Example sentences of "come to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The American view of the Middle East situation was that any failure of British colonialism to come to terms with Arab Nationalism would open the door to Communist infiltration and eventual domination of the area . |
| 32 | Despite an increase of 8.5% in the public subsidy for national museums in 1991–92 , most are still struggling to come to terms with the squeeze imposed on their budgets by the Treasury over the past few years . |
| 33 | In it she recounts trying to come to terms with the fact that two of her four sons had been born with severe abnormalities . |
| 34 | She had not been able to come to terms with her ‘ public position ’ . |
| 35 | Among the forward-looking theologians who were trying to come to terms with the new scientific data was the Dean of St Paul 's , Canon H.L. Mansel , who gave the Bampton Lectures in 1858 . |
| 36 | But just as the people in Exodus 16 , when first given the manna , found it hard to come to terms with God 's meticulous generosity , so now they are blinded by the clarity of God 's judgement . |
| 37 | Much has been written about training shoes over the last couple of years , as the style magazines and the newspapers have tried to come to terms with the massive increase in the popularity of the trainer . |
| 38 | Farmers have to come to terms with the market and look upon wholesalers and retailers as allies , not enemies . |
| 39 | It helped fourth-century Christians to come to terms with the paradox that the privileged , wealthy , and powerful post-Constantinian church actually was also the church of the martyrs . |
| 40 | What is meant by this is that people begin to come to terms with what has happened . |
| 41 | ‘ It is something I have had to come to terms with because in the past couple of years I have had to fly hundreds of times . |
| 42 | And underneath the lofty claims that they were fulfilling the will of God and freeing the kingdom from oppression and tyranny , and the open attacks on the regent 's actions , there were still hints of the desire to come to terms , which reflect their awareness of how shaky the basis of their self-defence was . |
| 43 | An Italian proof-reader and old Party-member , nicknamed the Professore , tries to come to terms with the apparent bankruptcy of his own system of beliefs . |
| 44 | He was still struggling to come to terms with the disappointment of missing the ride on Cool Ground . |
| 45 | He also conceded that Unisys has been hit by the same technology shift with which IBM is having to come to terms . |
| 46 | They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect . |
| 47 | Weaver and his colleagues ( 1985 ) found that residents most able to come to terms with admission were those who had exercised some degree of control or choice in entering residential care . |
| 48 | The changing context of educational management requires schools to adopt proactive staff management strategies in order to come to terms with a range of complex issues : |
| 49 | Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘ How to Marry a Millionaire ’ is seen in her cabin on board the Queen Mary trying to come to terms with her Travellers Letter of Credit . |
| 50 | Small powers seek also to come to terms with a particular great power either to guarantee themselves against the overwhelming strength of another great power or in order to prevent the great power in question from asserting its strength more directly and imperiously over them … |
| 51 | On the contrary , the federation or confederation of states , whether for the purpose of pursuing common goals , ensuring common defence from a foreign power or in order to come to terms with a powerful neighbour , is as old as the federation of the city states of ancient Greece . |
| 52 | Nevertheless , Mitchell points out that it is of the nature of commitment to come to terms with what may count against one 's own beliefs as well as what may count for them . |
| 53 | Whether it is the timidly smiling cleric having tea , the piously confident student talking about the way in which Jesus warms up his or her heart , or the aggressively confident know-all trying to recall the country to ‘ civilisation ’ , it is a similar picture of inability to come to terms with the way in which most people in Western societies live . |
| 54 | In many instances , the mother of the child will wish to keep the child , but the father is unable to come to terms with the handicap , and the family is split up . |
| 55 | But despite the positive counselling they may well receive , many parents , especially fathers , find it impossible to come to terms with the nature of their son or daughter . |
| 56 | 3 ) ‘ When the babies are very young leave them to come to terms with others at their own pace . ’ |
| 57 | Larsen , in fact , represents the alienated hero who seeks to come to terms with an absurd world by entering into the game , by playing out a meaningless life as if it were meaningful . |
| 58 | After consulting this same healer on several further occasions , Simone decided to join a small team of people specialising in past-life therapy , and now helps others to come to terms with traumas in the past which are blocking present progress or happiness . |
| 59 | ‘ The revelation of these fragments of past lives helped me to come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . ’ |
| 60 | Morrissey was attempting to come to terms with the emptiness of success which , in moments of depression , was as numbing as past days of failure . |