Sentence examples for faced close from inspiring English sources

The district has faced close calls.

They faced close questioning from the bench about their sobriety, mental fitness, free will and understanding of the charges.

There is no doubt that when Greek government bonds became worthless and were restructured, the banks, which had loaded up on the bonds at the government's urging, faced close to 40 billion euros in losses.

Osborne faced close questioning from both wings of the party about the measures that some MPs fear will be seen to be hitting the "working strivers" that the Tories promised to help at the election.

Administration officials and industry executives appeared confident that they would win Congressional approval for a large bailout, although the proposal still faced close scrutiny from a group of the industry's critics on Capitol Hill, notably Senator Fritz Hollings, Democrat of South Carolina and the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.

He said the cost of providing armed police bodyguards faced close scrutiny.

No Houston hitter has ever faced closer Bobby Jenks, one of the hardest throwers in baseball.

Hearing that San Cristóbal faced closing unless it found €4,000, or $5,176, Raúl wrote the check that settled the debt.

Cambridge officials say a new company is taking over a landmark Harvard Square newsstand that had faced closing.

Their offshore tax avoidance proposals face close scrutiny however.

Either deal would also face close scrutiny from regulators.