Sentence examples for close to authorizing from inspiring English sources

Patrick G. Ryan, Chicago's bid leader, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that the City Council was close to authorizing the mayor's pledge and that the organizers had arranged for up to $2 billion in private insurance.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pushed hard in 2008 for New York City to put a congestion pricing plan into effect, but opposition was fierce from those living or working in other boroughs, and the state Legislature never came close to authorizing the plan.

Congress came close last month to authorizing federal grants for drug treatment alternatives on that model.

The arrival of new troops would lift the United Nations mission's military strength in Sierra Leone close to the authorized ceiling of 11,700, from 8,936 reported today.

In some instances, the unauthorized text is notably closer to the authorized text when certain minor actors are onstage than at other times, suggesting that these actors may have been involved in a memorial reconstruction.

A person close to Viacom not authorized to discuss the lawsuit for attribution pointed out distributors' large profits and called the support for Cablevision a public relations stunt.

But Gumpert had ambitions for a bigger job at another company, according to a person close to Sony not authorized to comment.

The issue has potential implications for the EU-US Privacy Shield datransferfer arrangement which currently enables close to 1,500 companies to authorize personal data transfers between Europe and the US.

Lyft filed to raise as much as $1 billion earlier this month, authorizing close to 37 million shares at a price of around $26.79.

While Genzyme's board has had no major disagreements so far, directors close to the company's chief, Henri A. Termeer, are less inclined to authorize a sale than those close to those investors, these people said.

22 Orchestra Closer to a Strike Representatives for musicians with the Philadelphia Orchestra voted to authorize a strike, edging closer to action that would scuttle the start of the ensemble's 105th season.