Example sentences of "come to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But later , when details come to be worked out , it appears as a part of the ‘ limited ’ investigation into the causes of particular effects . |
| 2 | Why then , it will be asked , do ‘ visible extension and figures come to be called the same name with tangible extension and figures , if they are not of the same kind with them ’ ? |
| 3 | As for these general ideas , ideas of particular things , they come to be general by our ‘ separating from them … [ any detail ] … that may determine them to this or that particular existence ’ . |
| 4 | For Locke , then , ‘ general words signify … a sort of thing ’ ; and they do this by being a sign of an abstract idea or nominal essence in the mind , ‘ to which idea , as things existing are found to agree , so they come to be ranked under that name ; or … be of that sort ’ . |
| 5 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 6 | Indeed , the idea that women might take control of their desire to the point where men come to be judged as objects of pleasure is felt to be so threatening as to be tabooed . |
| 7 | And if the glass ball found at the barrow was the one missing from Vic 's set — in itself a big ‘ if ’ — how had it come to be left there ? |
| 8 | Maybe he saw only the person within the flesh , a person who , for all hir faults , he had reluctantly come to be very fond of . |
| 9 | Also , the tempi in the original Bruckner scores are much simpler than they come to be in some editions . |
| 10 | Men die to win democracy for their countries , which after a while is taken grudgingly ; and its practitioners come to be seen as less skilled , worthy and entertaining than the aristocrats of sport . |
| 11 | But while Mr Smith campaigned well , he may in hindsight come to be blamed for Labour 's catastrophic defeat . |
| 12 | So how do a young couple like Geoffrey and Elaine Springer , with three children under 10 , come to be living in that exclusive locality … in a home valued at £800,000 ? |
| 13 | May we also learn to care for each other and , through our concern and love for other people , come to be blessed by God . |
| 14 | Once new fields are delineated they come to be seen as natural , their boundaries appear to derive from logic , and a world in which they had no place becomes unimaginable . |
| 15 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps part of the reason why some representations come to be considered as true is because we are habitualised into misrecognising the fragment as the entirety . |
| 17 | Aware of this complexity , I have recently been trying to develop a non-traditional approach to describing publicly available business information resources that might help non-specialists appreciate how they come to be . |
| 18 | It seems that all the things that we met with in life and thought of as advantages in the beginning , are found to be grave disadvantages ; and all those things that in our youth we thought of as severe disadvantages , at last come to be seen as benefits . |
| 19 | As sound principles come to be reflected in legal phrases and in parliamentary orders , and as good intentions begin to generate a huge superstructure of bureaucracy , there are many causes for concern . |
| 20 | Uneven development is taken here as a key concept , both in explaining why there are local state institutions to begin with , and in understanding how local politics come to be differentiated from place to place . |
| 21 | It consists of verifiable events which took place in the past and the stories people tell each other to explain how they come to be where they are . |
| 22 | ‘ How did a man like you ever come to be in the Pioneers ? ’ asked the board . |
| 23 | And since the Tories have been parked in Number 10 for the past 13 years , they 'll do as targets when the custard pies come to be thrown . |
| 24 | In this film the Klingons come to be led by a progressive pacifist called Gorkon ( sounds like Gorbachev ) , who ends the futility of the Cold War with the Federation . |
| 25 | It is here in the tiny , pumping heart of Europe 's ready-to-wear industry that hundreds of sans-papiers , immigrants without work permits , come to be taken on for errands that could last half an hour or a day . |
| 26 | Hence these come to be re-incorporated by workers who then collectively have to defend themselves from being overwhelmed , i.e. , having their internal fears confirmed . |
| 27 | Judging by American experience , there is no doubt that , as annual percentage rates come to be widely quoted in conformity with the new Consumer Credit Act regulations , people will become more familiar with them . |
| 28 | ‘ But , ’ she added , ‘ would you like me to tell you what I do and how I come to be here ? ’ |
| 29 | Some never come to be , unless those that behold the visions turn aside from their path to prevent them . ’ |
| 30 | Galadriel 's warning about the events in her mirror , ‘ Some never come to be , unless those that behold the visions turn aside from their path to prevent them ’ , would have been well said to him . |