Example sentences of "come close to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times on my pilgrimage through Biomorph Land I seemed to come close to a precursor of my insects , but , then , in spite of my best efforts as a selecting agent , evolution went off on what proved to be a false trail . |
| 2 | The writing of that book in hospital , I now realise , came close to a meditation . |
| 3 | Middlesbrough came close to a breakthrough in the 63rd minute . |
| 4 | Somerset seamer Neil Mallender came close to a surprise Test cap in New Zealand recently |
| 5 | With regard to Calvinism , Ewing had joined Thomas Erskine [ q.v. ] of Linlathen as early as 1836 in opposing predestination , and he later came close to a doctrine of universal salvation . |
| 6 | Hard-running Cambridge came close to a goal after 24 minutes . |
| 7 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 8 | On Afghanistan , the Guardian of Dec. 13 quoted Shevardnadze as saying : " We succeeded in coming close to an agreement on a very major provision in Afghanistan . |
| 9 | Needing no alibis , however , though it comes close to an exploitation concept , is the hard-driving Australian movie Shame ( Vestron ) , with a dynamic central performance by Deborra-Lee Furness as the city woman caught up in Outback violence . |
| 10 | In these occasional pieces , he is revealed as a psychological critic whose apparent ability to immerse himself in another poet 's personality comes close to an act of clairvoyance . |