Example sentences of "come close to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The only group to have come close to this sort of vetting of its members is the charity Action for Victims of Medical Accidents ( AVMA ) . |
2 | Italy seems to be coming close to that point of no return ; it is rapidly exhausting its reserves of international goodwill as well as its reserves of foreign currency . |
3 | The inhabitants of Northern Nigeria , however , though coming close to this standard , had with few exceptions to be cured of a certain lack of forthrightness . |
4 | On a true evolutionary walk you could " drop through " , at any time , to another plane , for instance from the plane of Figure 6 to the plane of Figure 7 ( in the vicinity of the insect , where the two planes come close to each other ) . |
5 | There are some yachts which come close to this spec : the FF boats of Holland ( only 30 and 35ft ) ; the X119 , but I do n't think this is suitable for two and its bulb keel with forward protrusion seems to me to be dangerous in our net-infested waters ; the Dehler db36 is interesting , though ugly and over-designed . |
6 | According to Hulme and Blyth ( 1984 ) , reclaimed peatland in Harris and Lewis is characterised by pastures with Trifolium repens , Holcus lanatus , Agrostis canina and Anthoxanthum , which comes close to this sub-community . |
7 | No other poet in the century comes close to this representation . |