Sentence examples for close to carrying from inspiring English sources
Yet, they still didn't come close to carrying the state.
No stateside music festival since has come close to carrying Woodstock's culturally significant weight.
In fact, only one has come close to carrying the label as the gold standard of American soccer: Landon Donovan.
She said: "The pair had been very close to carrying out an attack, all they required was to purchase the chemicals to make a detonator.
As army chief in 1996, he came close to carrying out a coup.Slinking outThailand's prime minister, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, resigned as his country continued to be shaken by South-East Asia's economic crisis.
The group became known as the Toronto 18. Justice Fletcher Dawson ruled that despite his leadership role, Mr. Ahmad was not very effective and he and his associates never came close to carrying out any of his threatened attacks.
New York has moved a step closer to carrying out the statewide teacher evaluation system it promised two years ago.
Mr. Putin's action, just before national elections, moved Russia a step closer to carrying out its threat to stop abiding by the accord on Dec. 12.
Thanks to an agreement brokered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York has moved a step closer to carrying out the statewide teacher evaluation system it promised two years ago in return for $700 million from the federal Race to the Top education program.
In the second generation, selective pressure increases because the population size is closer to carrying capacity.
