Sentence examples for close to the present from inspiring English sources
"He was too close to the present war," MacQueen thinks.
The poverty of their circumstances is brought tellingly close to the present day, without being specific.
In this case, the quantity of heat recovered is close to the present Swedish level.
His result for Avogadro's number is remarkably close to the present accepted value of about 6.022 × 1023.
The Holstein and Eemian sea levels were very close to the present water level of the Baltic Sea.
He has already pre-ordained his intended outcome, namely continued membership of the EU on something very close to the present terms.
The latter idea comes close to the present-day description of dynamic equilibrium, or attainment of a steady-state (climax) environment and parallels modern thinking on entropy relationships.
Khrushchev was born in the village of Kalinovka in 1894, close to the present-day border between Russia and Ukraine.
It took place approximately 7 mile northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.
Built in the 1780s in a cottage close to the present-day courthouse, and founded by Thomas Bury (a colliery manager for the 3rd Duke) children were taught by a Luke Lowe, a cooper also in the Duke's employ.
Choosing people closer to the present has proved more difficult.
