Example sentences of "[verb] close to [being] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a fantasy to say that Nancy has now come close to being a myth , and with a fiction writer that is exceedingly dangerous , for sometimes I ask myself , did Nancy ever exist ? |
| 2 | Apart from anything else , the venture represents real regeneration in a city where talk of regeneration has come close to being a growth industry . |
| 3 | It 's actually too thin to be uncomfortable , funnily enough ; none of the sharp edges even come close to being a nightmare for the rib cage . |
| 4 | The walk outlined here comes close to being a true wilderness area , being lonely , beautiful and sometimes precarious . |
| 5 | Indeed , at times Adorno 's Beethoven comes close to being a fetish : the image objectifies those musical tendencies Adorno wants to privilege . |