Example sentences of "have come [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely , in writing off pop programmes as a lost cause , British TV seems to have ignored the example of MTV , which has come to define that genre across much of the world . |
| 2 | The voyage of HMS Beagle has come to eclipse those of the series of scientific voyages to which it belonged , because of the eminence of its naturalist-passenger . |
| 3 | It is , however , suggested that where a new basis for constitutionality has come to enjoy universal acknowledgment or sufficiently widespread acquiescence , the judge 's obligation to uphold the law points in the direction of endorsing charge rather than blindly ignoring it . |
| 4 | This modern view has come about not as a result of any further substantial constitutional developments — perhaps strangely , or perhaps significantly , the issue has never been seriously tested — rather , it has come to enjoy widespread , although not universal acquiescence largely because Dicey ( following Stephen and an equivocating Blackstone ) posited it as a central feature of the English constitution and because it has a deceptively simple logical appeal . |
| 5 | The importance of ensuring a high turnout amongst E C nationals surely warrants something more than the complacency and drift that has come to characterise this government 's whole policy towards the European community . |
| 6 | The time has come to kick fast food . |
| 7 | ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly . |
| 8 | Perhaps also the time has come to abandon content free systems and move towards the development of a knowledge-based program , using grid method but specifically designed to enhance the perception and appreciation of art . |
| 9 | But with the glorification of competition by capitalism it has come to seem natural to think of ourselves as fundamentally egoistic . |
| 10 | But , besides the fact that the details of his method can not be read into many of the advances made in the sciences , his promise of certainty has come to seem inappropriate . |
| 11 | Officials said he would have the same message for all — the time has come to revive direct Arab-Israeli negotiations . |
| 12 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 13 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 14 | When the doctor confirms that it is important to provide care , or when too much anxiety is felt in leaving an elderly person alone , the time has come to consider alternative options . |
| 15 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
| 16 | Art Deco has come to mean brilliant colours , curved upholstery and angular , geometric designs . |
| 17 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 18 | The problem is that just like the ‘ moral treatments ’ of the nineteenth century , normalization has come to mean different things to different people , and professionals who have espoused the concept of ‘ normalization ’ often proselytize their views with a religious fervour which , though often motivating to fellow staff , can be alienating to those who are unfamiliar with the concept . |
| 19 | Latterly the word ‘ harpy ’ has come to mean any person who is cruel or merciless , or who hungrily tries to appropriate the food or belongings of a weaker person . |
| 20 | Thereafter confusion set in and , from scenes of events , groups of figures , etc. , presented on a very small scale , the term has come to mean elaborate pictures , much more ambitious than the historiations and sometimes extending to the whole of a large page . |
| 21 | The Russian occupation of Berlin in 1945 did not ‘ mean ’ the start of the cold war at the time , although , with hindsight , it has come to mean this . |
| 22 | At the same time the emergence of GCSE English has come to mean more than mere changes of emphasis at the upper end of secondary schools . |
| 23 | And I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church , and that is not going to go away . |
| 24 | I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church . |
| 25 | In Bowie 's words , ‘ Future sociologists of knowledge will no doubt study the mechanisms whereby an enfeebled ‘ Lacanism' ’ … has come to loom larger within the intellectual life of a society than the original ideas and texts . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 27 | I have no idea why it has come to bear that name . |
| 28 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 29 | Bureaucracy has come to have such enormous significance for government in communist states that some analysts claim that the whole political system warrants the epithet ‘ bureaucratic ’ . |
| 30 | A woman will say something like , ‘ Oh look , he 's got a cute butt ’ and some geek standing next to her , sensing that his chance has come to make serious waves in the world of sexual politics , will whine , ‘ You would n't like that if I said that about a girl . ’ |