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The doors were closed and the gym was full, its seating capacity stretched close to 1,000 during the junior varsity game.

The associated dead zones stretched close to 650 feet.

Even before the commission's threat to enforce selloffs, BMI's finances have been stretched close to the limit.

If you can think of this style stretched close to three hours without wincing, then "Millie" is your show.

General practice is already stretched close to breaking point so we need to address this as a matter of urgency," he said.

The higher number of children under the microscope bring fresh challenges every day to a child care system already stretched close to the limit.

Ambulance services in England are stretched close to breaking point with three of the country's 10 ambulance trusts declaring themselves under intense pressure over the Christmas period.

With less than a fortnight to go until the scrapping of controls over workers from the two countries coming to Britain, the Government's unity on the issue was stretched close to breaking-point.

Earl succeeded on a grand scale in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of concept cars that often stretched close to 20 feet in length while rising to barely five feet in height.

CARACAS, Venezuela — While dignitaries from around the world attended the funeral of Hugo Chávez on Friday, Angélica Rodríguez stood in a line that stretched close to a mile in hopes of getting a glimpse of him lying in state.

If he's really stretched close to world-record pace, that could have an effect on him".