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

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1 ‘ If all the charities followed the Wolfson 's example , medical research should come to a standstill . ’
2 ‘ But I do n't think relocation will come to a halt .
3 Fifthly and finally , anyone reacting to a significant loss will come to a time of acceptance .
4 Accustomed to the doctrine of ministerial responsibility , used to the idea that they are the repository of the collective wisdom and experience of their departments , accepting that they must handle outside agencies and pressure groups as well as the vagaries of the politicians and the press , they operate with caution but also with great confidence knowing that they alone are in possession of all the facts and that without their activity the whole machine would come to a halt .
5 But once adaptation to the new conditions had been achieved , Darwin assumed that evolution would come to a halt .
6 Evolution will come to a standstill until something in the conditions changes : the onset of an ice age , a change in the average rainfall of the area , a shift in the prevailing wind .
7 Yet without the material , the oil , chemical and food industries of the West would come to a standstill .
8 The information collected will be diverse and complex , and the assessor must come to a view as to the relative importance of different pieces of information and prioritize the information into a manageable , but valid , summary .
9 But pragmatism also allows progress to be made where a more analytic approach might come to a halt , faced with some intractable epistemological obstacle .
10 Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day .
11 They suggest that if current trends in world population growth , industrialisation , pollution , food production and the depletion of non-renewable resources continue , then within a short space of time , perhaps less than a hundred years , economic growth will come to a halt , the industrial base of the world economy will collapse and finally after severe global recession and famine , not only will population growth fall dramatically but so will the level of population itself .
12 The show will come to a close with the Scotts Feeds Inter Hunt Team chase .
13 I know it 's quite , the stamp duty can come to a lot of money ca n't it ?
14 On the second point : a new member may come to a meeting quite prepared to help , but wary of taking on a very demanding job .
15 The country would come to a halt if its 4m expatriate workers left .
16 " That Cassowary will come to a band end , " grunted old Owl when he heard of the goings-on .
17 The fees for sending a child to school can come to a quarter of the parents ' cash income .
18 For example , a client may come to a bureau because he is concerned that the housing benefit to which he is entitled is taking a long time to materialise .
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