Example sentences of "must be [adv] close " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donna consulted the directions on the sheet of paper and realized that they must be pretty close to their destination . |
| 2 | It must be pretty close . |
| 3 | Yet the Grand Canal must be quite close . |
| 4 | Now that we have the means to observe samples of language which must be fairly close to representative samples , the clear messages are : a ) We are teaching English in ignorance of a vast amount of basic fact . |
| 5 | If one believes the prediction of the inflationary cosmology , that the total density of the Universe must be very close to the critical value above which it recollapses , then there must also be unclustered dark matter as even the dark matter in galaxies and clusters has too small a density to account for this . |
| 6 | If one believes that the total density of the Universe must be very close to the critical value , this implies that the baryon fraction in compact groups is representative of the mean cosmological value . |
| 7 | Lately Ohly excavated further and also removed Thorwaldsen 's restorations ; and succeeded in arranging the surviving remains in what must be very close indeed to the original scheme : a revelation . |
| 8 | A wooden rail at waist height barred their way ; they must be very close to the edge of the cliff . |
| 9 | There were edgy , mocking passages of woodwind , impressionistic sections led by flute and harp , clattery percussive interpolations , and concluding all's-well-that-ends-well music which must be as close to a waltz as Britten ever came . |
| 10 | Answer : by turning in a record with echoes of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison , which must be as close as popular music comes to high seriousness and sainthood , to being untrammelled by earthly concerns like chart success . |
| 11 | His lips must be so close … |