Example sentences of "come [prep] [art] conclusion " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I feel very angry that you 've come to a conclusion about me without discussing the matter with me . ’
2 He has not yet come to a conclusion on that .
3 Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota !
4 People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds .
5 There might be regrets over giving up the novel , but after having been deeply interested in that form for many years ( even to the extent of writing one ) and often teaching courses on the novel , I have come to the conclusion that the pedagogic difficulties involved are extreme .
6 For on that Saturday Mr Pozsgay organised a radio interview to tell the world that a party committee working under him had come to the conclusion that 1956 had been a popular uprising , thus ensuring that the terms of reference in Hungarian politics would never be the same again .
7 But I 've come to the conclusion that these are sometimes a bit astrological , particularly if you 're in a competitive situation .
8 The director , Andrew Warren , admitted that even in that citadel of energy conservation he had come to the conclusion that the savings would not justify the cost .
9 American officials say that , after a year 's careful thought , the new democracies of Eastern Europe have come to the conclusion that NATO is a splendid thing : a watchdog against any future Soviet attempt to re-establish hegemony over Eastern and Central Europe ( see page 47 ) .
10 On 22 February the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , Peter Rees , had minuted the Prime Minister saying that the Chancellor and he had come to the conclusion that the Government should aim to save £2 billion from the social security review by 1987–8 .
11 Last night , while sitting doing my ration of embroidery , I thought of what we had been talking about — the paying guest , and have come to the conclusion that you ought not to undertake such a responsibility as you have had such a difficult time in one way and another with sickness and trouble .
12 I have for myself come to the conclusion that owing to the conditions which exist in the world today , having regard to the economic environment , having regard to the situation of our country , if we go on pattering along as we are we shall have grave unemployment with us to the end of time , and I have come to the conclusion that the only way of fighting this subject is by protecting the home markets .
13 But whereas he had come to the conclusion by the beginning of 1936 that Mussolini was probably not the man to play this game , he remained cautiously optimistic that Hitler might be .
14 There was evident a very strong determination on the part of Prof. Barker to remove all obstacles likely to prevent agreement being reached and , in the course of a subsequent conversation with Elvin , he said that he had recently come to the conclusion that it was of primary importance that the WEA should have the full assistance of the Extra-Mural Board in all its work throughout the whole of this District .
15 The parents had come to the conclusion , after soliciting expert opinion , that her needs could best be met in a special ( and , as it happened , private ) school .
16 He had paced all the possible routes and timings and , given a small margin of error , had come to the conclusion that Drew could have left his lodging at the witnessed time and appear at the theatre at the attested time seven minutes later .
17 Having grown up under the nose of the Israeli war machine , young Palestinians have come to the conclusion that , in the world they inhabit , might is right and the only way to survive and flourish is to be strong and violent .
18 Many of them have come to the conclusion that the role and atmosphere of the station large and small is essentially ecclesiastical .
19 Regrettably we have come to the conclusion that whoever made the decision to refuse Mr Warner access at 4.45 pm was very probably motivated by a desire to have one last chance of interviewing the appellant in the absence of a solicitor .
20 The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’
21 PS After reading this through , I have come to the conclusion that I am a racehorse .
22 Over the past few weeks she had come to the conclusion that the person she would most like to share her home was quiet , devoted Jenny .
23 I have come to the conclusion that the temples of the idols in England should not on any account be destroyed .
24 Scientists have been measuring the tide at Burnham-on-Sea , jotting down hours of sunlight , measuring the temperature to 14 decimal places and they have come to the conclusion that water levels could rise by a foot over the next 40 years .
25 ‘ But we 've come to the conclusion that since not everybody 's ready for it , we 'd better start packaging some of our most popular strings both ways — individually in sixes , and collectively in one packet — and let players make up their own minds .
26 That correspondence got no further and I have come to the conclusion that either they all recognise my name , or else there is a conspiracy !
27 I had already come to the conclusion that regression therapy would probably be the best way to help Maxine , and I put the idea to her .
28 She had come to the conclusion that if giving up Brentwoods and moving to the country was what Brian wanted , then perhaps she ought to go along with it , stop being selfish .
29 He always took Celia flowers and sometimes books or magazines , but he had come to the conclusion she never read them .
30 Having recently re-read my own , I have come to the conclusion that diaries furnish the perfect vehicle for self-deception and self-enhancement , provided that , in later years , the reader/writer is incapable of reading between the lines or unable to remember what has been left unsaid .
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