Example sentences of "[adv] come to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In approaching the wife 's defence I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the judge has overlooked two critical points of distinction between her case and that of the husband .
2 ‘ You 'd better come to the flat with me for a start , as soon as the warrant arrives .
3 The uncle had apparently come to the school gates at the end of school and when the girl was a little way on her way home had caught up with her and taken her to his house .
4 Just as they approached the doors , he stopped as if he had suddenly come to a decision .
5 In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end .
6 Well , that was when it had all come to a head .
7 A brilliant student 's seven-year battle for compensation after being crippled for life , has finally come to an end with a record award of £1.2 million .
8 After Danny de Vito showed his skills as a director in Wars of the Roses he used his leverage with the money-men to bankroll a long-cherished project which has finally come to the screen as Hoffa .
9 Many gins later , his guests had just come to the end of the petits fours when Wullie Robertson turned up , forcing his way into La Noblesse , looking like the wrath of God , or the son of some Pictish chieftain , and demanding , ‘ Hyacinth !
10 Vice-Admiral Hawkins , together with his two scientist friends , had just come to the bridge in response to Talbot 's invitation that they join him .
11 Aikin notes that the cotton industry had just come to the town .
12 ‘ This particular bird 's just come to the Zoo .
13 As this issue of The Lifeboat goes to press the 16th International Lifeboat Conference has just come to an end in Oslo .
14 It looked as if the serenity of the evening had just come to an end !
15 Most of which I know some of them have already come to an end like Julie 's E S
16 However , a call to the Institute 's members ' registrar will confirm whether a firm of a similar name exists , or whether it is a case of ‘ misrepresentation ’ that has already come to the Institute 's attention .
17 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 .
18 Cards and flowers had already come to the stage door , and Bernie was making mocking remarks at every opportunity .
19 His competitive streak has always come to the fore in head-to-head situations , such as the World Match Play and the Ryder Cup .
20 Looking up at the sky , at the myriad pinpricks of light , it seemed to him that he could feel the turning earth beneath his feet and that time had mysteriously come to a stop , fusing into one moment the past , the present and the future ; the ruined abbey , the obstinately enduring artefacts of the last war , the crumbling cliff defences , the windmill and the power station .
21 West Germany : ‘ the nuclear construction programme of the German utilities has practically come to an end for the time being . ’
22 Even after your job has clearly come to an end , you need to beware of breaking obligations that remain legally binding upon you , such as the duty not to disclose trade secrets .
23 The itinerant ticker of classic gritstone , steeped in the lure and legend of this most elemental of climbing forms , must sooner or later come to an end of the unusual circuit of well-publicised , polished testpieces and crowded crags .
24 On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire .
25 Gervase Jackson-Stops has also come to the aid of Stowe , with An English Arcadia 1600 – 1990 , an exhibition of designs and watercolours of gardens in the care of the National Trust which opens in the USA next year .
26 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 . ’
27 The age of those mighty , entrepreneurial artistic directors has probably come to an end .
28 ‘ I have nearly come to the end of what I have to say but there is one final complication if I may impose on your patience a little longer .
29 Matters have now come to a head .
30 To this must be added the 157,000 temporary houses ( the provision of temporary houses has now come to an end ) , the repair of war-damaged property , and the use of huts and service camps .
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