Sentence examples for contract is close from inspiring English sources

The contract is close to being completed, but was not done in time for a formal announcement on "Today".

Plus, Kevin Youkilis, the third baseman who was signed to a one-year $12 million contract, is close to returning from a back injury.

So, if a warrant be granted for a tract of land in a specified district without describing it, when the warrantee has selected a tract, the contract is closed, and his right to that tract is absolute.

However, this can be avoided if the position in the futures contract is closed at any point prior to expiration.

Bournemouth manager Paul Groves says the window for midfielder Shaun Cooper to sign a new contract is closing soon.

They also urged that the contract be closed to competition.

Finally in the middle of 1921, the contract was closed, and a neighbor of his undertook to take the piece to the United States inside a pastry.

Over the course of the year, players had grown close to the creators of a club at which most of our contracts were close to complete.

However, the company has been writing to customers whose contracts are close to renewal, informing them that the scheme is being axed and that their contracts will not be renewed.

Also, at Gull's Cove in Jersey City, the developer Dean S. Geibel of Metro Homes, said three contracts were close to being signed — "as in people measuring to see if their furniture would fit" — for penthouses priced around $1 million.

For the Houston-based Arnold Foundation, which according to 2011 tax records has roughly $834 million in assets, a new oversight board and unlimited charter school contracts are close to a prerequisite for any more investment in Texas, said Caprice Young, the foundation's vice president for education and a spokeswoman for Texans Deserve Great Schools.