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

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1 A confrontation came to a head on Nov. 18 between Benazir Bhutto , the former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) and of the People 's Democratic Alliance ( PDA ) coalition , and the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif .
2 It took half a mile to come to a halt after the crash and the driver was treated for shock .
3 But if a matter came to a head that withdrawing my labour was the only way to resolve it , that I thought was the only way to resolve it , I 'd go out and do it again .
4 In a step experiment ( Figure 6.8 ) von Frisch trained a bee to come to a dish of scented , sugary water .
5 It follows that for the alterations to a four bedroomed bungalow to include any necessary enlargement of a bathroom come to a figure which I allow of twenty five thousand pounds .
6 The grant of jurisdiction to a tribunal or other decision-maker must involve a power to come to a decision which in the opinion of a reviewing court may well be wrong .
7 Frequently they are relevant and will be followed on appeal — but during the six months to a year it takes for an appeal to come to a hearing the minister could have changed , while the current appeals will have been lodged long before the words have been spoken .
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