Sentence examples for close to doubling from inspiring English sources

Across the time period some locations came close to doubling the Indian capital's average pollution.

Michael Carrick came close to doubling the lead, in a rare moment of direct action from this Van Gaal team.

The prize money of £340,909 comes close to doubling his career earnings from 14 races so far.

We're close to doubling our pass rate and multiplying by a factor of 10 our college-ready rate".

And while Ireland plugged away, searching for an equaliser, Germany came close to doubling their advantage when Carsten Jancker lobbed Shay Given, but the ball landed wide.

However normal service resumed and Anderlecht came close to doubling their lead but Aleksandar Mitrovic's firm header was kept out by Muslera.

Di María came close to doubling their advantage but his long-range attempt shaved Johan Wiland's right post as PSG imposed their possessive pattern on the game.

Within seconds the visitors came close to doubling their advantage via Kieran Gibbs's 30-yard curling effort that crashed back off the crossbar.

Luke Shaw made an overlap the winger ignored before he fired a shot at Ter Stegen that came close to doubling the lead.

Before Macclesfield's equaliser in the 72nd minute, Atdhe Nuhiu had gone close to doubling Wednesday's lead, but his piledriver from six yards was kept out by Rhys Taylor.

Latics midfielder McCarthy went close to doubling the away side's advantage when his 42nd-minute shot from the right-hand side was repelled by Barnsley captain Steele.