Sentence examples for close to granting from inspiring English sources

The Anti-Federalists, who believed that the Constitution came dangerously close to granting the President autocratic powers, had, he knew, valid concerns.

Demetrios G. Papademetriou, who studied the 1986 amnesty at the Labor Department in the first Bush administration, said he was encouraged when he heard that the Senate was close to granting legal status to illegal workers.

Those closest to Grant couldn't make up their minds if his propensity for sullen, silent brooding indicated that he was taking in everything or nothing.

In addition we are close to being granted a patent covering the broad navigation paradigm of hierarchical 3D space".

Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has warned Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, that the White House is close to refusing to grant an interview with the president.

As the Bush presidency drew to a close, the inability to grant more pardons continued to vex White House officials.

Granted, it is convenient for him to work close to home and granted still that Clemens will get to pitch with his buddy Andy Pettitte, but can't people just retire anymore?

The government is very close to deciding whether to grant the first licenses for commercial space flights carrying passengers, the chief commercial space regulator said on Monday.

[C13.] New Phase for Space Flights The government is "very close" to deciding whether to grant the first licenses for commercial space flights that carry passengers, the chief commercial space regulator said on Monday.

Anti-Syrian Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's government is under intense pressure from the militant Hezbollah group, which has close ties to Syria and Iran, to grant the group more power or face street protests.

Allotment holders won an appeal against the council's first plan last August, when Communities Secretary Eric Pickles reversed his original decision to grant permission to close the allotments.