Sentence examples for near among from inspiring English sources

PARIS — François Fillon, the French prime minister, suggested Thursday that a deal was near among developed countries, including the United States, to tap strategic petroleum reserves to reduce gasoline prices.

The Agricultural Revolution and plant domestication in the Near East (among its components) have fascinated generations of scholars.

Toru Takemitsu's A Way a Lone was the nearest among them to a contemporary classic, and has been part of the Arditti's huge repertory for many years.

The issue seems hot and contested – which should be enough to build buzz – but in reality, there's near consensus among the tastemakers that brands seek to activate.

There was near unanimity among the politicians that the only way left to preserve the fragile government was some action by the I.R.A. to begin disarming.

That attack killed at least 28 people and incited a near riot among survivors who threw stones at the police, blaming them for lax security.

The near unanimity among political leaders left intelligence leaders striking an increasingly lonely defence of the practices at a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Gingrich Dec. 6, 2011 Immigration There is a near consensus among Republicans on the need for more border security, but disagreement on the specifics.

Somewhat rarely, there is near consensus among them on what that growth in property prices will be - about 4%.

In many cities, public transport was brought to a near standstill, among them Porto Alegre, Salvador and Belo Horizonte.

There is near unanimity among active climate scientists that climate change is happening and that humans are causing it.