Sentence examples for notably close to from inspiring English sources

He was notably close to John McGahern, Tom Paulin, Brian Friel and Seamus Deane.

The Yangtze River levee is notably close to the pit, and its deformation caused by dewatering should be controlled.

And typical E values obtained from the three-point bend test were notably close to those obtained from the four-point bend test.

The Moho is shallowest along this zone and brought the upper mantle notably close to the surface, which indicates that it could be comprised of Proto-Oceanic Crustal rocks.

It was found that the load-displacement curves of the three concrete-filled high strength circular steel tubular stub columns were notably close to each other, and the ultimate capacities were approximately 30,000 kN.

The initial discharge capacity of LiFePO4/C microspheres as positive-electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries could reach 165.3 mAh/g at 0.1 C rate, which is notably close to the theoretical capacity of LiFePO4 due to the large BET surface area, which provides for a large electrochemically available surface for the active material and electrolyte.

Belarus moved notably closer to the EU.

In some instances, the unauthorized text is notably closer to the authorized text when certain minor actors are onstage than at other times, suggesting that these actors may have been involved in a memorial reconstruction.

Four times as many Russians volunteered to act as election observers as in December.In Moscow, where Mr Putin got less than 50% of the vote and Mr Prokhorov more than 20%, the official result was notably closer to the figures provided by independent observers than in other parts of the country.

Some Islamist groups, notably those close to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, called for protests against France.

The peshmerga have taken back some towns lost in August, notably Zumar close to the Syrian border, but not Tal Afar and Sinjar where 8,500 Yazidis are still besieged on their mountain top.