Sentence examples for final run up from inspiring English sources

Alex Marsh, managing director of Close Brothers Retail Finance, said: "The final run up to Christmas may prove more difficult than usual for retailers as they battle low consumer confidence amid increasing inflation and a squeeze on wages". Black Friday is an import from the US, where it takes place on the day after Thanksgiving and is regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping period.

It was, in short, the final run up to the release of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

The final run up to the vote is steeped in emotion; such is the nature of national identity.

"Closer" finally went quiet in the final run-up to the election.

In Manchester, Richard Paxton, the general manager of the Trafford Centre, reported "increased sales levels" in the final run-up to Christmas.

Several sources say it was only in the final run-up to this year's election that a schism seemed to develop.

But, even in the final run-up to the referendum (or after it, if need be), parliament should give firm reassurances to former Baathists that only those with blood on their hands have anything to fear.

By the time November rolls around, it's possible that the dueling moments on Friday will have been forgotten amid the hype over national political conventions, Mr. Romney's vice-presidential pick, three debates and the final run-up to Election Day.

Publication of opinion polls is forbidden in the last 10 days of the campaign, so outsiders have a hard time judging the impact of these issues in the final run-up to election today, which has just dawned in Taiwan.

Short's diary shows in the final run-up to war Blair persuaded her not to resign and repeatedly stated that Bush had promised it would be the UN, not the American-led occupying coalition, which would supervise the reconstruction of Iraq.

Investors are bracing for more choppy trading on financial markets in the final run-up to the EU referendum after Brexit jitters knocked the pound to a seven-week low, dented share prices and fuelled demand for safer assets such as bonds and gold.