Sentence examples for seemed close to zero from inspiring English sources

Many commentators noted that the odds of getting a meaningful global agreement on climate change at a summit scheduled for next year in Paris — odds that had seemed close to zero — suddenly looked a good deal better.

Newspapers reported that fifteen hundred people had turned out for the E.D.L., but it seemed closer to three thousand.

In seconds they'd drawn a crowd and seemed close to blows when two police officers deftly inserted themselves between the men.

It is noticeable that, in presence of distal cues, flies seemed close to asymptotic performance after three trials; this is not the case for flies in the presence of proximal cues.

After a temperate start, in which the two seemed close to agreeing on the public responsibilities of Trump's daughter Ivanka, Carlson zeroed in on an infelicitous phrase from Duca's essay: she had claimed that Trump was "threatening the sovereignty of an entire religion," and Carlson demanded that she explain what that meant.

He walked four, but "not one Boston batter seemed close to getting a hit".

Le Pen "seemed close to sounding off again on 'Islamization,' one of her favorite themes," adds Dubouloz.

Last week the two sides seemed close to an agreement, but the latest offer from the producers included what SAG called a "surprise demand".

Mr Kim has shown surprising willingness to reciprocate Mr Clinton's moves to seek an accommodation between two countries that seemed close to war six years ago.

Earlier on Thursday, the two sides had seemed close to agreeing on a plan to place independent monitors in Ukraine to see that the gas was going where it should.

A run of five league games without a win has left them 19th in the First Division, but here the gulf between the sides seemed closer to the two divisions that separated them last season than the current gap of four places.