1.   Her concern about cleanliness approaches the level of obsession.

2.   If the rate of interest approached this minimum level, no speculators would wish to buy securities.

3.   An isolated storm or two will approach severe levels, with damaging straight-line winds posing the main threat for severe weather.

4.   And all are straining at the seams as high school graduation rates for all races and ethnic groups approach levels exceeding those of the Baby Boomer generation.

5.   And stream flows in scattered parts of the state are approaching the levels of two years ago.

6.   Authorities nervously watched bayous that approached flood levels Saturday as they carried runoff eastward and southward to Galveston Bay.

7.   Besides, even if sales are increasing, they have a long way to go before they approach the levels of a decade ago.

8.   Billy had great success here and I may never approach that level of success.

9.   A cluster of potent thunderstorms, some approaching severe levels, will erupt over parts of eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska later Tuesday.

10.   A few of the storms could approach severe levels, with damaging straight-line winds or tornadoes possible in spots.