Example sentences of "have come [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely , in writing off pop programmes as a lost cause , British TV seems to have ignored the example of MTV , which has come to define that genre across much of the world . |
| 2 | It is , however , suggested that where a new basis for constitutionality has come to enjoy universal acknowledgment or sufficiently widespread acquiescence , the judge 's obligation to uphold the law points in the direction of endorsing charge rather than blindly ignoring it . |
| 3 | The importance of ensuring a high turnout amongst E C nationals surely warrants something more than the complacency and drift that has come to characterise this government 's whole policy towards the European community . |
| 4 | The time has come to kick fast food . |
| 5 | ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly . |
| 6 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 7 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 8 | When the doctor confirms that it is important to provide care , or when too much anxiety is felt in leaving an elderly person alone , the time has come to consider alternative options . |
| 9 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
| 10 | Art Deco has come to mean brilliant colours , curved upholstery and angular , geometric designs . |
| 11 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 12 | The problem is that just like the ‘ moral treatments ’ of the nineteenth century , normalization has come to mean different things to different people , and professionals who have espoused the concept of ‘ normalization ’ often proselytize their views with a religious fervour which , though often motivating to fellow staff , can be alienating to those who are unfamiliar with the concept . |
| 13 | Latterly the word ‘ harpy ’ has come to mean any person who is cruel or merciless , or who hungrily tries to appropriate the food or belongings of a weaker person . |
| 14 | Thereafter confusion set in and , from scenes of events , groups of figures , etc. , presented on a very small scale , the term has come to mean elaborate pictures , much more ambitious than the historiations and sometimes extending to the whole of a large page . |
| 15 | And I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church , and that is not going to go away . |
| 16 | I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church . |
| 17 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 18 | I have no idea why it has come to bear that name . |
| 19 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 20 | A woman will say something like , ‘ Oh look , he 's got a cute butt ’ and some geek standing next to her , sensing that his chance has come to make serious waves in the world of sexual politics , will whine , ‘ You would n't like that if I said that about a girl . ’ |
| 21 | Now I realise , with growing apprehension , that my fertile years will soon be over and that the time has come to make another choice . |
| 22 | Since that time HIV has come to dominate gay life in this country . |
| 23 | Variable analysis is an inferential structure , a form of methodological reasoning , that has come to dominate social research . |
| 24 | ‘ While in times past a royal wife would be expected simply to put up with a situation no matter how desperate , the Princess of Wales belongs to a generation that has come to expect greater things from life and certainly from relationships , ’ she wrote . |
| 25 | If we now ask how we could discover that all action is to be explained in non-intentional terms , and at the same time take the point that it could not be non-intentional in the way that mad or childish behaviour is , it seems that we should have to come to see all action quite differently . |
| 26 | The Perkins may have come to regret this decision because , after being eclipsed at the exhibition , the demand for their mauve dye decreased rapidly , and they found that the commercial potential for magenta dye had been grossly underestimated . |
| 27 | That is , as a piece of adaptive behaviour , whether wholly instinctual or partly learned , it may very well now follow as a causal consequence of the sighting ; but that precisely this sort of dance should have come to serve this purpose is , in a phylogenetic perspective , quite accidental . |
| 28 | In the first place , we had to come to know each other , to establish a community of interest , and so we used the early tours and concert schedules to play through the orchestra , s main repertory . |
| 29 | I 've come to say good night , Lizzie . |
| 30 | ‘ Tell me you 've come to spend some money , ’ said Nubenehem in greeting . |