Example sentences of "[noun] come close [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This entailed the loss of about 3,000 posts with some universities shedding 25 per cent of their staff ; some departments were closed and a number of institutions came close to bankruptcy . |
| 2 | Oystermen come close to victory |
| 3 | At the end of 1987 they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup and then played two drawn series against India and Pakistan , in the latter case coming close to defeat before squeezing a two-wicket victory to square the rubber . |
| 4 | Digital television comes close to reality |
| 5 | The situation came close to manslaughter , and by its overt violence and the occupation of the assailant it is an exception . |
| 6 | The division had a good year in 1992 , with results coming close to budget . |
| 7 | However , in that year , the scheme came close to disaster when nearly 20 per cent of the breed was found to be infected with brucellosis ( in comparison with a national rate of less than 5 per cent ) . |
| 8 | A SURGEON told yesterday how stabbed policewoman Leslie Harrison came close to death as his team battled to save her . |