Example sentences of "[vb -s] close to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Samuel , disguised in drag , comes close to being ravished by Sir Formal ; the curmudgeon turns out to have a taste for flagellation . |
| 2 | I hope you will agree that in these two instances I have cited from his career — both of which I have had corroborated and believe to be accurate — my father not only manifests , but comes close to being the personification itself , of what the Hayes Society terms ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ . |
| 3 | The walk outlined here comes close to being a true wilderness area , being lonely , beautiful and sometimes precarious . |
| 4 | Indeed , at times Adorno 's Beethoven comes close to being a fetish : the image objectifies those musical tendencies Adorno wants to privilege . |
| 5 | Overall the Calculator accessory is the only one that comes close to being worth its price , the others are either too basic or liable to crash to be considered seriously . |