Example sentences of "come as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspection of the scatterplot suggested that it would be worth trying to fit a line ; the task is to find one which will come as near as possible to the data points . |
| 2 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |
| 3 | " Oh yes , indeed , Mr Herriot , I wish you would come as soon as possible . |
| 4 | I had run out of ideas ; ideas do n't come as easily as all that . |
| 5 | At the moment , as far as I know , there is on the market no computer that really can have a large memory and is also within the price range for the ordinary primary school or home , but if these new falling prices of memory do come as quickly as some people are predicting , then that could make a huge difference . |
| 6 | But if Big Bang turns to crash and Poles lose their unPolish patience with the austerity plan , or if Solidarity can not contain its differences any longer , a fresh election could come as early as this autumn . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll come as far as Tucker 's , get some fags , ’ Nails said . |
| 8 | " Wo n't you come as far as the boat ? " |
| 9 | " Can you come as far as Islington , do you want to take the cab after that ? " |
| 10 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 11 | The relatively frequent mis-matches between speakers ' " Patois " and the presumed model ( JC ) indicate that for those speakers , " Patois " does not come as naturally as LE . |