Sentence examples for close to yes from inspiring English sources

The research is focused mainly on Labour seats in areas that had a yes or close to yes vote in the independence referendum, and finds only the once rock-solid Labour seat of Glasgow North East as likely to stick with the party.

FRESH HANDLER, motioning with her hand to indicate something close to "Yes...I told you this was a stupid idea".: Sort of.

In fact, think of it as one step closer to "yes," because now you know the numbers.

It also seems to have brought Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) closer to yes, though Lee hasn't officially said if he'll support the measure.

There were also some fairly explicit parallels with prostitution drawn this week with Johnson imagining a variety of different answers to last week's proposal and at one point apparently coming close to saying yes in order to keep her job.

That's as close to a "yes" as you'll probably get.

There are hints in the NAS study that some researchers are close to answering yes to that question, e.g., in a passage indicating drug and alcohol problems are associated with "progression to problem gambling and pathological gambling".

Today, the Dutch semiconductor machine maker ASML announced that Samsung would be investing close to $1 billion — yes, more or less the same amount for which the jury in California held it liable over Apple patent violations on Friday — towards R&D and an equity stake in the business.

I was close to 50, and yes, I had been coloring my hair for years, but somehow, I'd always thought that other than that, I was just fine.

"With each "no" I hear I know that I am one step closer to a "yes".

As he often says, "every no gets you closer to a yes".