Example sentences of "[vb mod] come [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps manufacturers ought to come clean and just build pink guitars with purple headstocks ? |
| 2 | A sound perimeter ( half of which is probably your neighbour 's responsibility ) should come first , if only to foster good relations ; within your boundaries you are then free to work out your own schemes . |
| 3 | Although the whole family will be mourning , this should be regarded very much as ‘ her ’ day , and her wishes should come first . |
| 4 | The League of Nations mandate under which Britain held Tanganyika after 1920 decreed that native interests should come first . |
| 5 | One admires unions backing their players , but surely a responsibility to the country and to rugby in general should come first . |
| 6 | I do n't think needy people from other countries should be deprived of treatment , but surely our citizens should come first — especially as they help fund the NHS . |
| 7 | Write down the correct order ( eg if you feel that 4 should come first , write 4 1 2 3 ) . |
| 8 | Local MP Frank Field demanded that patients should come first . |
| 9 | There is a widespread assumption that atomistic activities should come first and holistic ones second . |
| 10 | The murder should come first , and the summary offence as a rather casual postscript . |
| 11 | She had always felt that liking should come first then gradually deepen into love . |
| 12 | ‘ Your name should come first . |
| 13 | We 've got lots of children waiting for help in this country — they should come first |
| 14 | Councillor Peter Andrew yesterday said pedestrians should come first . |
| 15 | We should come one day at dusk and the bunny hoppers will be out , or of course very early in the morning . |
| 16 | Under fire from referees for his comments as a defence witness at Salisbury Crown Court last week , Kelly retorted : ‘ When someone is facing a prison sentence and all the immediate trauma that it involves for his family , I believe the sensitivities of referees should come second rather than first . ’ |
| 17 | In so doing it suggested a small but distinct improvement on that model : the party-list vote should be the first on the ballot paper , not the second as it is in West Germany , and the constituency vote should come second instead of first . |
| 18 | It costs 3.50 , but should come free to members ( I collected mine from the ticket office on the night ) . |
| 19 | If Labour Members want to encourage inward investment , they should come clean and clarify in their own minds what their plans for national insurance contributions are . |
| 20 | I have explained why I think that the Government should come clean on the financing of the project and why the traffic and congestion implications of the proposals will be enormously painful for the King 's Cross area . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State should come clean . |
| 22 | He held up his hands as if loath that they should come any closer and breathe on him . |
| 23 | So what should come next ? |
| 24 | Well I think you 've heard some of it already in your programme , but in the afternoon session which was extremely interesting , the City Council and Oxford University and the Vale of White Horse District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council have jointly financed some major research for independent research bodies and that research was put forward yesterday , this afternoon rather , to the Panel , and it concerned the economic order , social order and what should come next and so on and so forth , and those academically research papers , not politically prejudiced papers , showed that there would be a loss of 6,150 jobs if these plans went ahead , with an estimated loss to the Oxford economy of between 8 and 17 million pounds a year . |
| 25 | Few philosophers have been able to match his clarity and lucidity ( although Antony Flew , an equally committed atheist and twentieth-century philosopher , must come close ) . |
| 26 | If civilisation is to control the violence of evolutionary forces , mankind must come alive to the fact that the task is inextricably bound up with the establishment of right and wrong , and parenthood holds the key . |
| 27 | Safety must come first |
| 28 | A child 's welfare must come first : . |
| 29 | Their criticism must come first because , as McArthur notes , the ‘ agenda setting power over the terms in which cinema is consumed in Britain remains with the Fleet Street ( Wapping ) nexus and their clones in television . |
| 30 | That is why awe of the love and holiness of God must come first in the awakening of our hearts . |