Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | International : Easter prayers answered as Etna lava flow comes to a halt |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A growing scandal over illegal funding of the PS and of Mitterrand 's 1988 presidential re-election campaign came to a head in April . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His efforts to make progress with the tubercle bacillus came to a standstill until he tackled its tough ( lipid ) capsule . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The wagon train came to a standstill — a circle was formed right away |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |