You're so close, yet so far from the ultimate prize which makes it all the more heart-breaking and gut-wrenching.
It's terrible and it's something that will live with us for a long, long time to know we were so close - touching distance to the trophy - but so far away when Notts got that third wicket.
The South African-born prop has been tantalisingly close to the action so far as Wales' 23rd man - going through match preparations in case of last-minute injuries.
Arty situated himself next to her, not so close as to fall within the weather of her communicable diseases but not so far as to appear rude.
So far, its highest close ever was Thursday, when it reached 14, 539.14.
This Opinion is as close as we have come so far to a ruling on the choice-of-law issues involving asset protection trusts, outside of the foreign trust context.
How can a deal like Splunk close its first day of trading so far above its initial filing range?
Pundits have predicted that a competitor would break Apple's stranglehold on the digital music market, but so far no one has come close.
Silverstein asked various architects to build skyscrapers on the site, none of whom, at least so far, have produced anything close to their best work.
Li has been fairly blunt about the need for other Asians to follow his lead but so far no one has come close to him in terms of generosity.
Now would be the perfect time for such an inquiry, rather than the piecemeal reports we've had so far from people who are too close to the government.
He's also modifying policies on the use of unmanned drone aircraft to try to limit civilian casualties and is redoubling his longstanding but so far unfulfilled promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where many terrorism suspects are being held without formal charges.
Non-governmental commerce has so far seen nationalistic skirmishes, but nothing close to all-out war.
While so far the coati seems to be staying close to the zoo, two previous escapees were found further afield.
The company seems to have gained a good response from its partners with close to 13, 000 hotels signed up so far.
They contend that it is simply in bad taste to build it so close to ground zero, and that Americans are far too emotional about the issue.
Italy have lost both their games so far but have pushed Ireland and England close, and the Azzurri beat Wales in Rome last year and drew in Cardiff the previous season.
You are given the impression that you are on the edge and really pushing yourself, but you realize that these exceptionally trained people are not so far away from you, keeping a close eye.
So you want it close enough to make it relevant, but far enough away that they can perform at their best.
The Nasdaq far outpaced with a gain of 35 points, or 1.6%, to close at 2, 274, bringing its 2010 performance so far to 0.2%.
With 108 bank failures so far in 2010 my prediction that the FDIC would close 150 to 200 banks this year seems like a slam dunk.
So far the antiresearch crowd has forced the company to close a small operation that distributed primates in the U.K. Remarkably, antivivisectionists have not pursued Foster in the U.S. A bigger challenge to preclinical research may be to beat out such competitors as Covance, which originally specialized in human clinical trials, and MDS, a provider of contract drug discovery services.
According to Seattle pi, close to a quarter of a million books have been canceled so far through this program.
The rival camps were hoping to sign up the 14 MPs who have not so far declared their allegiance, ahead of Monday's close of nominations.
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So far, though, the sides haven't come close to an agreement.
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