Sentence examples for otherwise close from inspiring English sources

Energy companies say privately that they need the payments to modernise and refurbish plants that would otherwise close.

In Mr. Gore's case, a strong showing by Ralph Nader could swing an otherwise close election to Gov. George W. Bush.

The fee is then payable if two more conditions are met: a) The transaction could otherwise close but for the failure to obtain antitrust clearance or the government blocking the deal.

This past summer's version, at Gram & Papa's sandwich shop in the garment district of Los Angeles's downtown, was an instant sellout, drawing crowds nightly to a neighborhood that was otherwise close to empty.

The House bill also offers $10 billion for research and development of techniques to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions, which would help keep some coal plants open that might otherwise close.

The Washington Post observed that the decision "could ignite tensions in an otherwise close transatlantic relationship", while the former White House counsel Douglas McNabb said the US attorney's office would be furious.

A $190 million, 11-story federal courthouse that opened in October 2000 in neighboring Central Islip looms over some streets on the hamlet's northern rim and is a not altogether welcome addition to the otherwise close-to-the-ground profile.

Open daily in summer; otherwise closed Wednesday; price, $135.

Open daily in July and August; otherwise closed Tuesday.

Reading any of Lewis's books, you are taken immediately into worlds otherwise closed off.

MPs, who otherwise closed ranks to pass the legislation, have since described it as "criminal".