Sentence examples for closer to directing from inspiring English sources

But Ms. Poon said the election had one clear result already: "It's moved us closer to directing our resources and focusing our energies to get what we need to stand up against the attacks on pensions and other unfair demands".

The warning brings Mr. Obama, who has brushed aside calls to impose a no-fly zone or to arm the Syrian rebels, a step closer to direct American engagement.

Recent narratives bring Rawls closer to direct democracy as a result of game theory's influence.

With Engage's new service, advertising online is moving closer to direct marketing without losing the benefits of media buying.

He was also close to directing two superhero films but turned down Batman and was replaced on Superman.

She will be the first female director of a mainstream comic book movie in a long time – Patty Jenkins came close to directing 2013's Thor: The Dark World but left to be replaced by Alan Taylor.

Jean-Luc Godard had come close to directing it as his first Hollywood film; by the time the Brazilian director Walter Salles approached Coppola with the ambition to do it in 2007, the original travelling-light encounter with the American road was freighted with all sorts of baggage.

The so-called wine clubs and the wine mail-order business are not affected by these laws because, in states closed to direct shipments, the wines they sell are always "cleared" by one or several retailers.

Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection Area means a habitat protection area of the Gulf of Alaska specified in Figure 5 to this part that is closed to directed fishing for groundfish with trawl gear, except directed fishing for pollock by vessels using pelagic trawl gear.

Modified Gear Trawl Zone means an area of the Bering Sea subarea specified at Table 51 to this part that is closed to directed fishing for groundfish with nonpelagic trawl gear, except by vessels using modified nonpelagic trawl gear meeting the standards at § 679.24(f).

The area closed to directed rajid fishing in 1996 was that south of 51°S.