Sentence examples for close to split from inspiring English sources

Opinions on the original travel ban are close to split, with 44percentt approving and 46percentt disapproving.

They're close to split, 35percentto31percentcent, on whether Congress should prioritize investigating Russia's role in the election or the leaking of classified information about that role to journalists.

This, in a country which has been close to split down the middle politically for a generation, and in a year when the opposition was not only more radical than ever, but more passionate as well.

It's a high-stress, adrenaline-pumping method, because you need to take the mixture close to splitting.

Smith's punch, which resulted in a two-game suspension, never came close to splitting the locker room.

Although Viacom, which owns 82percentt of Blockbuster, has declined to comment, several people close to the company say it is close to splitting off the unit.

Another student, also stuck in Beijing, said he was close to splitting with his wife, who is at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Dropped by 679 Recordings after poor sales of their second album, Mackem quartet the Futureheads came close to splitting up, but instead applied their work ethic, regrouped, and formed their own label for album number three.

Although Viacom, which owns 82percentt of Blockbuster, has declined to comment, several people close to the company say it is close to splitting off the unit, and the most realistic plan would be to let Viacom shareholders swap their Viacom shares for Blockbuster shares in some fixed ratio.

Or, it could have always been a solitary, barely compacted collection of rubble that came close to splitting in two when it spun too fast.

By this point, there was a lot of tension within the band enough that they were close to splitting.