Example sentences of "can come to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dummies can come to life in books , as it seems they can do for their masters on the stage : and this miracle depends , not only on the author , but also on the people he knows , who may indeed be thought to participate in what he is , and who are likely to participate in his ventriloquism . |
| 2 | There is a danger in reading the classics , in that they can come to be regarded simply as literature — so always try to look at them as plays for performance — and , it goes without saying , try to see as much theatre as you can . |
| 3 | Indeed , the only way in which a society can come to terms with its conflicting values is to prefer one value in some circumstances and another in different conditions . |
| 4 | ‘ Then you can come to the house any time you want to afterwards . ’ |
| 5 | Follow it — it is an Orange Brick Road , which proves how close you can come to a real advertising coup without quite getting it right : I wonder if the café serves 6-Up — and it will lead you to the Great Geysir . |
| 6 | If they can come to a binding agreement , the prisoners will both profess their innocence and be sentenced to two years . |
| 7 | general propositions … [ are ] certainly true … yet we can come to no knowledge of them merely by our senses ; because they can not reach to all the particulars included in the subjects of them . |
| 8 | ‘ You can come to my office with me in the morning and we can see her as she leaves King 's House . ’ |
| 9 | Cash profits are necessary ; but the nearer a community can come to providing its own basic requirements of food , shelter , and energy , the less cash is needed for the luxuries . |
| 10 | If you feel you have to make decisions such as leaving the patient or getting a divorce , you should discuss the prospects within the whole family as well so that communally you can come to the best solution for all concerned . |
| 11 | We need to consider a form of examination that can reflect the ideal of ‘ transferable skills ’ , and of the equal importance of the practical with the theoretical , that can above all reflect the ideal of broad ‘ philosophical ’ understanding within each subject-area , which can come to be respected by those concerned with selection for higher education as an indicator of potential achievement . |
| 12 | Jobs can come to an end in an unorthodox and unplanned way . |
| 13 | Ideas which can be developed into research projects can come to people at all times of the day or night and under all sorts of circumstances . |
| 14 | Certainly if the school can come to terms with the planning of time , it is likely to be well on the way to implementing the programme . |
| 15 | If you calculate the cost of people 's salaries , travelling expenses involved in getting to and from the meeting place etc it can come to a frightening figure per hour 's worth of meeting . |
| 16 | Once aware of the source of the problem , the patient can come to terms with these emotions and the physical symptoms should then diminish . |
| 17 | People in these tragic circumstances have to come to terms with their sense of loss before they can come to terms with , and learn to enjoy , living alone . |
| 18 | ‘ Look , ’ Gorelli said , ‘ I 'm sure we can come to some arrangement here . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps the proof of the pudding can be seen in public attitudes , for no such projects can come to fruition without substantial support from the public . |
| 20 | Context can come to the rescue . |
| 21 | It reveals how close U2 can come to being a straightforward rock group — one of those ! — and simultaneously how far they can move away from that . |
| 22 | I AM appalled that while people from countries like Bosnia can come to Britain for live-saving operations under the NHS , our own over-50s with heart problems are being refused treatment and drugs . |
| 23 | Near me as I write are a number of volumes which I should like us to examine together in order to illustrate further the fascination of association books ; this time not inaccessible treasures but items of the type that can come to every collector . |
| 24 | This is by far the most important conclusion you can come to in this section . |
| 25 | A judo class ( see page 121 ) is the perfect place : the teacher can come to your aid and even resuscitate you if things go wrong . |
| 26 | I think we can come to some compromise , Mr Ryan , if you 're really interested . ‘ |
| 27 | Similarly , younger relatives can come to the conclusion that whatever they do nothing is right or sufficient . |
| 28 | It 's amazing the ideas that can come to mind with a little thought and some extra effort on your part . |
| 29 | Become adaptable , so that you can come to the point quickly or ease in to conversation through some social chit-chat , as appropriate . |
| 30 | For those just coming out onto the scene , it 's an established fact that many can come to terms with , but for those who have set patterns of sexual behaviour or who 've put themselves at risk in the past , it 's a great problem . |