Example sentences of "comes [adv] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cruelty in general comes easily to the childish nature , since the obstacle that brings the instinct for mastery to a halt at another person 's pain — namely a capacity for pity — is developed relatively late . |
| 2 | Consequently , in the transition epoch , the case of the imaginary form inevitably comes close to the typical case . |
| 3 | Pete finds this hilarious ; he has been dying to get his own back for various things for ages and this comes close to the perfect opportunity . |
| 4 | But in relative terms there can be no doubt that British broadcasting comes close to the Public Service Ideal while the British press comes nowhere near it . |
| 5 | Comes carefully to the sunk lungs . |
| 6 | In a statement made in 1952 , Aneurin Bevan comes closest to the continental view . |