Sentence examples for were close to last from inspiring English sources

Hickey and two male figure skaters who were close to last— were the only Australians to place in the top 20, while Christine Davy became the first Australian to break into the top 30 in a skiing event, although she too was in the bottom 20% of the competition.

Although oil prices are close to last August's record $78.65 per barrel, OPEC's own adjusted "basket price" averaged $43.60 per barrel in June.On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, unexpectedly ordered banks to curb lending and investment in order to keep inflation under control.

But the TDA says it has already received nearly 3,000 enquiries into teaching French, Spanish and German, which is close to last year's overall figure.

His scoring numbers are close to last season's totals, in which he had 27 points, which included 15 goals.

Yanks, like virtually every other big-league team trying for second place, is closer to last than first.

For all the perceived strides they have made this year, the Mets have the fourth-worst record in the National League and are closer to last place in the division than first.

After nearly four decades of armed conflict between Basque separatists and the Spanish government, the region is closer to lasting peace than at any time in its history.

We were close to a deal last June, and everything was shut down within a couple of days".

Major league officials said the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies were close to a deal last night that would send a reliever to the Phillies.

At some point you were closer to the last time than you were to the first time, and you didn't even know it.

With DVD being hailed as a conquering hero, the big laser disks may be close to their last spin.