Sentence examples for close to declaration from inspiring English sources

The lead has just jumped to 305, and if these two carry on as they have been, we'll be close to declaration territory before too long.

"I'm very likely to ride Shutthefrontdoor but I won't commit finally until close to declaration time [9 April] - there is plenty of time yet for something to go wrong," said McCoy.

The trainer still has Pinzolo entered for the Derby but a decision about his participation (and jockey plans, if necessary) will be made closer to declaration time on Thursday.

PARIS, Dec. 7 — For the secular French state, the attack by the country's Roman Catholic hierarchy comes close to a declaration of war.

This declaration is close to the ground zero of modernist abstraction.

Certainly the short note added substance to his earlier declaration: "I'm close to the big four-oh.

But current legislation doesn't get close to safeguarding these economic rights because the UN declaration has no influence on the legislative programme of member states.

Thus close to 90% of Trump supporters already accept Mr. Trump's declaration that the election will be rigged against him.

Through more than seven years in office Mr. Chen has inched closer and closer to a formal declaration of independence without actually changing the island's Constitution, flag or legal name, the Republic of China.

"That declaration should have been made sooner, but even so, the current situation in DRC is nowhere close to that.

A1 The mistrial declaration was a frustrating result for the jurors, who after 11 days of sometimes acrimonious deliberations had come very close to a verdict.