Example sentences of "come to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Eugene Malou and Frank Friedmaier are far more interesting than the people by whom they are condemned : the fact that they come to sticky ends is Simenon 's fig-leaf , his nod in the direction of conventional morality . |
2 | that 's why I come to two pounds separate er |
3 | Today , the nearest we come to such exhibitions are to be found in the trade exhibitions mounted at venues such as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre ( SECC ) at Glasgow . |
4 | Even more people from developing countries come to developed countries for education and training . |
5 | Just because I happen to like my shellsuit trousers , people come to all sorts of unflattering conclusions about me , generally involving Essex . |
6 | ‘ Aid workers ’ who come to developing countries with a purely altruistic attitude — giving up a good job and staking a lot to help poor people — are doomed to be disillusioned and frustrated . |
7 | Well that 's like er tarred rope that 's what it was and er used to put a piece through the wire every foot and when you come to six feet there 'd be a piece of leather , cut in cut one piece of leather . |
8 | And there they 'd be chatting across to one another or come to each others ' doors and h you know pass time of day having a little chat about one thing and another . |
9 | Tt and then we come to rich peasants , land owned by rich peasants and cultivi cultivated by themselves or hired labour and their other properties shall be protected from infringement . |
10 | He has definitively discovered what happens to socks and underwear once the wearers have been persuaded to shed them , how co-habiting men and women care for their most intimate garments , and how couples come to joint terms with the washing machine — or fail to . |
11 | Having taught many generations of Evangelical students , I am aware that many come to theological colleges with inchoate views concerning the nature of the Eucharist . |
12 | Halfway down the Canyon , you come to 400-million-year-old limestones . |
13 | When you come to smaller areas ( around the shoulder blades for instance ) change to thumbs and two middle fingers , but do not pinch the flesh . |
14 | The one I said come to ten letters . |
15 | Oh now we come to some advertisements about food . |
16 | Staff shortages , combined with the patients ' helplessness and their invisibility from the general public ( few visitors come to these wards ) , make it easy for private toileting or modesty to be ignored and emotional lives denied . |
17 | This is very largely because under this Government , maybe under all governments , Ministers are more and more departmentally conditioned before they come to these meetings … . |
18 | She has been compelled by her ancestry to leave the sea and come to these beaches to breed , for seals are descended from land-living mammals and although their limbs have become efficient paddles and their bodies are streamlined for swimming , unlike whales and dolphins they have not yet evolved techniques that enable them to give birth at sea . |
19 | We shall have four-yearly conventions … you can drop your resolutions and buy balloons ; because that is all you will be able to release when you come to these conventions . ’ |
20 | In terms of review of staggered hours erm the review is sort of a constant one which has not really come to head yet , in terms of actually being able to write something down , so I 'm we 'll be able to as soon as we , as soon I 've something which we erm , come to any conclusions in terms of staggered hours . |
21 | Before I come to those passages , it is convenient to refer to such earlier authority as there is . |
22 | In so far as this decision approves a requirement made under section 7(4) to provide a specimen of blood simpliciter , without making any reference to the alternative of urine , it has been effectively overruled by later cases and I shall defer further consideration of it until I come to those cases . |
23 | At the end of the lane , you come to three gates . |
24 | Finally we come to three speakers representing groups which have been active in researching and lobbying on the issues of employment , unemployment and training in West Belfast . |
25 | Once it becomes clear that recovery is likely , it may , for instance , lead a person to re-examine their lifestyle and come to positive decisions about how they would like to improve it and make more of its good features . |
26 | It is designed to enable system administrators to identify and fix problems before they come to most users ' attention . |
27 | He knew that these beetles come to dead bodies , on which they feed and lay their eggs . |
28 | However , when we come to more details considerations — such as exactly where this ‘ golden age ’ is to be located in real historical time — then we are confronted with such a disorderly jumble of datemarks and vague historical allusions as to allow for wide margins of disagreement even among dedicated ‘ law-and-order ’ enthusiasts . |
29 | PLEASE — come to Qualified Teachers ' Day on the 18th June and be prepared to discuss this VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE — you supported our plea when we asked you to help boost membership , come along and listen and you will be given an opportunity to express your opinions . |