Example sentences of "come [adv] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 11 scientific institutions in the UK have come together to form the Tropical Forest Research Group . |
| 2 | A group of 15 European firms in a range of businesses have come together to create the European Software Institute to improve skills in developing computer software : the Institute , to be based in Bilbao , Spain , will work with customers on software processes and methodology , according to Compagnie des Machines Bull SA vice-president Georges Grunberg , who is the acting chairman ; the other founders are Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa SA , GMD SA , Eritel SA , Finsiel SA and Iberdrola SA from Spain , British Aerospace Plc , the Electricity Supply Board , Lloyd 's Register and Logica Plc , Sema Group Plc , Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , Telecom Ireland , Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG and Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA ; each of the founders will pay $118,000 a year for three to five years to fund the Institute , which will have a staff of about 50 ; it hopes to build its membership up to between 100 and 300 companies in the medium term . |
| 3 | A group of 15 European firms in a range of businesses have come together to create the European Software Institute to improve skills in developing computer software . |
| 4 | Onlookers admitted to me that they had come simply to see the tragic spectacle of the naked bodies — some of which were badly burned . |
| 5 | The two groups then came together to begin the real business of the day — finding a shared appreciation of the situation in which they were to operate . |
| 6 | In effect , the two new superpowers came together to crush the great powers of yesteryear ; and the growing voice of Afro-Asia in world affairs was heeded for the first time . |
| 7 | Artists such as Turner , Cotman and John Martin came here to record the fiery scenes of the ‘ satanic mills ’ whose blast-furnaces belched flames into the sky and seemed to the Romantics something like visions of hell . |
| 8 | He also points out that a commitment to equality implies also a commitment to a state which will push everybody around until they are equal — Procrustes was a figure in Greek mythology who forced all those he came across to become the same height , either by chopping bits off or by using a rack to stretch their legs . |
| 9 | It failed for the simple reason that no coherent principles or policies came forward to replace the old ones . |
| 10 | What was it you said about coming specially to meet the wild man of the wilderness ? |
| 11 | it 's absolutely wonderful that he 's coming here to launch the National Bowl in May |
| 12 | All three aspects need to be practised so that they all come together to give the right impression . |
| 13 | Roman housewives come here to buy the freshest fruit and vegetables . |