his 2006 numbers.

Last year the prime minister of Belize referred to a "particular individual" who "is very close to approaching acquiring the status of an enemy of the people".

In March the prime minister referred mysteriously to a "particular individual" who "is very close to approaching acquiring the status of an enemy of the people".

Even in the 25-year-old's dramatic life to date, he has not had a five-day spell remotely close to approaching this one.

He handled the New Orleans Saints bounty case with the kind of common sense, reasonable judgment and shrewd desire to wrap everything up in a nice, neat bow that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell never came close to approaching.

There are some models and forecasters indicating the snow line currently about 90 miles north of New York City per the HPC might come close to approaching New York.

Right now he is the closest to approaching what Dan Clowes was achieving with Eightball in terms of making a perfectly crafted and designed comic book.

These changes move journal peer-review methods closer to approaches used by GLP.

By early 2009 many were close to zero, approaching what economists call the "zero lower bound".

Australia's Annette Edmondson, Melissa Hoskins and Josephine Tomic went out fast, leading by close to 1.5sec approaching half-distance.

All business transportation should be evaluated based on how close it comes to approaching this ideal.