Sentence examples for nearly allowed from inspiring English sources

This progress nearly allowed him to contest the convention.

"House Republicans have returned to Washington with the same confrontational tone they left with when they nearly allowed the payroll tax and unemployment insurance to expire".

"The Colonel" describes a man who very nearly allowed Presley's recording of "Suspicious Minds" to be erased because he didn't control publishing rights to the song.

A showdown over the debt ceiling expected in late February could also damage business confidence, as it did the last time Congress nearly allowed a default on the nation's debts in August 2011.

The Central Division-leading Bucks led almost the entire game, trailing just once, at 36-35, although Sacramento's tenacious defense nearly allowed it to overcome a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit.

Then Rivera walked a batter, tossed a wild pitch and nearly allowed the go-ahead run before a dazzling defensive play by Gerald Williams and Jorge Posada rescued him.

It nearly allows Ideye in.

57 min: Lahm plays a poor ball back to his keeper, very nearly allowing Defoe to nick in, just to the left of goal, 12 yards out.

Rusbridger described the UK's current competition and plurality framework as muddled – preventing the Kent Messenger Group from buying seven local papers while nearly allowing the biggest media company in Britain to double in size.

Laws nearly everywhere allow for the seizure and destruction of dogs that attack people or animals.

The Vancouver goalie was nearly perfect, allowing only one Rangers goal the entire game.