Example sentences of "come to term " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet we have n't come to terms with that . |
| 2 | Yet what pleased the Bath coach Jack Rowell more than the cold facts and figures was that his team had come to terms with Neath 's ‘ unique style of total rugby ’ . |
| 3 | It 's about collison of cultures in Britain since the end of the war , and it looks at the way that some artists of non-British origin have come to terms with modern art — or , rather , have made a personal art by calling on ways of expression that might have been absolutely native to them in other countries than this . |
| 4 | Sipping a large Armagnac and enjoying the heady aroma of a Havana cigar , he had come to terms with the fact that life could , and would go on . |
| 5 | He 's not seen me , they 've gone straight past , he has not yet come to terms with the fact that his mummy 's a queen . |
| 6 | It can be a real privilege to meet an older person who has experienced considerable loss in their life and has come to terms with it . |
| 7 | The degree to which these denominations had come to terms with Teetotalism and a sign of the strength it had acquired are seen in some figures for 1890 . |
| 8 | The party had not yet come to terms with the departure of Mrs Thatcher and was suffering an identity crisis . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But she has come to terms with Britain belonging to the European Community and is likely to back the introduction of proportional representation . |
| 11 | Only , therefore , when the public come to terms with the nature of mental handicap and break down the barriers of misunderstanding which have existed for centuries , will a real sense of understanding permeate our society . |
| 12 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 13 | It was still believed , or at any rate hoped , that the refugees would in due course come to terms with their situation and accept resettlement . |
| 14 | If they can not help the client materially once they have checked the benefit entitlement , they must help the client come to terms with their situation . |
| 15 | It is a truism to say that we have not yet come to terms with it , or with the changes in relationships it has brought . |
| 16 | It is more helpful to meet real people who have come to terms with their lives , than to wander around lost and alone in a maze of fantasies . |
| 17 | Gradually she had come to terms with it , accepted it as a fact of life , though the grief had been longer in going and the sadness was still sometimes there , an echo in the night . |
| 18 | But now , nearly thirty years later , when he thought he had long come to terms with the deed and his own reaction to it , memory had begun to stir again . |
| 19 | She will be preparing to face the future , having come to terms to some extent with the loss of her previous expectations concerning it . |
| 20 | George and Elizabeth had come to terms with the fact that they would always be childless . |
| 21 | Through counselling I have come to terms with the fact that the world and the people in it are n't perfect , and nor am I. |
| 22 | A guilt compounded by the suicide five years ago of his sister Angela ( nine years his senior ) , with which he admits he has not yet come to terms . |
| 23 | He seemed to have come to terms with the end of his career but the fact he never spoke about his feelings was always a worry . ’ |
| 24 | Many of the people on my courses on dying , for example , had never really come to terms with the inevitability of death in their own lives , and many a time we had to stop to allow distressed and upset people to leave the room . |
| 25 | I do hope that you 've come to terms with pregnancy now . ’ |
| 26 | Had she come to terms ? |
| 27 | In her heart of hearts Celia knew that she had n't really come to terms with her condition at all , but she could n't say so point-blank to Alison . |
| 28 | The role of the counsellor is to help the individual in this process , first in understanding and determining his or her particular goals , making sure they are realistic or indeed , sufficiently ambitious ; second , to help decide how best they can be achieved ; and third , to help the individual come to terms with retirement , and to play a more active part in its outcome . |
| 29 | By and large , capital had come to terms with war — an alliance given prominence in 1916 by press agitation for Allied plans to translate the wartime economic blockade of Germany into a post-war policy of concerted discrimination against German exports — the so-called ‘ War After the War . |
| 30 | He confessed that he had finally come to terms with the fact that he was a homosexual , after a lifetime of denying it to himself . |