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The phrase "close to having" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to indicate that something is nearly accomplished or close to completion. For example: "We are close to having our project finished."
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"We were so close to having it.
But it came close to having nine.
Right now, we're nowhere close to having such data.
Q And you're close to having suspects in custody?
"But this isn't even close to having a done deal.
No other team comes close to having the same handicap.
No one's even come close to having a chance.
"I was close to having nowhere to go," he recalled.
The 8 House, he said, came close to having "too little composition".
Of course in the top-dog department, Maf doesn't come close to having my skills.
Now Mr Uribe is close to having the chance to try to buck that trend.
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