Example sentences of "have come [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author of Mining the Earth , John Young , argues that " mining has come to rival water erosion as a force for changing the landscape " . |
| 2 | Perhaps as a result of their experiences during teaching practice and their probationary year , observation has come to connote judgement rather than support . |
| 3 | It would be a tragedy for the aircraft preservation and restoration movement as a whole if it were all scrapped , and so it is with great sadness that after a great deal of thought they are agreed ( having been partners both in business and as husband and wife ) that the time has come to take life a bit easier and retire from the business . |
| 4 | The man has come to barter hippo ivory earrings for cigarettes and a Chinese fishing net . |
| 5 | When we are dealing with the literature on voting behaviour , we are dealing with a literature that has come to display turbulence in the face of electoral behaviour that has become increasingly volatile and unpredictable . |
| 6 | The time has come to use test kits more often , and with greater care — and to experiment with Siporax which , we are so regularly told by the distributor , can deal with nitrites and nitrates . |
| 7 | The time has come to consider target reductions in premature deaths from strokes and heart disease ; the great waster of life in a modern society . |
| 8 | James Spader has come to prefer impotence to sexual deception . |
| 9 | It seems that the idea is to get rid of the 14 Minor County sides as quickly as possible , but the time has come to make cricket 's oldest limited-overs competition into a proper knockout contest , instead of a half-baked one as at present . |
| 10 | After reading Fusion , you will know why one particular confinement system , tokamak , has come to dominate fusion research , and why large tokamaks are under construction — and continuing the rivalry between countries — in the US and Europe . |
| 11 | Thus , by the end of the book , Artegall has come to learn self-control which ensures his victory over uncontrolled savagery . |
| 12 | Congress , the time has come to demand change , to demand that British workers enjoy the rights enjoyed by workers across the rest of Europe . |
| 13 | If you have worked hard to develop a solid gigging career and no one is offering you a deal , the time may have come to approach record companies directly . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've come to take control of this ship , Mr Hands , ’ I said , ‘ so please remember I 'm your captain . ’ |
| 15 | They 've come to sell gold and it 's the money they 're after . |
| 16 | ‘ 'We 've come to cadge coffee , ’ said Paul , giving her his sleepy smile . |
| 17 | And we 've come to understand Darwinism , as opposed to Lamarckism , and ruling it out . |
| 18 | I 've come to propose marriage to you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We 've come to buy xarkon , not to steal it . ’ |
| 20 | Sabraxis had come to visit Lucien in his room as soon as he was well enough to converse . |
| 21 | Jesus had come to restore mankind 's sight symbolism . |
| 22 | Wexford had come to talk business and yet for a moment he could not . |
| 23 | We all felt happy about this and began to walk towards a distant wood , but as we approached it we saw two figures emerging : the priest we had come to see arm in arm with an attractive girl . |
| 24 | The Greens were still arguing over whether the time had come to loosen principle a little and elect a leader , a public face , perhaps Sara Parkin , the International Liaison Secretary of the UK Greens as well as the European Greens ' co-ordination co-secretary . |
| 25 | Dr Myerscough said : ‘ I have tried to put myself in the consultant 's shoes in this situation and I think his apparent instinct that he thought the time had come to induce labour was correct . ’ |
| 26 | In 1873 , Edward Dannreuther talked on the music of the future ( meaning Wagner 's ) and Sidney Colvin on taste and artistic judgement ; and in succeeding years there were always some Discourses essentially on the arts-a word which by this time had come to mean literature , music , painting and sculpture rather than crafts and techniques . |
| 27 | Hence the word had come to mean nonsense . |
| 28 | " Leftism " suggests opposition to existing policies or institutions , and within the labour movement it had come to mean dedication to rapid socialization of the economy whether through parliamentary or revolutionary methods ( see below , chapters 12 , 13 , and 15 ) . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , rightfully or not , Zambia had come to mean trouble to Leila . |
| 30 | Self knowledge for him had come to mean recognition of his own weaknesses and shortcomings and nothing more . ’ |