Although the autumn migration was barely under way, the freezer was already close to full.
I was already close to my destination and saw little point in avoiding it.
Condom use did not increase during the study period, though it was already close to 60 percent for extramarital sex.
But another tenant in the building said his own two-bedroom was already close to double that.
The only major central bank missing was the Bank of Japan, but its rate was already close to zero.
The "status quo" meant that gene function was already close to its optimum in general, and advantageous mutations were extremely rare.
The researchers expected that the water, warmed by the earth's heat, would thaw the bottom of the valley ice, which was already close to melting temperature.
The Canon of the Latin mass as used in the 6th century was already close to the form it has since retained.
With existing tariffs and value-added taxes mixed in, the total charge tacked on to California wine was already close to 50percentt.
South-eastern Asia, which was already close to the target in 2005-2007 madditionalonal progress, as did Latin America and the Caribbean and Eastern Asia.
