come close to

We carried the litter in a wide semicircle around the spot where I had come close to the dropoff.

He purposed to blast her with the sudden horrors of his presence when she had come close to the place of rendezvous.

Connie came into the bedroom. She stood in the doorway as if she could not come close to the bed without being invited.

The former ingenue has some grown-up scars now, singing the marital blues with a bite in her voice that she's never come close to before.

But dramatic though it was, the dot-com crash did not actually come close to erasing the excesses of the 1990s.

It was the only event that has come close to the atmosphere of Tahrir Square in Egypt, a sight which inspired him and his friends.

Every time the two countries come close to the moment of truth, radicals manufacture a crisis that renders negotiations more difficult.

I could spend the rest of my life describing how much I love you and it still would not come close to the way I really feel.

Tata is making the best of a bad lot by asking prospective buyers to place deposits that come close to the full price of the car.

Most financial institutions that have come close to failure have done so as a result of losses in essentially peripheral activities.

She was certain she could not even come close to what I had predicted, but at least she would learn something.

It has never come close to power in Egypt, but exerts subtle influence through social work and has been a strong force in trade unions.

If the updates come close to the size of the client, a complete exchange of the client might be most appropriate.

For Miami to even come close to winning an NBA championship, they must first make it out of a newly rejuvenated Eastern Conference.

Mr. Clos said Microsoft did not even come close to dose to providing complete information as demanded.

General Scott did not come close to winning the presidency. But his name still lives as part of the English language.

They indicate a thin spot in the rock layers, allowing the magma to come close to the surface.

Yet the CLP case shows that China is so far ahead in value-added heavy manufacturing that India may never come close to closing the gap.

As I understand it, in December 2010, the two sides had come close to an agreement: Israel would apologize and provide compensation.

Uranium generates gigantic amounts of energy in a very small space, which wind and solar combined cannot come close to.

Keep adding shapes until you come close to the bottom or right edge of the drawing page.

Having signed the contract, Lippi said: "At the moment, I hope players, fans and clubs come close to the national team. "

For such a big city as Beijing, the social carrying capacity has come close to its limit.

But these dolphins did not come close to us, so it was difficult for us to take nice pictures for them.

If there is no God who created life, it should be possible to created in a lab. But no scientist has come close to doing that yet.

When soaked overnight and rolled up into tall cylinders, tatami mats are said to come close to matching the density of the human body.

But because you find yourself so intimate, you can also see that you have only come close to me but not become one with me.

In seeking to address the financial and economic crisis of the past few years, countries have come close to bankrupting themselves.

No matter how well-mannered Midwesterners are, however, they cannot come close to matching the thoughtfulness of our Chinese hosts.

Inspections are vital, since the NPT allows countries to come close to having an actual bomb.

Saturday's race, challenging as it may be, won't come close to Mrs. Rohr's longest.

No other medium-sized or large country with a diversified economy has even come close to Japan's accomplishments.

MSCI's all-country world index . MIWD00000PUS hit a more than one-year high in mid-April but has not come close to testing that level since.

Death has become a taboo subject, a shameful secret we ignore, hoping with futile foolishness that it won't come close to us.

Hopefully, the new arbitration scheme will come close to meeting the aims behind the creation of the original county courts.

I know of no reporting mechanism that would come close to describing and measuring the risks in a huge and complex portfolio of derivatives.

Wind can indeed supplement a grid with this needed twenty percent spinning reserve, but it cannot come close to replacing fossil fuel.

And no one has come close to finding a recommended number of cups per day for optimum health.

However, he has come close to getting marriage, the bride was infected with SARS out of the blue.

It holds over $1 trillion in deposits, many paying low interest, meaning it has come close to the banking fantasy of free money.

To come close to understanding the intricacies of the disaster without diagrams is next to impossible.

Several of these works comment on tragedy or come close to becoming tragic.

Half of Britain's stressed-out office workers say they have come close to punching a colleague, according to a survey.

Property developers like Poly Real Estate, Forte and Gemdale have come close to hitting, their year-long targets by Nov 11.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close to me. "

The two forces have come close to flat-out fighting several times, usually outside the cities where commanders act off their own bat.

All the same, even when Western parents think they're being strict, they usually don't come close to being Chinese mothers.

You will probably need to spend a little time rearranging the letters so they make an acronym which will come close to a word you recognize.

Take care of yourself, it is not allowed to cross the flight region and come close to steep department.

Should China ever come close to matching the US's appetite for resources, the geostrategic equation would change dramatically.

I have come close to winning it before two years ago and would love to do it this season.

To my knowledge, no researchers have come close to doing this.

Drivers tell that the bears, everyone is so afraid of, often come close to people's houses.

But using food to feed cars does not come close to an even greater apparent misuse of food.

The 39-year old brothers said they live and work together, and had even come close to marrying another set of twin women.

These big giants of ships cannot come close to the earth, as they would greatly disturb gravitation.

There is nothing out there to even come close to what the SR-71B can offer.

Programming distributed systems is hard, and recipes alone won't even come close to solving all your problems.

Half of Britain's office workers say they have come close to punching a colleague.

