Sentence examples for close to devising something from inspiring English sources
Still, as Dahl notes, the framers came close to devising something akin to it: not once but three times, the Constitutional Convention voted to have the Chief Magistrate chosen by Congress outright.
If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close to a universal digital public library.
He came as close as he ever has to losing the wholesale support of congressional Democrats, and was forced to devise something between a fix and an alibi, giving state insurance commissioners the power to choose whether people can hold on to existing plans for another year.
They should use it to devise something better.The problem is that European leaders seem to like their handiwork.
After his recent failure, Homer tries to devise something groundbreaking, after hearing of Christo's art.
According to them, the notion of devising something like R sprang up during a hallway conversation.
To get away with that they needed to actively list it as an "homage" or devise something entirely their own.
