Example sentences of "come to [det] " in BNC.

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1 Far better , of course , for it not to come to that .
2 I was about to come to that .
3 So far , I am happy to say that in the case of children — I was about to come to that exception — and in the case of rape victims , the balance that Parliament has chosen , in that it has granted exceptions in those cases , has proved to be an effective one .
4 I assure my hon. Friend that I was going to come to that issue , which is important .
5 But I feel you have enough evidence in front of you to come to that conclusion .
6 Are you satisfied that you 've done enough examination of your existing towns and villages to come to that conclusion ?
7 It 's a completely different format , so you might might like to come to that okay .
8 ‘ I do n't propose to come to many Grands Prix because I think Formula One is an area that works well already .
9 Anglican polemicists had promised that they would allow the Dissenters some degree of toleration , if they helped them protect the Church of England from the Catholic onslaught , whilst the bishops in their petition affirmed that they did not act " from any want of due tenderness to Dissenters , in relation to whom they are willing to come to such a temper as shall be thought fit , when the matter shall be considered and settled in Parliament and Convention " .
10 What neuropsychologists are trying to do is to come to some understanding of the way in which damage to the brain impairs abilities such as memory , perception and the use of language .
11 COPLESTON : As we are going to discuss the existence of God , it might perhaps be as well to come to some provisional agreement as to what we understand by the term ‘ God ’ .
12 Not because he particularly approves of the exploitation of Henderson Island , but because he hopes that this latest development will force the government to come to some decision about the future of Pitcairn .
13 We have to come to some kind of deal with the trade unions in this complex interim period .
14 But I am sure that we should get on better if we were to come to some terms with them " .
15 Her head pounded , forcing her to come to some decision .
16 ‘ All the same , it makes sense to come to some kind of agreement about this .
17 ’ … but even were we able to come to some agreement with the authorities at Cullbridge Comprehensive , they would demand , would they not , a quid pro quo ?
18 We must now try to bring together all this information in the assignment of the spectrum of a more complex molecule , attempting at the same time to come to some definite conclusions about its structure .
19 ‘ The rich have got to come to some accommodation with the poor .
20 Providing opportunities runs through two aspects of management : unless colleagues are given the opportunity to understand the world outside education , unless they have the opportunity to look around and to come to some new conclusions of their own about what they are doing , the head will say that he or she is failing .
21 They were the North Riding Authority , er the East Riding Authority , the West Riding Authority , all of which converged on the on the city of York , and as you read through the files , er you will see that even then the D O E were trying to get erm those er those predecessor authorities in the late fifties , early sixties er to come to some view about what ought to be better for Greater York , so for many years the idea of Greater York ha has been current er in one guise or another .
22 Young Anna is going to be well heeled but she will have to come to some arrangement with Beryl and Beryl would prefer , much , to deal with the devil himself .
23 There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — "
24 And then if er you want a so solicitor with you on that day we 'll have to come to some arrangement with you privately about the costs .
25 Well , we 're anxious that there is n't an escalation of this crisis , that it may be dealed with as Brigadier Harbottle has written in a letter to the Guardian today , dealt with , er more through first of all an attempt by the Arab nations to come to some agreement amongst themselves and agreement which will satisfy them and be a more long-lasting one .
26 It had to come to this , he wrote .
27 I did not want to come to this council , but I came hoping that we could save blood .
28 It has taken 13 years to come to this position .
29 ‘ You 've got to have ambition if you want to come to this club . ’
30 His rather tortuous explanation seems to come to this .
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