Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to light " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 2 | The crime came to light three weeks later when the mum , anxious about the result of the ‘ examination ’ , contacted social services chiefs . |
| 3 | According to some stock market sources , Ferranti was in talks with Daimler about the possibility of a partnership before the fraud which now threatens its future came to light . |
| 4 | But an inquiry was launched into the handling of the case by West Mercia Police after this video tape came to light . |
| 5 | Historical research brings to light many items that are interesting in themselves , but usually the full story about any incident is not revealed — if it ever is — without further work . |
| 6 | Little progress was made in this field before the 1950s , but in the 1940s a particularly notable drug came to light unexpectedly . |
| 7 | Communications between them and Rough Trade came to a standstill as they prepared to undertake a short Scottish tour , and from this odd situation a strange story came to light . |
| 8 | Secondly , he ignored folk memory of the English and the noble Scottish and their depredations : à propos , a story came to light much later , and recurs in local annals and in the works of many Johnsonian students |
| 9 | Although this turned out be the quietest piece of the whole site , at the far extreme a very small hammered coin came to light which looks to be 16th/17th century and of Italian or Papal States origin . |
| 10 | The case came to light at Liverpool magistrates ' court when Shaw Bakery was prosecuted for a lapse in food hygiene standards . |
| 11 | But as soon as his regular check brings to light the absentee he is able to take prompt and appropriate action . |
| 12 | The public consultation period , due to end in mid January , was extended by two weeks after BNFL had to amend its application when an error in its calculations of radioactive discharges from the site came to light . |
| 13 | The next war brought to light women partisans , decorated and much more self-assured . |
| 14 | Drilling brings to light a vertical column of rocks in which history is written , albeit tersely , in the cryptic shorthand of rock sequence , texture , composition . |
| 15 | ‘ Should any such evidence come to light in the future we will of course be prepared to review the situation . ’ |
| 16 | Information on the nature of public attitudes to mental handicap came to light in a survey conducted for MENCAP in March 1982 by MORI ( Market & Opinion Research International ) . |
| 17 | The boy 's story was discounted and Oldfield was able to continue in charge of the home until his suspension in 1990 when new evidence came to light . |
| 18 | As new evidence came to light the risks from exposure to radiation appeared worse and worse . |
| 19 | During the next few days an amazing amount of evidence came to light . |
| 20 | He added that the defence also needs more time to examine and obtain documents relating to the case after new evidence came to light last week . |
| 21 | Similarly , if new and important evidence came to light during a review which was not given at the inspector 's investigation , the Chief Inspector should be able to apply to have the review discontinued , following which he should reopen the inspector 's investigation . |
| 22 | No new evidence came to light after the disaster , so the burden of proof was dependent on inference . |
| 23 | After evidence came to light that some members of the Society had committed suicide by following methods described in the booklet , the Attorney-General sought to dissuade the Society from further dissemination of the Guide by applying to the High Court for a declaration that its publication amounted to the crime of aiding and abetting suicide . |
| 24 | In 1986 , new evidence came to light about Keith 's condition . |
| 25 | He added that the defence also needed more time to examine and obtain documents relating to the case after fresh evidence came to light last week . |
| 26 | The relationship came to light when a mysterious note was handed to a barrister at an earlier hearing . |
| 27 | From the batch of over seventy birds I ringed that day , only one other came to light . |
| 28 | He has been accused of misinterpreting the data and of generalising from untypical examples , whilst new evidence brought to light by subsequent research suggests that he was wrong in denying the existence of a two-party system , at least under Anne . |
| 29 | In the 1890s he turned against this whole programme in disgust , realizing that there was no likelihood of fossil evidence coming to light . |
| 30 | No doubt evidence for such a procedure will one day come to light ! |