Sentences with phrase «as close»

The figure of Beatrice was probably derived indirectly from the life of St. Francis, who was thought to have offered his followers as close an approximation of an experience of the nearness of Jesus as anyone since apostolic times had ever felt.

I've wept as close friends slowly distanced themselves from me and well - meaning church people treated me like a project — someone to pray about, gossip about, and fix.

The 69 documents and the references to 99 other pertinent sources put us as close to this «text» and its «original intent» as all but the most diligent scholars are ever going to get on their own.

He has been as close to AA as almost any clergyman in the country and, therefore, has a wide experience on which to base his judgment.

Two years on, and I feel as close to God as I think I ever did.

Well, as we close out the Christmas season this week, remember that God loves to bring light into the darkest of nights.

As Bizarre has stated you don't attack any people from other countries and they are not as close as we are... rather hypocritical on your behalf.

And he said, «We're as close to being fifty now as we are right now to that day.»

My question comes from my intimate acquaintance with being abused by people who were as close to me as people can get.

This winter's speaking schedule will take me as far as Leawood, Kansas for a women's conference with my friend Sarah Bessey, and as close as my home office for a writing workshop on engaging social media.

That was as close as he would ever get.

Either this is reportage — though it may no doubt contain errors — pretty close up to the facts; nearly as close as Boswell.

«The religious terrain is full of the graves of good words which have died from lack of care — they stand as close in it as do the graves today in the flats of Flanders or among the hills of northern France.

The sharks are as close as the surfline.»

The potentcy inthe words are key so tha people should be able to get as close to the meaning and voice of God as they can get.

It is foolish for scholars to consider themselves as close as these church leaders.

The rules God gave us were as close to justice that man can come and we can not even uphold those.

That is about as close to Christianity as they will get.

Everyone on the face of the earth, whether they appreciate it or not, seeks to bring their perception of reality as close as possible to the actual reality given the perceptive tools we are supplied.

«If only I could see you»... yet how many people do we see everyday and we can not feel them as close as sometimes God feels close to us!?

But the guy about whom they're expressing doubts is at least as close to them as Mitt Romney is.

Of course, above all, I want things to be as close to factual as is possible.

Those who completely eliminate a creator (God) from the equation are as close minded as anyone.

It was as close as you could get to John Locke's state of nature.

His father, whom he regarded as a close friend and the most important person in his life, drove home the same moral teachings:

It's generally thought of as a close group of friends, who are reluctant to allow outsiders in.

It's as close to proven as anything in science can be.

Where on Earth did you EVER get the idea that human DNA is as close to drosophila as to P. troglodytes?

The fact is that the issues you speak of are not because the people are members of the LDS church but in fact this is what happens in any society of humans living as close together as we do in large cities.

So Romney should get as close to a fair shake from the moderator as he is ever going to get.

Where we must have public goods (and public goods, like private goods, are ubiquitous), we must bring them as close to the people as possible so there is hope of accountability.

Combined with Daly's own murky vocals, the effect is engulfing, and comes as close as anything can to those brief seconds of peaceful submersion before getting pulled back out again.

Through its open market operations, the Reserve Bank alters the volume of these balances so as to keep the cash rate as close as possible to its target.

Bracero is a Spanish term which can be defined loosely as «one who works with his arms», or as a close equivalent, as a field hand.

I find that keep your quality score as close to 10/10 as you can will help with cpc.

We'll do our best to get you to as close to what you're looking for as possible.

For this reason, it's important to find an exchange that's as close to that average price as possible, if not lower.

As close as two months before the deal closed, the merger spread widened on credit concerns, causing Anheuser - Busch to sell at $ 64.86 a share, while the buyout offer stood at $ 70 a share.

Or does he simply want to shave as close as possible?

The strategy is to buy as close to 0.00006 support as possible.

All the while, the fund manager will keep the investments as close to the funds objective as possible.

If you can delight customers as well as close leads, you can turn them into advocates.

«To hear those words from him in what is his last political speech as an MP is actually, for me personally, very touching,» Kenney told reporters, coming as close as anybody would to affirming this was an era - ending speech by the former prime minister.

It's an act that should be as close to automatic as you can make it — until creative work becomes a necessary part of the equation.

Still, like many other adjustable models, we found that this doesn't give quite as close of a shave as the fixed models.

It was novel for the New Democrats to come as close to power as it did recently, taking official Opposition status and then briefly flirting with a national lead in the polls.

Experts interpreted Trump's comments as a sign that he isn't quite as close to withdrawing from negotiations as it had seemed.

If you need a car now, finding a lender that can get as close to your desired rate as possible is more important than the prevailing average rate.

It is pretty safe to say i will not hit this goal this year — however I will keep trying to sock away a bit extra each month to get as close as possible.

The only other country to have ever come as close is Saudi Arabia, which in May 1991 provided a mere 32 percent of total U.S. crude imports.