Sentence examples for closer to dissolving from inspiring English sources

Taney's hopes of settling the issue lay smashed; if anything, Scott v. Sandford inflamed passions and brought the Union even closer to dissolving.

Former Gov. James E. McGreevey of New Jersey and his estranged wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, settled child custody matters on Thursday as they moved closer to dissolving their marriage, their lawyers said.

General Musharraf came close to dissolving Parliament, diplomats and analysts said, and rumors are circulating that he may still do so on his return from Washington.

Once his party were unionists, now Wales never escapes prime ministerial mention without a sneer; under him Scotland came close to dissolving the United Kingdom.

And Nigeria should be of especial concern, he argues, because it's at the breaking point, as close to dissolving as it has been since the Biafran war ripped it apart in the late 60's.

They aren't close to dissolving and the hardcore members will make sure they are funded forever".

In the early 15th century, France once more came close to dissolving, but in the late 1420s the military successes of Joan of Arc (d.

The relatively lower δ34S values of A. pacifica strongly indicated its incomplete reliance on the photosynthesis-based nutrition that shows relatively uniform δ34S values close to dissolved sulfate and sulfur in seawater (δ34S = +21‰) [44].

Jason Burke's Al-Qaeda (Penguin) is a superb guide to an entity, a structure, that seems to dissolve on close examination.

The Ukrainian ship was hijacked on Sept. 25, hundreds of miles off the pirate-infested coast of Somalia, and a deal seemed tantalizing close several times before, only to dissolve suddenly into recriminations and bitter disputes over money.

The same would happen if lawmakers removed his powers to dissolve Parliament, a close aide said.