Sentence examples for near when from inspiring English sources

Stiliyan Petrov, 32, was nowhere near when Reactor No. 4 exploded.

"The time is very near when our fidaeen will attack the American states in their major cities," he said, referring to suicide fighters.

Ray Kurzweil, the author of "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology," believes that we're close to unlocking the key to immortality.

Kurzweil, author of "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology," may be best known as a polymath inventor and futurist, but he's really a cyborg sent back from the year 2029 to save humanity from the nature-nurture debate.

Swann run out (Patel) 5 Graeme Swann sets off from the non-strikers end and is, of course, nowhere near when the ball is padded back to the bowler.

Following the publication of his 2005 book, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, Kurzweil has become known, above all, as a technology speculator whose predictions have polarised opinion – from stone-cold scepticism and splenetic disagreement to dedicated hero worship and admiration.

Webster paints Paracelsus as a "religious and social controversialist," and argues that the diverse strands of his thought were unified by his belief that the end of time was near, when, he imagined, the demise of physical suffering would obviate the need for medical intervention.

There have been tense situations on the streets of Cleveland when Jones was nowhere near: when a dozen activists yelled "Fuck the police!" at a line of cops and an atmosphere of general posturing ensued, or when protesters tried to burn two American flags and possibly set someone's pants on fire instead.

The name of the university comes from a Ray Kurzweil book, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.

Look for the time, and the time may be near, when the time for stocks to be bought will be here.

God seemed very near when we sang that piece of music.