Sentence examples for be a close thing from inspiring English sources

Mr Khan may be right about economic and social deprivation killing more people than political violence, but it must be a close thing.

But if Weinstein can get Firth to tout himself around the chatshow sofas and the Hollywood tea parties, it could be a close thing.

If 9 million Blu-Ray discs were sold this year, then even if that number doubles itself every year, it'll be a close thing to eclipse DVD sales.

And so, those are–I think we can deal with the social tensions, but it's going to be a close thing if we can't do something about these differentials.

It will be a close thing.

– was administered well by those gin-sipping bureaucrats and the military was a single cohesive entity then it would be a close thing.

The contest, in this case, is a close thing.

Decorum over who has most is maintained, although it's a close thing.

I managed to remain snuffle-free, but it was a close thing.

The answer, as this survey will argue, is yes but for many economies it is a close thing.

Superficially, the book can be summarized thus: Hemingway was not an absolute swine to absolutely everyone absolutely all of the time, but it was a close thing.