Sentence examples similar to had finished closing from inspiring English sources

The observation in AfUGMN207A that the 180s flap is fully closed while the 200s flap is semiclosed supports the idea that the 180s flap achieves the closed conformation before the 200s flap has finished closing, although we acknowledge that mutational analysis of 180s flap is needed to further support this hypothesis.

No opponent has finished closer than 10 points during the streak.

The first two home are both trained by John Kiely and I am convinced the second horse would have finished closer with a more forceful ride.

Walk In The Park, tipped each-way in last Saturday's Derby at 14-1, was a running-on second to the Epsom winner Motivator and would have finished closer had he been ridden from nearer the pace.

I have finished close to Valentino Rossi in all three races and have read about how he is my benchmark and how we want to beat each other more than anyone else, but that's not true.

We are hoping we go there with a good chance". Module opposes Somersby again, having finished close behind the gelding at Cheltenham last month and in November's Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter.

I've finished close to DFL (dead effing last in race speak) and everywhere in between.

HONG KONG — If you're worried about China overtaking the United States as one of the world's leading innovators, consider this: While Americans mourned the passing of Steve Jobs last month, the Chinese had just finished closing near-perfect copies of Apple retail outlets in the southwestern city of Kunming.

Bradley had finished his closing round of two-under 68 with a par at No. 18, dropping into a squat and hopping a few times in frustration when his 10-foot birdie chance slid by the hole.

Eric Hauser, Mr. Bradley's press secretary, called a news conference yesterday morning to say that Mr. Bradley had finished a close second in Sunday's Democratic caucuses in Maine.

The buzz that keeps jockeys hooked and drags them from their beds to ride work every morning radiated from Victoria Pendleton here on Monday after she had finished a close second on her first ride as a fully fledged jockey.