Example sentences of "have come to a head [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has come to a head with EEC obstructionist moves at the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations which were meant to reach a conclusion by 1990 but which would now appear to have collapsed . |
| 2 | This issue had come to a head in July , with the tabling of a no-confidence motion in parliament , and the live broadcasting of the July 18-20 debate on national television . |
| 3 | The Spratly Islands were claimed by three ASEAN members — Brunei , Malaysia and the Philippines — and by China , Taiwan and Vietnam ; the dispute had come to a head in early 1992 after China and Vietnam awarded contracts separately to Western companies to drill for oil in the disputed archipelago [ see p. 38768 ] . |
| 4 | Things had come to a head in 1990 when a release extenxded a shut-down by several days at a cost of £250,000. a CAT , involving a wide cross-section of disciplines , was set up and reviewed incidents from 1987 onwards . |
| 5 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |