Sentence examples for close to last from inspiring English sources

Rabe said that Hacking Team works to "prevent abuse in ways that no other company in our business comes close to". Last month, the company announced it is complying with a European Union agreement that controls the export of its type of software.

Skiing close to last, Klammer gave one of the most thrilling performances in the history of the Olympic Games.

The Mets, undistinguished in an arguably mediocre National League East, are almost as close to last place as to first.

They considered acquiring Wilcox close to last season's trading deadline, but they were not aggressive in their pursuit.

But they already trail first-place Florida by five games and are twice as close to last place as they are to first.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has dismissed the prospect of the new Formula One season witnessing anything close to last year's return of seven different winners from the first seven races.

American Express defines typical business fares as the standard rate "basically the sticker price, the lowest economy-class fare available" at close to last-minute purchase, said Don Munro, an American Express spokesman.

Yanks, like virtually every other big-league team trying for second place, is closer to last than first.

Instead, those wins looked like their high point as they have fallen closer to last place than to first.

The Mets were picked to finish fourth, and that is exactly where they stand, closer to last place than first.

It may wind up mattering to the Knicks, who find themselves closer to last place than a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.