Sentence examples for has something close to from inspiring English sources
Richard Reeves therefore has something close to a virgin field.
And he has something close to an obsession about making the middle seat more comfortable.
He's right because the UFC has something close to a monopoly on the sport.
He travels to the ancient shrine of the Black Virgin of Rocamadour, where he has something close to a spiritual revelation.
True enough, but in Cabrera and Fielder, Leyland has something close to the perfect middle of the order to run away with the American League Central, baseball's weakest division.
Still largely unknown in the English-speaking world, Bouvier, who died 10 years ago this month, has rapidly become a classic on the Continent; his youthful masterpiece L'usage du monde (reissued last year in English in Robyn Marsack's translation The Way of the World) has something close to biblical status for the current generation of French travel writers.
With all these technologies combined, the broadcaster has something closer to a "real" conversation with viewers.
The Internet, at last count, had something close to fifty-nine kabillion Web sites.
She had something close to a child's sense of wonderment.
