Example sentences of "have come [to-vb] a [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And now I think the time has come to explore a little further . ’
2 This works fairly well , but many people will consider that the time has come to consider a more rigid mounting .
3 In the world of manuscripts , ‘ miniature ’ has come to have a rather puzzling significance .
4 ‘ Biogeography is a field of study which has come to assume a slightly different meaning for different disciplines .
5 The road system built up since the Romans had come to serve a much heavier traffic load in the later Middle Ages as the county became wealthier .
6 Given the party 's increasingly isolated situation , given its general lack of prestigious cultural figures , it is not surprising that by 1928 Barbusse had come to enjoy a particularly favoured position within the ranks of the PCF itself .
7 For one of the founders of the sociology of religion , Emile Durkheim , history showed beyond doubt that religion had come to embrace a progressively smaller sector of social life .
8 Long ago , outside Kyrenia , he and this man had come to know a little of one another .
9 Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening .
10 More recently , departmental committees have come to play a more important role in this regard , seeking by the examination of Ministers and senior members of the Civil Service , amongst others , to elicit information , previously much less accessible , as a basis for more intelligent criticism and control .
11 Universities have expanded and the polytechnics have come to play a more significant role .
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