Sentence examples for was nearly closed from inspiring English sources

"The deal was nearly closed but finally Benfica did not accept the offer.

Messmer was nearly closed in the mid-1980's and disowned by its archdiocese.

By this point, federal authorities in Mexico City had learned about the botched operation in Culiacán, and the three-week window before the SEMAR redeployment was nearly closed.

Standing in a new venue which was nearly closed down on its opening night, in a city brought to a standstill by a tube strike, watching a band who were shelved for five years thanks to their singer's breakout solo career, a series of highly improbable occurrences have coincided to throw together east London's huddled masses for tonight's show.

For example, at the recent board meeting, the CEO informed us that a potentially big deal we thought was nearly closed was, in fact, on hold.

In 1992, freight services were terminated, and due to low ticket prices and high operating costs, the line was nearly closed.

This Cannes is nearly closed.

Some routes, such as the popular Chiltern Railway, were nearly closed under British Rail, the nationalised owner of the network.

The market for initial public stock offerings has been nearly closed for venture-backed companies this year, with only two so far.

Covering an area of about 45,200 square miles (117,000 square km), the gulf extends for 450 miles (725 km) from north to south but only 50 to 150 miles (80 to 240 km) from east to west; it is nearly closed off by the Åland (Ahvenanmaa) Islands (south).

LeWeb 3 is nearly closed for registration but one company going is LouderVoice an Irish startup that has just launched its prototype alpha version today.