| He went tantalisingly close to levelling the game when two long range penalties shaved the outside of the posts. |
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| Six weeks ago, a flurry of announcements saw the promise of peace dangle tantalisingly before some of Africa's most wretched countries. |
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| When it turned up, the bhel poori was tantalisingly minted and just crunchy enough to pass muster. |
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| The beaches are serving up tantalisingly sumptuous platters of bronzed flesh. |
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| So anyway, the application form is still sitting in my bag, tantalisingly close to being gummed up and sent away. |
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| The fusion food tickled my palate tantalisingly as I heaped satay and dim sums on my platter along with the wide variety of seafood and seaweeds. |
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| The dessert cabinet, which contained an apple tart, cheesecake, strawberries and fruit salad, remained tantalisingly out of reach. |
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| And Shane Warne, bowling into the strong breeze, broke with his norm and floated the ball up tantalisingly slow. |
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| An idyllic spot of woodland might hove into view, but tantalisingly only as a remote island in an ocean of ploughed fields. |
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| I'm a great fan of cryptic crosswords, even though they are tantalisingly difficult. |
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| After taking a wicked deflection, his cross shot looped over the Panama keeper and ran tantalisingly along the goal line and away. |
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| An incredulous Andreia in goal could only look on aghast as the ball whizzed tantalisingly wide. |
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| Elsewhere it incorporates a Channel Symmetric Layout and a tantalisingly tangible 11-inch LCD touch panel. |
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| Meals are fresh from the sea, with delicacies such as crayfish, crab and calamari tantalisingly prepared or exotic Portuguese dishes. |
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| David Smith was left tantalisingly not out one short of his ton. |
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| In recent years, these curry houses have shaken off the lager lout image by having an interior makeover and renaming dishes with tantalisingly exotic titles. |
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| But, as the worldwide polio eradication effort comes tantalisingly close to achieving its goal, policymakers face a new set of tough questions. |
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| With the start of the Games tantalisingly close, the Queen described how the journey of the Olympic flame around the country had brought communities and families together. |
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| And for his climax the pop heartthrob was strapped into a heart-shaped metal cage and dangled tantalisingly over a sea of outstretched arms. |
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| Fabre has not won the Prix du Jockey-Club since 1997 with Peintre Celebre but remains tantalisingly without any victories in the Epsom Derby. |
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| The golden creamy sauce coating the spiced breast meat was thick with ground almonds and swithered tantalisingly between spicy and sweet. |
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| Substitute and Tigres striker Jose Francisco 'Kikin' Fonseca broke down the right flank in the 56th minute and fired a searing shot that Cuban keeper Odelin Molina spilled tantalisingly on the doorstep. |
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| But Heaslip insists they are tantalisingly close to seeing their endeavour rewarded with success. |
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| I mean – apple with egg? Simon's Cornish mackerel lacked plumpness and excitement, but its accompanying army of squid roundels was slightly and tantalisingly smoked, and blended well with sea pickle and watercress. |
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| Khan is a lopsided favourite – the oddsmakers have made Algieri an 8-1 underdog – but cannot afford a lapse when so tantalisingly close to boxing's topmost tier. |
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| In 1999 he came tantalisingly close when he rode his rocket powered creation, the Gillette Mach 3 Challenger, to an officially recorded speed of 332.887mph – the fastest speed ever seen on two wheels at that time. |
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| But for now, the country remains tantalisingly out of reach. If it can crack China in future, Facebook will become an even more attractive destination for advertisers. |
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| As ever with the Frenchman, the possibilities remain tantalisingly open. |
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| Their next port of call will be the vast Commonwealth Stadium, which appears tantalisingly close in the panoramic views from the upper floors of the hotel. |
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| Ultimately sent packing 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay after their quarter-final ended 1-1, they came tantalisingly close to becoming the only African side to ever reach the last four at a world finals. |
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| Pohang went tantalisingly close in 2004 as well. |
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| The contribution of biotechnology to health in the third world will be dramatic with new cures for poverty-related diseases being tantalisingly near, but will depend on improved health care systems to administer them. |
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| Yet despite regularly ranking among the pre-tournament favourites, the Oranjes have repeatedly fallen with their holy grail tantalisingly in sight. |
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| With its well-deserved title as capital of European surfing, this Atlantic jewel buzzes with life, charm and an atmosphere that is uniquely and tantalisingly, Biarritz. |
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| With Argentina having seen off the hosts the day before, these old rivals arrived in Turin with the carrot of settling an old score dangling tantalisingly before them. |
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| With continental glory lying tantalisingly within their reach, Internacional of Porto Alegre host Sao Paulo this Wednesday determined to win the Copa Libertadores de America for the first time in their history. |
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| The English shone brightly in their first four matches before bowing out to Germany 4-1, while Francois Blaquart's Bleuettes came tantalisingly close to upsetting Spain. |
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| And, last year, Mullins came tantalisingly close as On His Own went down by a shorthead to Lord Windermere. |
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| We have always been tantalisingly close to making it work but never quite been able to become financially stable. |
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| His recipe features roast chicken, bacon and bread sauce but he also talks tantalisingly of Philly cheese steaks, New York pastrami and even oyster po'boy. |
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| The pictures look good and the numbers are tantalisingly exciting. |
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| Tantalisingly for David, the Cardinal was on his way to Ireland with four pallia to create four new Irish archbishoprics. |
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