Example sentences of "[Wh pn] come from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Governments and organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) and the Council of Europe sought steps to contain both the influx of migrants , many of whom came from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and the rise of racist sentiment . |
2 | The squadron also flew the Iraq Levies , A sort of RAF Regiment of the day , they were mainly Kurds who came from the far north of Iraq excellent soldiers but poor airmen who generally laid their breakfast on the cabin floor whilst we were taxying , to take-off . |
3 | The farmers remember the lawless boom times a decade ago , when they grew as much coca as they could manage for the drug traffickers who came from the other side of the continent to their market town . |
4 | At one time he also had a nanny , who came from the German-speaking part of Switzerland . |
5 | Yentob and his colleague Michael Jackson , who came from The Late Show to run the music and arts department , are picking up warm endorsements for assuming Channel 4 's mantle of experiment . |
6 | EWM 's auditors — who came from the same firm as the rider 's accountant — suggested the link-up . |
7 | The popes had to come to terms with the nobles and those who came from the noble families of the city naturally built up their own families and factions in order to survive . |
8 | But her words were interrupted by Silas , who came from the main office . |
9 | If there 's a supply side shock , erm , if we take bad weather in say the northern hemisphere , that 's going to affect prices , but because there are some producers who sell on the world market who come from the southern hemisphere , right , perhaps , there 's good weather in the southern hemisphere , and that 's , because there 's a larger geographical area over which erm , production is spread , it 's less likely that we , we 're going to see major fluctuations in supply right , and as a result it 's less likely that we 're going to see major fluctuations in price . |
10 | People who come from the outside world inhabit the periphery , where they have no cattle and live an inferior life . |
11 | J. Three of the trading estates have had New Towns built with them to house workers and their families who come from the larger towns or from villages where there is no more work . |
12 | Most of the officers , who come from the British Army , are Scots , too … |
13 | The children come from East and West Sussex , although to my astonishment there 's one who comes from the far reaches of West Sussex , right away over erm the other side of Chichester . |
14 | ‘ It 's Mr Carpenter who comes from the Foreign Office to see us . |
15 | Meanwhile it emerged that the vice-president of Yugoslavia , Mr Hamdija Pozderac , who comes from the same part of Bosnia , had close connections with Mr Abdić and the firm of Agrokomerc . |
16 | The big question now is whether Communist MPs , most of whom come from the old school , will apply for membership of the new party . |