Example sentences of "come [adv] to be 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 | Even before the dispute began one woman had come forward to be a shop steward . |
| 4 | I came here to be a good lord as well as the King 's most loyal servant ! |
| 5 | To most people coming forward to be a Christian priest , the moment when they became deacons was a bigger turning-point in the life , and more emotional , than the moment when they became priests . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The walk outlined here comes close to being a true wilderness area , being lonely , beautiful and sometimes precarious . |
| 8 | Indeed , at times Adorno 's Beethoven comes close to being a fetish : the image objectifies those musical tendencies Adorno wants to privilege . |