Sentence examples for when it was close to from inspiring English sources

Pillow Ridge on Edziza's northwest flank was formed when basaltic lava erupted beneath the regional Cordilleran Ice Sheet when it was close to its greatest thickness.

Why would Pakistan negotiate an end to the war when it was close to securing its goal — an Afghanistan so weakened by the Taliban that it would become a client state?

About 47 percent of BMW shares are owned by the widow and children of Herbert W. Quandt, who acquired a majority in BMW in 1960 when it was close to bankruptcy, and oversaw its revival.

In her injunction, the Brazilian judge Gabriela Muller Carioba Attanasio argued that there was no point in trying to change the monkey's environment when it was close to the end of its life expectancy.

In April, when it was close to bursting through his skin, he went to the emergency room.

For what it matters, Fayed paid a reported £6.25 million for the club, and the stadium, when it was close to bankrupt.

That was Mars's year to shine, when it was closer to Earth than it had been in 60,000 years.

The granddaddy of breweries stopped receiving visitors in 1972 when it was closed to the public for health and safety reasons.

The granddaddy of breweries actually hasn't received a visitor since 1972 when it was closed to the public for health and safety reasons.

When Enceladus went around its slightly elliptical orbit, "the plume was much brighter when it was furthest from Saturn, than when it was closest to the planet", explained Dr Hedman.

Hollywood Boulevard did just fine when it was closed to traffic for much of this month.