Another couple of days and they would be back to something approaching normal.

New York will eventually get back to something approaching normal, as will the mayor.

Then she remained in place for the additional couple of minutes it took to bring her rapid breathing down to something approaching normal.

Within a few moments, the readings began to stabilize, to approach normal.

Still, things were slowly approaching normal in much of the region.

Its voice was still loud, but had dropped to a range at least approaching normal.

Only a few gunshots could be heard all day, and life in the capital continued to return slowly to something approaching normal.

On the river itself, a return to anything approaching normal is still weeks away.

"It's still present, but preliminary scans show local conditions are approaching normal."

Her pulse-rate began to slow down to something approaching normal.