Sentences with phrase «for close to»

Howard Zemsky, Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner said, «The restoration of this historic candy business creates a new chapter of economic success, and modernizes a company that has been a Western New York favorite for close to a hundred years.»

The Kaduna state chapter of the APC had been factionalised and had been in crisis for close to two years.

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, spoke for close to 17 minutes giving a litany of reasons why they believe the agreement should not be ratified by Parliament.

Woyongo promises more support Mr. Woyongo has remained an outstanding pillar the widows» group has looked up to for close to a decade.

«Mandate relief has been a buzzword for close to 20 years, yet the report recommends further study in many areas, or offers platitudes such as «no more unfunded mandates» and «more cost studies»,» said Levy.

We've paid for bulletproof vests for close to 8,000 police officers across the state and funded it with money my office seized from drug gangs and criminals we've locked up.

The budget proposal also caps New York City's allotment for preventive child welfare services and eliminates funding for Close to Home — also a city - focused program that aims to keep teens out of the adult criminal justice system.

According to Citi News» Parliamentary Correspondent, Duke Mensah Opoku, the expatriates appeared before the Committee today, [Tuesday], and were grilled for close to three hours.

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, spoke for close to 17 minutes giving a litany of reasons why...

This includes $ 1.55 million to a super PAC that backed the county executive in his 2014 campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accounting for close to a quarter of the money spent on Astorino's campaign.

«A daughter of immigrants, Grace will be a powerful voice for the close to 3,000 Hotel Trades Council members in her district, many of them New Americans.»

«This district has been without representation for close to 5 months and we look forward to his immediate swearing in.

Nabozny, with the help of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state of Wisconsin who failed to a spate of stop brutal anti-gay bullying at his school of which he was the target.

For close to three years, wherever I have gone, I see party members sneaking around almost ashamed to call themselves members of the APC because the people we fought so hard to remove from power, many of them are still sitting pretty in their positions and many members who worked hard for the party are still hanging around and didn't have a sense of belonging.

My daughter had a pretty gnarly cold and any time I used the Baby Comfy Nose I got a ton of snot out and her nose wouldn't run for close to 2 hours!

My sons were exclusively breastfed for close to 6 months and continued breastfeeding until they were 3.5 years old.

This is quite a savings over the 3 - pack packages which sell for close to $ 4.

I am the 3rd eldest of 11 (8 boys, 3 girls) and my mom has been a stay at home mom for close to 30 years, home schooled for about 24 years, and she is the main manager for one of our main family businesses.

This is a comment I have listened to over and over and remember I have facilitated playgroups for mothers and children for close to a year and so I have listened to many conversations!

Mothers don't see the procedure and their babies are immediately whisked away for pediatric care — a separation that can last for close to half an hour.

I have been using Wonderwear for close to 2 years and am forever grateful for their prompt and efficient service — so important to me as I have twins.

I am so thrilled to be able to bring to you what has been my passion for close to two decades.

Walking through massive underground caves for close to 70 minutes was incredible.

I have been involved in scouting and church - related organizations for over 15 years and have ran various support groups and co-operative classes in our local homeschool community for close to 20 years.

So when I look at a diaper for $ 20 that I can use for close to two years and they are shockingly still in great shape for another child, I can only think of how many one - time use diapers I'd get for $ 20?

When you're running for close to 2 hours a ton of damage happens and my next day run is always slow because of the residual pain / fatigue.

For close to 20 years, they've been the leading online resource for natural cloth diapers and accessories.

by: Brad Ok so my twin sons are 3 and now potty trained during the day we had been using pampers easy ups for close to a year now, we use them for naps and bedtime but I acidently bought the cruzers about a week before a rash started on one of my sons it may be a coincident but sounds like the cruzers got to go

This damaged the reputation of local firms and boosted the market share of foreign brands, which now account for close to 80 percent of the infant formula market in major cities, according to data from Rabobank.

And for those close to me and the baby, not just his godfather but my parents and friends, time away is heartbreaking.

For close to the first year, if one of my boys woke for a feed, I woke and fed the other one too.

My depression did not resolve for close to a year after his birth and am thankful for my OB / GYN and my son's pediatrician for accepting and supporting my decision without question.

I was a bit skeptical, because I SLEPT in the bathroom for close to 5 hours...... I think he was feeling left out of the «get outta my way, I'm going to puke or poop» fest.

After that I still tried for close to another year to work on my marriage and communicate how hurtful his actions were.

I've tried online dating a bit and dated a guy for close to three years.

It is reported he would be available for close to # 20m, giving West Ham a # 14m profit on a player they signed in the summer of 2016.

Koscielny has been a Gunner for close to seven years and he says Wenger has played a big role in his rise to prominence.

Football writer and blogger filling the internet with his ramblings for a variety of platforms for close to a decade.

It is believed the players would be available for close to the $ 20million (# 17million) mark...

The American had knocked knees with Panama's Alberto Quintero, injuring his right knee, not the left one that had initially sidelined him for close to two years.

The German side led Barça for close to an hour in tonight's Champions League clash at Camp Nou after Papadopolous's 22nd minute header, and for long periods they looked the better side.

Please I take offense as an african because I am an african before I am an arsenal supporter and I have being on this blog for close to a year and this is the first time I have heard a rif - raf like you insult a tournament that is watched and anticipated by over 550 million.

This culminated in the farcical deadline day capture of Marouane Fellaini for close to # 30 million.

Nevertheless, he would not be sold cheap as it was claimed that Real Madrid will be demanding for close to # 100m, while it could also lead to developments with regards to David De Gea who has been on Los Blancos» radar for quite a while now.

Peter throws open the phone lines, and I crash hard for close to five hours.

The sport of wrestling has been an integral part of my life for close to forty years now.

Mbape or Lukaku would be great but I would not be surprised if both go for close to 100 million and I would expect both to want to go to clubs with a prospect to win either PL or CL.

Personally I don't buy into it, I think it's a case of covering up lies, otherwise how does a player that was supposed to be out for two weeks end up being sidelined for close to a year?!!

Both Ian Shaffer and Jon Nickow had 10 points in this one to account for close to half of the Team's scoring.

Captain Zach and Co. were the 2012 Runners Up and have been thinking about that for close to 52 weeks now.