Sentence examples similar to needlessly close to from inspiring English sources

Then Ms. Strout loses track of important parts of her plot while paying needlessly close attention to others, so that the story's latter stages become frustratingly one-note and naïve.

BBC bosses needlessly closed down a channel to make savings when the cash could have been found by making the organisation more efficient, ITV chief executive Adam Crozier said.

For example, there is no way to punish nations that needlessly close borders or curtail trade.

In a more practical sense, however, the singers did seem needlessly endangered when the action took place on the middle plate of the cake stand and they came close to the edge (rehearsal photos show a guardrail).

These important actions would prevent close to five million hardworking immigrants -- some of whom have been in this country for decades -- from being needlessly torn from their homes, jobs, communities, and families.

Sure enough, it was not long before Cynthia McKinney, a Democrat member of Congress, pointed a finger at Carlyle, noting in an interview that "persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war" and that, despite "numerous warnings", they did not alert the "people of New York who were needlessly murdered".

Some people have accused the F.D.A. of causing the shortages, saying overzealous enforcement and poor communication have led plants to close needlessly or to slow production.

With today's high fuel costs, sending empty ships across the world for dismantling is needlessly expensive, especially if it can be done closer to home.

Voters will not want to go back needlessly to conditions in 2001.

Sending them to Nauru will needlessly expose them to a life of physical and emotional trauma.

Keeping Russian warheads intact leaves them needlessly vulnerable to diversion.