Sentence examples for close to building from inspiring English sources

— are building or are close to building systems that stretch out to residential areas as well.

A firm appropriately called Poseidon Resources is now close to building the biggest desalination plant in America behind a power station by the beach in Carlsbad.

Ten years ago, the city came close to building its own recycling plants and was developing local markets for the materials.

It was here, in the 1920's, that the structural engineer Gustav Lindenthal came close to building the greatest bridge in the world.

PAPER companies and developers seemed close to building at several points, but ultimately no one was willing to put up the money.

They had read the same essential sources — particularly the work of Philipp Reis, the German physicist who had come startlingly close to building a working telephone back in the early eighteen-sixties.

But will the new course bring Moldova any closer to building a normal economy and government?

In bringing the criminal charge against Mr. Martoma, prosecutors appeared to be moving closer to building a case against Mr. Cohen.

In the ad, Mr. Netanyahu says that while the world waits, Iran gets closer to building a nuclear bomb.

Although the Islamic Republic may be no closer to building the perfect stealth fighter, it is getting better at using Photoshop.

[C4.] HOLY WEB GodTube.com, a YouTube knockoff for the evangelicals, seems closer to building a kingdom on earth.