Sentence examples for were drawing close to from inspiring English sources

And now here they were, drawing close to the fence line.

But what if when Allan was a teenager the women's Olympic qualifiers in Vancouver were drawing close to 23,000 fans, or that TFC and Montreal Impact games being held in Olympic stadium and Rogers center were drawing 40,000 or 50,000 fans like what is currently happening?

Our study's 'target group' comprised people with dementia who were drawing close to death, and who were receiving services from partnering service providers.

Officials from all three parties said the sides were drawing closer to the prospect of starting talks.

The Bloomberg administration and the City Council began showing faint signs yesterday that they were drawing closer to a budget agreement.

At the weekend, there were signs that United States forces, with help from our allies, were drawing closer to some kind of military action against terrorist training camps and other possible targets inside Afghanistan.

Thermal analysis of the drawn samples showed that the uniaxially drawn films were drawn at temperatures well above their final glass transition temperatures, whereas the one-way and two-way drawn films were drawn close to their glass transition temperatures.

The electrodes were mounted on a 3D-micromanipulator (MMT-5, Narishige, Tokyo, Japan) and the tips of the electrodes were drawn close to each other and positioned 40 μm above the root surface.

"We are hopeful that the police inquiries are drawing close to a conclusion, at which time Mr Starr will be able to confirm that he has publicly cleared his good name and reputation".

Given that Ant Financial is in the process of raising $3 billion to spend on M&A, and is drawing close to a much-anticipated IPO, expect to see plenty more deal flow.

This all tends to indicate that Iran may be drawing close to a tipping point.