Sentence examples for close to forging from inspiring English sources

Under Mr Netanyahu, backroom coalition contacts between the two parties came close to forging an alliance.

DALLAS — A lockout on March 4 is not inevitable if the N.F.L. and the players union are close to forging a new collective bargaining agreement, Jeff Pash, the lead negotiator for the league, said Wednesday.

The PPP won 233 seats and seemed close to forging a ruling coalition.Acknowledging concerns about the environment, China's government announced that from June shops would be banned from handing out free plastic bags.Mikheil's momentMikheil Saakashvili narrowly won re-election as president of Georgia.

The Telegraph said the Inception and Batman director had come "agonisingly close to forging his masterpiece".

Later as he drove down the street, Bennett said he hopes the group is close to forging a stronger connection with Nancy.

I haven't written the tick-tock and couldn't even if I knew it, which I don't, which is a major reason why I don't -- that and extreme irritation at the repetitive nonsense that passes for politics in certain quarters in recent years -- but Brown seems to have come close to forging a deal before.

The addition of TIM would add $18 billion to the price, which Olivetti is already hard pushed to find.Gucci agreed to re-open talks with LVMH, but there was little sign that the two luxury-goods makers are any closer to forging a trading alliance.

What these critics missed was how close negotiators came to forging a sound agreement.

Earlier today, Mr. Barak said he was closer than ever to forging a political deal with Ariel Sharon, the Likud leader.

Are European parties no closer than ever to forging a crisp, common identity?On one measure, the coherence of ideas, convergence is elusive.

He drove his team 80 yards in the closing minutes to forge a tie.