Sentence examples for have something close to from inspiring English sources

We have thousands of gun deaths — eighty-four teens and children are among the nine hundred slaughtered by guns in the blink of an eye since the Newtown massacre — while the other countries that most closely resemble our own, from Australia to Canada to Britain, have something close to none.

They have something close to local monopolies and seem to be able to raise rates regularly.

I have something close to an insurmountable fascination when it comes to Isabelle's character.

Benitez expects to have something close to a full squad of players to choose from for the clash with Sam Allardyce's side.

The coalition also said the new company would have something close to a monopolist's hand when it came to setting ticket fees.

If you replace the idea of tonality with the idea of race, you would have something close to an anti-Semitic tract.

Audiences used to have something closer to this theatre "contract" with their television screens.

However, if you went store to store and managed to find out sales figures for 1,000 of them, you might have something closer to "material" information.

Those whose imagination could not stretch to empathise with the misery we have caused in the Gulf now have something closer to home to identify with.

As it turns out, applicants do not have, say, 150 words to discuss their most meaningful extracurricular activities; they have something closer to 1,000 characters (Max said he eventually figured this out).

But add a touch of good red wine vinegar to saba or vin cotto, and you'll have something closer to traditional $100 artisanal balsamic vinegar than the harsh industrially produced vinegars in most stores.