Sentence examples for system was close from inspiring English sources

Until I read it, I had thought that our judicial system was close to perfect.

Senior Fed officials have stated repeatedly that they had to take unusual steps in 2008 because the global financial system was close to breaking down.

The Major Energy Users Council said power interruptions were the last thing that struggling industry needed at this time and the EEF, which represents manufacturers, said ministers had repeatedly ignored warnings the system was close to breaking point.

Mr. Darling said that Mervyn A. King, the governor of the Bank of England, had been correct to keep the loans, worth $104 billion, secret in 2008 because the banking system was close to meltdown.

The vote on July 17th to cut 15,000 civil-service jobs and overhaul the tax system was close, mainly because Antonis Samaras, the centre-right prime minister, has seen his majority cut to just five seats after the small Democratic Left party pulled out of his three-party coalition.Mr Samaras had to produce a last-minute ace to win over dissidents.

The complexity of the cryogenic instrumentation and control system was close to a full 3.3 km LHC sector.

Most of the subway system was closed, too.

This part of the system was closed for more than two years after the attacks.

As a result, the system was closed down then for five days while some temporary repairs were made.

(This was to be my first and last subway ride; the Toronto transit system was closed by a strike that night).

For several days last week, the Haitian banking system was closed and money dropped off by Haitians here could not get delivered on the other end.