It took IBM four years to develop software that barely approaches the capability of the human brain, and even that's clunky at best.
That just barely approaches equalising what we're up against.
But the two peaked too soon last night, showing they had barely approached the summit in their careers.
Bridesmaids has been celebrated and lambasted in equal measure – heralded as anything from a "giddy feminist manifesto" to barely approaching "quasi feminist".
Even the newest motion control technologies are barely approaching that level.
She wore nude stockings rolled to the knee, tiny pearl earrings and was barely approaching 4'11".
The combined value of the objects would barely approach $5 and the novelty factor became less anticipating than a gumball machine.
While the general public is barely approaching majority support for outright marijuana legalization, the public has long held the belief that any punishment for adult marijuana possession should be a fine only.
Hollandsworth, Colorado's left fielder, approached the wall and leapt only to see it barely clear for a solo homer.
