Example sentences of "[vb base] to term " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have given staff in schools the space to meet as a group and get to terms with issues over a longer period , complementing the series of other meetings and team meetings that go on anyway . |
| 2 | We 're articulate enough to fool ourselves that we 're nice people , but there 's a strong undercurrent to our thinking that encourages us to view people with a disability as lesser , and until we come to terms with that , we will never have a proper support system . |
| 3 | She had never come to terms with her old life , but , inch by inch , she was coming to terms with this one : her first reality . |
| 4 | This attitude reflects badly on the conference service industry and demonstrates that it has still not fully come to terms with the need for quality and a caring approach in its business . |
| 5 | They had long ago come to terms with that sorrow . |
| 6 | Because of this profound sense of acceptance , we understand and come to terms with our own uniqueness . |
| 7 | All this has happened because enormous sums of public money available for drainage schemes since the War have combined with a revolution in technology which we have not yet fully come to terms with . |
| 8 | For many older people this taboo is unhelpful and leads to difficulties , including an inability to prepare for and come to terms with the realities of old age , with physical and mental decline , and ultimately with death itself . |
| 9 | This is regrettable , since discipline is , or should be , a positive process of training and parental leadership which helps children and teenagers come to terms with the world outside the family . |
| 10 | In these examples the therapists endeavoured to help the patients come to terms with the loss and at the same time tried to assist them to tackle the other problems they were facing . |
| 11 | Come to terms with minor health problems and take time to learn how to manage them . |
| 12 | Unless they come to terms with their own past adolescence , they will be unready to deal in a mature way with their children 's . |
| 13 | It might be possible to approach the problem from another angle : specifically to direct our attention to intentional social behaviour in relation to the outside world , to look at the ways that people cope , deal and come to terms with the non-routine , the out-of-the-ordinary , to document the character of the dynamic between the familiar world and the external processes typical of people in different groups , categories , communities and societies . |
| 14 | He had uneasily come to terms with the fact that Connors had been more than vague , had actually held back vital information . |
| 15 | Talking about your worries to someone not directly involved will help you to express your feelings and come to terms with your previous experiences . |
| 16 | But as with physical wounds , it can sometimes run into complications caused by careless handling or the existence of unfavourable external or internal conditions which may delay recovery ; so the main concern of those caring for the bereaved should be to try to create the best possible conditions in which healing can take place , in which they feel loved and safe , and are permitted to take their time to absorb the fact of their loss and come to terms with it . |
| 17 | Yet many of them come to terms with it magnificently , trying so hard not to add their pain to that of their children , in a situation that sometimes neither of them can alter . |
| 18 | She will need time to grieve inwardly a little over these losses and gradually come to terms with them in her own way , so you should not assume that any moods of depression or irritability she has in those early months are a reflection on the efforts you are making to help her to feel ‘ at home ’ . |
| 19 | We 've all come to terms now with ‘ woofers ’ and ‘ tweeters ’ , but how much more ‘ woof ’ can you use ? |
| 20 | I have never actually used these for help or advice myself , as I was aware of my infection before they were formed and had by then come to terms with it . |
| 21 | Once we come to terms with the very limited although crucial place of analytic thinking among the varieties of intelligent behaviour , we draw from ‘ Be aware ’ the corollary ‘ Reason as much as and no more than will assist awareness ’ . |
| 22 | There can of course be no comfort for Mr and Mrs Young as they come to terms with their tragedy . |
| 23 | That is Julie Godwin 's legacy and it will give her husband and her daughter strength as they come to terms with her loss . |
| 24 | In a totally uncharacteristic and confused way , she had been hoping against hope that Mrs Bennett would settle down in Hillmarden and come to terms with what she had called ‘ all them dark months ’ . |
| 25 | Why did her mother , a young and seemingly attractive girl , never come to terms with either widowhood or motherhood ? |
| 26 | The counsellor can perform two functions ; first , to help former parents accept and come to terms with their new situation , and second , to encourage them to fill their lives where necessary by developing different interests and pursuits . |
| 27 | ‘ If Anne-Marie is freed , we can help each other come to terms with our grief . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I notice now the accent is already switching to more mobility as they come to terms with the new laws , ’ he explained . |
| 29 | CARING Prince Charles helped his close friend Lady Romsey come to terms with the death of her child from cancer , she reveals today . |
| 30 | The circuit starts on the fourth floor and spirals downward through three sections : 1933–39 covers the repression of the Jews ; 1939–45 describes the ghettoes , deportations and mass murders ; and 1945 to the present recounts survivors ' efforts to rebuild their lives and come to terms with the ineffable tragedy . |