Sentence examples for delegate close to from inspiring English sources

Zalmai Rassoul, a delegate close to the king, said he was optimistic about the way the talks were progressing, and Mr. Qanooni said he was more optimistic today than on Wednesday.

Delegates close to Mr. McCall -- which seems to be the majority of them -- say that Mr. Cuomo, who is helping to run Al Gore's presidential campaign in New York, is using the Gore-New York party apparatus to help with his own contacts and political future.

By midnight tonight we will be 103 delegates closer to knowing who the Democratic nominee will be.

Officials said delegates were close to final agreement on the plan, now that a time frame provision had been dropped.

Cruz must know that winning an outright majority of the delegates is close to impossible for him at this point.

Be sure to delegate responsibility as close to the ground as possible, so they can be as reactive and sensitive as possible.

He was not a delegate — not even close to being a superdelegate — and without a floor credential he had all the sway of the junior state senator that he was.

That disparity has fed optimism among Mr. Kerry's advisers, who say the delegate lead is becoming close to insurmountable, since delegates are apportioned based on the vote each candidate receives, rather than winner-take-all.

No record of the voting was published because the deliberations of the 48 member nations' delegates are closed to the news media.

Although Clinton's prospects for getting a majority of delegates moved closer to reality on Tuesday, she still displays weaknesses as a candidate.

Three delegate races remained too close to determine early Wednesday.