Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] come to a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the yeast foods caused you to have an abdominal reaction , then you may find the weight loss came to a standstill this week .
2 There was an emergency Cabinet meeting shortly after 11 p.m. , and as it progressed the storm clouds that had been gathering all Saturday evening came to a head .
3 International : Easter prayers answered as Etna lava flow comes to a halt
4 Von Frisch trained a scout bee to come to a source , and then placed out new sources at equal distances from the hive , but only one at the same direction as the original .
5 A growing scandal over illegal funding of the PS and of Mitterrand 's 1988 presidential re-election campaign came to a head in April .
6 A MINING town came to a standstill as thousands of pitmen and their supporters marched in protest at plans to close a colliery and sack 730 miners .
7 His efforts to make progress with the tubercle bacillus came to a standstill until he tackled its tough ( lipid ) capsule .
8 The companies say that if they are not allowed to produce HCFCs and HFCs for long enough to make a return on their investment , users will face a crisis when CFC manufacturing comes to a halt in the late 1990s .
9 The diesel locomotive came to a halt a matter of feet from the structure ; eight people were fined £2,500 and spent a week in prison .
10 The Hiss case came to a climax at a moment when the confidence of Americans in the strength of their world position had been shaken by a series of events abroad .
11 Work in the Prince 's office at Buckingham Palace came to a halt when Diana confronted her husband-to-be about his proposed gift .
12 The increasing friction between Braun and the City Council came to a head last month when proposals for a large sculpture garden , which was to be financed completely by the Overholland Foundation , again did not find the support from the City Council that Braun was hoping for .
13 The wagon train came to a standstill — a circle was formed right away
14 Oxford City Centre came to a standstill over the weekend … so what 's new … this time tho … it was runners … as the annual half marathon got underway .
15 This normativist concern came to a head with the publication in 1929 by Lord Hewart , the Lord Chief Justice , of a book entitled The New Despotism .
16 The Litigation Section came to a conference in England in May , which was mostly organised by , Vice-Chairman of the IPC and , Secretary to the IPC .
17 The family feud came to a head on Monday when the 26-year-old issued a High Court writ , suing the former builder for more than £1 million .
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