Sentence examples for towards its close from inspiring English sources

As an unrelentingly wretched series draws towards its close it seems almost certain any post-Ashes restructuring of team and management will now take place in the context of a humiliating 5-0 defeat.

Speculators aside, industry experts knew the Wild West of Crypto was only a transitionary phase, and as it draws towards its close, the time has come to focus on holistic, sustainable growth with real, tangible benefits.

Some end-of-term reports as the Edinburgh international book festival edges towards its close.

Watching Tony Blair's exertions as Britain's six-month presidency of the European Union draws towards its close inspires a similar perplexity.

He considered staying away from the debate, but in the end turned up towards its close and voted with Mr Clegg.

Towards its close, Heaney, who has died aged 74, was asked whether anything in his work seemed appropriate to him as an epitaph.

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, to give it its full name, was discovered in August by the Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, his fifth cometary find, and is brightening nicely as it tracks towards its closest point to the Earth on 7 January.

Writing in the journal Scientific Advances, a team of researchers from Europe and the US describe how they analysed data from Rosina, recorded as the comet sped towards its closest approach to the sun last summer.

Rain threatened as the race headed towards its closing stages, but a few drops with around 16 laps to go did not turn into the usual tropical afternoon deluge.

The second half roared on towards its conclusion, the tension close to unbearable, when he announced that he would have to nip out once more as his earlier exit had clearly been the reason for Jô's goal.

The small stage mobility highlighted United Kingdom's performance towards its finish, lifted above the close-standing audience.