Only HSBC, a British bank, and GE Capital come close to matching its breadth of reach and depth of local knowledge.

Sea urchin and corn: Plump tongues of sea urchin, imported from Japan, come close to being gold in color, says Mr.

But no stimulus package could have come close to preventing 2. 5 million job losses over six months.

Every time I come close to orgasm, he goes to make himself a sandwich.

No other tribe has ever come close to controlling so vast an area as the Ojibwe did at this time.

That computer is unlike anything you've had, and does things -- there are four of them -- that you don't come close to.

In any case, these stabs at fiscal discipline haven't come close to keeping up with the explosion in spending.

Whatever the cause, the Tehri Dam hasn't come close to delivering the amount of power or water that was expected.

Most new fish come close to madness the first night. Somebody always breaks down crying. Happens every time.

No country has come close to that number since Forbes Asia started ranking the biggest and most profitable 50 companies in 2005.

Even when human parents think they're being strict, they usually don't come close to being zombies.

As companies come close to mass-market launches, opinions are flying fast and furious.

The Justice and Development party (AKP) has come close to this in Turkey.

In doing so, he has come close to gelding parliament, damaging the rights of citizens and undermining democracy.

Gold may have hit new highs in nominal terms, but it hasn't come close to hitting its old highs in real terms.

Even if the Mars Global Surveyor finds water ice in the south, it won't come close to eliminating the water shortage, according to Zuber.

But in the wider game there is far less money to go round and many teams have come close to collapse.

Yeah, he can, but if he's smart he won't. He's too unselfish to come close to it anyways.

Deep background. I'm not going to come close to using your name.

Members of both the House and Senate have sponsored network neutrality bills, but they have never come close to becoming law.

Current reform efforts, where they exist, don't come close to fixing the problem.

As a result , many companies in these markets don't come close to fulfilling their potential , or they fail outright .

But a highly-edited hour of TV doesn't come close to what it means to live for 39 days in the wilderness.

As the bee pollinates the blossom, I come close to touch you.

Its processor and graphics system are like a netbook's, so it can't come close to matching the Dell in performance.

The molten lava threatened to come close to the campers.

Parents would love that; but no president has come close to achieving it.

It's flexible and will offer sharp pictures that your kit lens won't come close to.

Trading volumes have not come close to the records of October.

Come close to object to be moved.

No US government official has come close to saying this in public.

They often come close to you when you are eating something.

Domestic fish farmers can't come close to meeting demand.

But we can assure you that neither of them will come close to matching the greatest job creator in American history.

But it didn't come close to the 10. 7 rating during game two of the Lakers' previous finals appearance in 2004 against the Pistons.

If you are a gambler, please go pass me and never come close to me.

Sneath 's $136 million jackpot may seem like a lot, but it doesn't even come close to the record.

They cannot even come close to doing the right thing.

However you have come close to doing so on more than one occasion.

I actually did come close to meeting Tom Cruise that day.

Most new fish come close to madness the first night. Somebody always breaks dwon crying.

Come close to each other. I will take a picture for you.

Come close to me my reason, i'll take you in my wings!

They come close to victory at tournament.

Trust me baby, no team can come close to us.

Some non-financial companies, such as the carmakers, will also come close to bankruptcy.

Just like you come close to me.

Most new fish come close to madness the first night.

Don't come close to me, Angel!

Hong Kong has no facilities that come close to the iconic theater districts, opera houses or museums of New York, London, Paris or Tokyo.

It doesn't come close to mending the wounds that may never fully heal.

But it and most other social websites (apart from the knockoffs) don't even come close to obeying Shirky's Law.

It won't come close to R870 in graphics performance, and it will cost much more to make.

But he has come close to losing that majority.

Sorry. Sorry. I will not dare come close to you from now on. Will you forgive me?

I think that the human intellect alone simply can't come close to apprehending God.

The larger one, in fact, would come close to the 36-story Saturn 5 moon rocket.

It doesn't come close to Israel's 1982 invasion in scale or lives lost.

He'd come close to death.

But not even Federer could come close to matching Vergeer's 8-year winning streak.

The question is whether he can come close to their exalted level.

The only thing I'd even come close to "worrying about" is my laptop.

Can they come close to the Chicago Bulls' record-setting 72-10 season in 1995-96?

In Hong Kong, security forces use tear gas to scatter hundreds of protestors after they come close to storming into the WTO's meeting venue.

Go anywhere you like, just don't come close to me!

It doesnt come close to the work i have seen on here quality wise but hey we are all here to learn and improve.

Consumption accounted for 64% of Vietnam's GDP last year; it has never come close to that ratio in China.

eg: Come close to each other so that I can get you all in the picture.

His profits don't come close to matching those of last year because of a difference in the way he has been trading.

Tune in to your body language as you come close to someone of the opposite sex

get close to come close to, be close to, close friends,

The new regime ditched Western oil experts and capital, and it has never come close to matching that level of output since;

Come close to China and Chinese shipbuilding industry

Come close to me, my darling child;

When you come close to selling out, reconsider

Baby please come close to me

they come around but they never come close to

Come close to me my reason

To come close to or graze in passing. See Synonyms at brush 1

You got come close to me

Come Close to The Master