Sentence examples for close to figures from inspiring English sources

Cardinal Scola, the archbishop of Milan, was said by some to be too close to figures embroiled in an emerging health contracts scandal in the northern city.

Russian media have reported that Ruslan Geremeyev, a Chechen close to figures around Putin's man in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was a major suspect.

Critics say Cameron was far too close to figures at Murdoch's British newspaper arm News International and assiduously courted them in his drive to become Prime Minister.

It was 5% over the last 10-year period, close to figures reported by specialised teams.

A ratio of 248 physicians per 100,000 population is rather close to figures reported in the United States and OECD countries (Table 9).

Survival in England and Wales is still lower than, although close to, figures reported from other western European countries (Sant et al, 2003).

"We are this close to figuring out what Paltalk is".

"No one has come remotely close to figuring out what we're doing," he said.

I think we are getting close to figuring out what a sport is.

How modafinil works is not known exactly, though Cephalon says it is close to figuring it out.

In an interview after the hearing, Senator Edwards said, "My impression is that they are not that close to figuring out the answer to these questions".