For all, a perilous existential moment is increasingly close at hand.

Once polls close, we will arrive at a shortlist of five.

a spring at which those drawn close to God will drink .

At least she got it close.

It is a city at peace, but close enough to hear the war.

Plot Lucas is a member of a close knit Danish community and works at a local kindergarten.

It is located relatively close to the Sun, at a distance of 16.1 light years.

Peru was at a close second, receiving 9.4 million (up from 1.6 million in 2003).

In most cases, the directors researched their own films by interviewing sources who were close to the action, or close to the main events at a grassroots level.

I came this close to changing species at that moment.

At that time Fusu was close friends with Meng Tian.

At the same time, however, he has failed to close the grotesque US prison at Guantánamo Bay.

But a breakthrough appears close.

a close protection corps (CPR)

The Kingdom was noted for its close association with the West, while it steered a conservative course at home.

Mousavi was reportedly arrested at a protest rally close to the Ghoba mosque in Tehran on June 28, 2009.

China posted nearly 10 growth in 2010 India was close behind, at 8 .

Even the Reagan administration came close to balking at supporting Britain s military campaign.

The number of internally displaced persons remains stable at close to 1.9 million.

Capitalism may be close to exhausting its potential to create a better life at least in the world s rich countries.

At the fifty ninth session, on 31 December 2004, the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala came to a close.

Aware of the Bethlehem 2000 Project as a multifaceted undertaking for commemoration of the event, which began at Christmas, 1999, and will come to a close at Easter, 2001,

But France is a close second.

There are orange tufts at the sides of the breast which are hard to see except at close range.

Rarely, ERAs close after a fixed duration of time has expired (what is called hard close time ).

Capital and liquidity rules are taking shape, but a final agreement is still on the horizon, rather than close at hand.

At the close of each private meeting the Committee or its subsidiary body may issue a communiqué through the Secretary General.

But Milton Friedman ran a close second.

Keeping Japan close is a starting point.

ElShamy has a close brush with snipers

Nor a close friend ( to help us ) .

Nor a close friend ( to help us ) .

Even well disciplined Germany is expected to close in on the 90 threshold, at 88.5 .

At the close of the night, the men file in with towels over their shoulders.

The total sum invested in the park is estimated at close to EUR 700 million.

Strong, close at hand technical support to designated officials and security management teams is a key to strengthening security in the field.

I know they were close, but not that close.

The requirements for this to occur are a large and active nucleus, a close approach to the Sun, and a close approach to the Earth.

Close

The Chamber denied defence motions for judgements of acquittal at the close of the prosecution case.

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

My house is close to a bus stop.

The nurses kept a close eye on Fadil.

Layla wrote the letters to a close friend.

But this prediction is close to a tautology.