Example sentences of "be so close [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Also there are many binaries in which the components are so close together that no telescope will separate them , and they betray their true nature only by means of the spectroscope .
2 This is because the two components are so close together that they almost touch , and presumably gravitational strains mean that each is distorted into the shape of an egg .
3 It is yellowish , with a G-type spectrum , and is actually a close binary , though the components are so close together that no ordinary telescope will separate them .
4 It is actually a binary , but the two components are so close together that they can not be separated with ordinary telescopes .
5 The Earth and the Moon are so close together that it has been estimated that the exposure of both planets to asteroids and comet debris has been much the same .
6 The lines are so close together that two of them can be seen crossing the planet Jupiter at any one time .
7 Taking the last first , there are three villages which are so close together that with any allowance for coalescence , even the one kilometre which I believe was taken in the original look at this problem by the County Council , there would be no possibility of fitting in a settlement er of the size proposed .
8 The poem we were working on was one of several left unfinished , but I can quote here the first three verses , for their expression of our condition at that time , our sense of being so close together that we were utterly apart from all else :
9 The huge drops were so close together that they reflected the light , and the rain billowed and rippled like a silver-white curtain .
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