Example sentences of "[conj] come [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By leasing he could not only spread the payments , but either enjoy for himself the benefit of a 100 per cent tax write-off on the asset of the plane in the first year , or come to some arrangement with a financier , who would build the tax deduction into the price . |
| 2 | The organizers are often faced with the dilemma of whether they should adopt an all-out militant campaign with the risk that in the end all will be lost and nothing gained in spite of the expenditure of a great deal of energy , time and sometimes money ; or come to some agreement with the authorities whereby something can be gained , even though it falls far short of the full objectives of the group and will not significantly affect the position of , and relationships between , vested interests . |
| 3 | Thus , where the draftsman used the phrase " adjoining premises " in one part of the lease and the phrase " adjoining or neighbouring premises " in another part of it , it was held that the former phrase only applied to property that came into physical contact with the demised property because the words " or neighbouring " must have added something to the word " adjoining " ( White v Harrow ( 1902 ) 86 LT 4 ) . |
| 4 | Henderson did get a little help from his friends , in particular a massive 484ft third-inning home run from Jose Canseco on Saturday that came within 13 rows of hitting the roof of the SkyDome but dropped instead into the hands of a surprised Toronto fan . |
| 5 | Nor is there audit of police surgeon activities , apart from the occasional case that comes to public scrutiny at Coroner 's inquests or the Crown Courts . |
| 6 | It is a three- or five-door hatchback that comes with umpteen variations of engine , from a 1.2 petrol up to a 1.9 diesel and , like the new Volkswagen Polo , it has a catalytic converter as standard . |
| 7 | He is seeking , in a manner that appears to lack the kind of subtlety that comes as second nature to China 's rulers , to call their bluff . |
| 8 | At its best , in the ‘ high age ’ of religious life , the nuns ' lives had the authority that comes from total harmony between inner attitudes and outer forms . |
| 9 | Glen ( George ) Murphy agrees : ‘ It 's incredible the amount of fear that comes from that fire in the film , you know it 's behind the door waiting to leap out that 's the ‘ backdraft ’ in the title . |
| 10 | He says what he believes to be true and even if one disagrees with him , his uncompromising stances are vastly preferable to some of the gobbledy-gook that comes from some sections of the countryside establishment or those who change their views from year to year . |
| 11 | With R & D environments , a project may frequently be stopped or transferred to another department before the inventor has had the opportunity to reap the joy that comes from full explorations of their work . |
| 12 | He said voters had to choose between Tory recession or Labour prosperity : ‘ We will bring back hope the hope that comes from restored pride in our town , a cleaned up environment and Darlington running all its own services . ’ |
| 13 | There may be hostility to rivals but there is also the deep sense of solidarity and identity that comes from fierce loyalties to a place or a people . |
| 14 | Le Duc Tho was appointed to the secretariat of the Communist Party ( in charge of ideology and organisation ) in 1960 , and came to international prominence after 1968 as a " special adviser " to the North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris peace talks . |
| 15 | Victor Lewis , co-leader of the ensemble , is one of the finest current jazz drummers and came to international attention through his long association with Stan Gertz , whose preferred accompanist he always was . |
| 16 | Similarly , Mr Yeltsin , like Mr Gorbachev , was born into a peasant family during the calamitous 1930s and came to political maturity during the first days of Khrushchev , when hope began to dawn after Stalin 's long night . |
| 17 | But as he passed the crossroads and came to that part of the road that wound down into Chesney he could n't help recalling the man he had seen skipping among the trees . |
| 18 | The Islamic Interim Afghan Government ( IIAG ) , elected from the seven Pakistan-based mujaheddin groups in February 1989 [ see p. 36449 ] , was marred by disunity and came under heavy criticism from both Afghan opposition groups and the United States government as being unrepresentative , excluding as it did representatives of the eight factions based among 2,000,000 , mainly Shia , refugees in Iran , and largely lacking representation of field commanders based inside Afghanistan . |
| 19 | Despite the pain , he rode better and harder than ever and in the last five races stood on the podium four times and came within 12 seconds of his first GP win . |
| 20 | Once it becomes clear that recovery is likely , it may , for instance , lead a person to re-examine their lifestyle and come to positive decisions about how they would like to improve it and make more of its good features . |
| 21 | The people who set the standards are no longer the older generation , the people who have lived their lives and come to some judgement on what life is all about . |
| 22 | However the cause is not simply too many Eurocrats in Brussels , directors of the commission are often sensible and come in general terms to Britain suggesting a simple way of dealing with the problem . |
| 23 | His magnificent gifts of drawing — not exaggerating — character and of getting an atmosphere have so worked that few of us have not been to sea in frigates before the age of eighteen and come in some way in contact with non-comfortable men and women . |
| 24 | Bending springs have a loop on one end ( so that they can be pulled out of the pipe afterwards ) and come in different sizes for different pipe diameters . |
| 25 | These streams are known as cosmic rays , and come from various parts of the Universe . |
| 26 | In this novel , the genteel young heroine from the south of England , Margaret , is compelled by her father 's reduced circumstances to take up residence in a city called Milton , closely based on Manchester , and comes into social contact with a local mill-owner called Thornton . |
| 27 | The package costs just £49 and comes with 90 days of free hotline telephone support . |
| 28 | Thysiachromis ansorgei grows to about 3″ , and comes from coastal areas of Nigeria . |
| 29 | My Delight completed the course but came in ten lengths behind the rest of the field . |