Example sentences of "[vb past] close to [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A serious crisis erupted within the Janata Dal party ( the main component of the ruling National Front coalition ) in mid-July , and came close to destroying India 's coalition government after less than a year in power . |
| 2 | Finally it came close to emulating Midland 's Crocker fiasco in America . |
| 3 | Mercury Communications Ltd , which came close to accepting AT&T Co 's hand in marriage a year or so ago , is backing the US company 's complaint to the US authorities that the UK regulatory system is unsatisfactory because , claims AT&T , the UK has not provided adequate safeguards to prevent British Telecommunications Plc from abusing its monopoly power , and has failed to exercise controls over interconnection services provided by Telecom for rivals , or the company 's pricing policy ‘ in a meaningful way ’ . |
| 4 | The Dakar fiasco came close to ending de Gaulle 's political career almost before it had begun . |
| 5 | But after Diadora League Kingstonian came close to upsetting Division One Peterborough , the message from Posh manager Turner was : ‘ Chris does himself no favours by being so vocal . |
| 6 | Monaghan came close to snatching victory but this would have been rough justice on Cavan who showed flair and fluency in the first half before fading . |
| 7 | Although Brian claims not to be a ‘ whiz-bang merchant ’ , his build-up to the grand finale , the combustion of a mixture of nitric oxide and carbon disulphide ( which allegedly came close to killing von Liebig when an explosion caused the glass tube containing the mixture , to send shards of glass flying in all directions ) , instilled some trepidation into the audience . |
| 8 | Between 1903 and 1912 local activists prevented the outright split in the party to which émigré divisions were leading , Lenin himself faced powerful challenges from within the Bolshevik faction , notably from Bogdanov , and he came close to losing control altogether . |
| 9 | The welfare state never came close to eliminating poverty . |
| 10 | I knew the master would not let her leave the safety of the Grange to go so far , especially as the road to the hills passed close to Wuthering Heights . |