Sentence examples for close to overriding from inspiring English sources

He said the privileges that an inmate lost in refusing to participate, including limitations on television, visitors and work opportunities, were relatively mild and did not "even come close" to overriding an inmate's will.

Thanks to groups like Families USA and the Children's Health Fund, Congress is getting closer and closer to overriding the President's veto -- and children of hard working American families are getting closer to receiving affordable health care through SCHIP.

Even if Republicans were to regain both the House of Representatives and the Senate this November, nobody thinks they will come close to holding enough seats to override a presidential veto.

And it's out of the mainstream -- and at odds with Republican preference for government closest to the people -- to override local government efforts to limit sprawl and protect drinking water, as Governor Bush did by veto, or to side with gun makers against local attempts to hold them accountable for harm done.

If it does, it seems the imperative of keeping close to the Americans is overriding.

Significant others were not always those living closest; a trusting relationship often seemed to override distance, helped by the comparative ease of telephone and internet communication.

The governor again responded by vetoing most of those increases, but the Assembly and the Senate came together to override his vetoes during the frantic closing days of the session.

Until he was elected, Mr. Lindsay was co-chairman of the Labor-Religion Coalition, where he developed close relationships with some of the religious leaders spearheading the push to override Mr. Gaffney's veto.

UBS executives suspect that his knowledge of the bank's computer systems and protocols enabled him to override the internal controls that would have caught his trading, a person close to the bank said.

To override this instinct, the weapons in Battlefront encourage players to get up close.

The motion to override now passes to the House, where a vote is expected to be close.