Example sentences of "not come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people ’ had argued that increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide had serious implications for the climate , but the committee had not come to any conclusions on that . |
| 2 | War or no war , the Government 's other business had not come to a halt . |
| 3 | The four-fold hike in oil prices in 1973 would have devastated the world economy had inflation not come to the rescue of western consumers by reducing the real burden of dearer oil . |
| 4 | Becker 's surprising defeat by Spain 's Jordi Burillo in Barcelona last week suggests the former Wimbledon and world champion has still not come to terms with playing on the European clay , which predominates to the end of the French Open in early June . |
| 5 | Since the ability to draw is not seen as particularly important , this state of affairs has not come to the fore . |
| 6 | They were free to raise funds elsewhere if they could , and one at least got a substantial sum from a local authority which would not have supported a project of that nature if it had not come to them from their own school children . |
| 7 | The words ‘ I love you ’ just uttered by Ludens to Irina , had not come to his lips entirely by accident . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the idea ( which many people have held at different times ) of a national ballet for South Africa has not come to fruition even now , four decades later , any more than the dream which John cherished when working in Germany of forming a national company there . |
| 9 | In these instances it is not uncommon to find a government 's revenue ( as in Lesotho ) almost totally committed to paying its teacher force — hence nothing left over to equip the schools ; in which case it is worth asking whether the whole costly mechanism of providing school education has not come to an unprofitable full-stop just before the only point where it can be productive — enabling children to learn . |
| 10 | The owners feel spurned , wondering why their cat has not come to them for help when it feels seriously ill . |
| 11 | Not come to him . |
| 12 | I can say positively that the contents of the letter have not come to the notice of the British . |
| 13 | He had not come to Canterbury to dissipate the rights of his church . |
| 14 | Reflecting the substantial barriers to international integration , prices have not come to an equilibrium across countries . |
| 15 | Minton 's sharpest critic was David Sylvester who , having admired his Painter and Model at the Contemporary Art Society exhibition earlier that year , damned the portraits at the Lefevre for their lack of reality ; Minton , he argued , had not come to grips with appearances because he had failed to detach his faculties of observation from his interest in the sitters ' personalities . |
| 16 | Why not come to my office in the morning ? ’ |
| 17 | Claire Robinson in her affidavit deposes that all parties were in agreement that the court on 16 February had not come to any opinion as to whether or not Mr. Bell had broken or was likely to break any condition of his bail . |
| 18 | We have not come to you before to ask for people , but we are asking for people now . |
| 19 | ‘ Bertha saw the wolf and she wished she had not come to the gardens . |
| 20 | The anxieties and misgivings of the past few days disappeared as though they had never been , as Johnny kissed her and touched her and told her of his need for her ; of his despair when she had not come to him . |
| 21 | Johnny had not come to Rose Cottage during those last days of term . |
| 22 | One might point out that this morning he issued to the press a 20-page document which he still has not come to the House to answer for . |
| 23 | If Oliver had not come to France with her the playing might have gone further . |
| 24 | A number of Laura 's relations lived there , but he had not come to the Relais to discuss them . |
| 25 | Fortunately it had not come to that . |
| 26 | I feel just as guilty because I have been here five Sundays and not come to church on any of them . |
| 27 | You are not come to be a companion to me . ’ |
| 28 | The statement made by the timber firm to the dock company had not come to the attention of the innocent purchaser ; it therefore could not have misled him . |
| 29 | They have not come to us for specific assistance under the know-how fund . |
| 30 | I am sorry that I so rattled the Prime Minister with my question at the previous Prime Minister 's Question Time that he has not come to the House today . |