Sentence examples for operation was close from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, the Reuters report suggested that the Saudi operation was close to its conclusion.

Though eventually successful, the salvage operation was close to floundering on two occasions; first when one of the supporting legs of the lifting frame was bent and had to be removed and later when a corner of the frame, with "an unforgettable crunch", slipped more than a metre (3 feet) and came close to crushing part of the hull.

The BM of the two groups at the 6th month since the operation was close to that of healthy people.

Such suspicions were reinforced on July 6th, when Salomon's American bond-arbitrage operation was closed.

The book goes on to look at the activities of the IDSO from the end of 1954 until the operation was closed down in April 1957, when its job was complete.

Villa Matilde, San Luis, and San Pablo were close to Mercedes, and Pampa Pozo and a logging operation were close to Trinidad.

The rampart is covered by natural vegetation and, in both the 19th and 21st century operation, is closed to access to preserve this.

First, the operation is closed, meaning no swine are brought on site unless they are owned by the entity and managed under the stringent biosecurity procedures displayed by the operation.

But a chat Web site named "OpIsrael," of the type that Anonymous often uses to plan such operations, was closed on Monday.

Some of the gas operations are close to major population centres, and many people are angry that firms say the chemicals in fracking are a commercial secret.

After 3 years of operation, the antiproton decelerator performance is close to the design specifications.