Example sentences of "[adv] to come to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both of us need a few moments alone to come to terms with things . |
| 2 | There are elements of a vicious version of the hermeneutic circle involved : people do n't like poetry because they have n't read enough to come to terms with it , and they have n't read enough because they do n't like it . |
| 3 | By this time Steven was old enough to come to terms with the divorce , but Matthew still found it difficult . |
| 4 | But since any arrangement would need the consent of Louis VII to be valid , he had somehow to come to terms with the French King — despite Toulouse , despite Auvergne , despite Becket . |
| 5 | Derek Jeffries was bought for Crystal Palace for £100,000 in September 1973 by Manager Malcolm Allison , who h , ad also been his boss at Manchester City , to help boost Palace 's struggling midfield as we sought desperately to come to terms with life after relegation to Division Two . |
| 6 | Small powers seek also to come to terms with a particular great power either to guarantee themselves against the overwhelming strength of another great power or in order to prevent the great power in question from asserting its strength more directly and imperiously over them … |
| 7 | ‘ The man who can win the allegiance of the Teddy Boys ’ , remarked Mr Andrew Fountaine who was later to come to prominence within the leadership of the National Front , ‘ can rule this country . ’ |
| 8 | It failed really to come to grips with the contribution which voluntary organisations could make to a pattern of services . |
| 9 | The task was not simply to come to terms with Wagner 's music drama , but to reconcile his theory of it with his actual practice . |
| 10 | Throughout his journey Naipaul is preoccupied with India 's poverty and how to come to terms with it . |
| 11 | We sense there is more to it than that , but we have not known how to come to grips with it without giving ammunition to our opponents . |
| 12 | It is a delightful place to stroll through , as it is sufficiently small ( with a population of under 5,000 ) for a visitor readily to come to terms with its layout . |
| 13 | This was one aspect of his life that Charles found hard to come to terms with , especially during this period when he was evaluating and reassessing his role in life . |
| 14 | The locals field one former Test player , Madan Lal , and although Maninder Singh — last seen being swept to oblivion by Gooch in the Bombay World Cup semi-final — was practising at the England net yesterday , he has yet to come to terms with an attack of the yips . |
| 15 | He has yet to come to terms with the fact that a popular front of the mind or body means a Labour leader in Number 10 . |
| 16 | This cinema 's best attempt yet to come to terms with South Africa . |
| 17 | The time it takes to fully implement T.Q.M. and the amount of work involved may be something that most of us have yet to come to terms with . |
| 18 | A challenge that School Boards are yet to come to terms with fully is how they can contribute to the achievement of the school 's goals . |