Sentence examples for grande close from inspiring English sources

The ancestor of today's elephants, stegomastodons are older than woolly mammoths; this particular one would have fed along the ancient Rio Grande, close to where it was discovered.

The penitentiary in Campo Grande, close to the border with Bolivia and Paraguay, is a Maximum Security Federal prison, one of four special facilities built in some of the farthest-flung parts of this vast country.

In what may have been the most powerful moment of the show, Grande closed out the show by singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" alone onstage.

Higher Education and Research Minister François Goulard recently proposed, in an article published in French newspaper Le Monde, bringing universities and Grandes Ecoles closer together.

The Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport in Moroni on Grande Comore was closed for about 24 hours due to the storm.

However, there is significant retail leakage to Grande Prairie, the closest major Alberta city, where there is no provincial tax on retail purchases, while British Columbia charges 7%.

The islands Guillou, Mayes and Australia are close to Grande Terre (< 500 m) and initial colonization might have occurred by animals that drifted there, or were transported by humans.

She has also chosen a running mate – Beto Albuquerque, a congressman from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul – who has close ties to agribusiness.

Galapagos Art Space, the grande dame of Williamsburg venues, closed earlier this year to prepare for a move to Dumbo.

The finale of the evening was "DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse," a large-scale closer that Mr. Wheeldon created for the Royal Ballet in 2006.

In Cornelius, a half-hour drive from downtown Portland, Grande Foods, an independent grocer, closed shortly after Walmart opened a new store, in 2010, and its owner called the increased competition too much to bear.