Example sentences of "comes [prep] [indef pn] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The involvement of parents to the extent which now obtains in the majority of our primary schools comes as something of a shock to teachers visiting English primary schools from overseas . |
| 2 | From the gal who swore she 'd rather be dragged across a plain by wild horses than wear lipgloss , this comes as something of a surprise . |
| 3 | The power comes as something of a surprise . |
| 4 | This comes as something of a surprise , because the human species is only about four million years old and the Brahims substantially younger ! |
| 5 | This profile contains information such as : what they consider to be their mother tongue , ( which is not always a straightforward matter ) , what other language with whom , in what medium and in which domain etc. , ) what other languages they have learned , acquired and used in their lives and also highlights the diverse linguistic abilities that people already have before going on any course — this often comes as something of a surprise — even to the people concerned ! |
| 6 | He also mentioned that when the guitar reaches full production level , a care kit will be included with each one — which comes as something of a relief , because at present I would be nervous about approaching this instrument even with something as seemingly innocuous as furniture polish . |
| 7 | Hitchcock should have worried more about some of the dull and static sequences earlier in the film , after which the bus chase comes as something of a lift , even if overextended . |
| 8 | After the late Emil Tchakarov 's excellent recordings of other Russian operas , notably Tchaikovsky 's ( The Queen of Spades and Mussorgsky 's Khovanshchina , this rather lacklustre performance of Boris Godunov comes as something of a disappointment . |
| 9 | After the clarity of the earlier rooms the later part of the exhibition therefore comes as something of a disappointment . |