Example sentences of "[noun sg] come from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The softly spoken command came from the third man , who had remained silent until now . |
| 2 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 3 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 4 | The study was empty ; the light came from the adjacent room . |
| 5 | The only light came from the big fire . |
| 6 | The impetus for this study came from the disastrous upsurge in the levels of these diseases , particularly gonorrhoea , which was increasing at 10 to 15 per cent . |
| 7 | As well as the despairing cries of ‘ oops ! ’ from the light beams , she could now hear a muffled , mocking chant coming from the ray-gun box : ‘ Yah , yer missed ! |
| 8 | I recognized some pirated recordings of Sade in cabaret coming from the upper floor and , louder , some mid-period John Coltrane from the living-room . |
| 9 | Lying together in bed with creme brulee and champagne to hand , the only light coming from the soundless telly , curtains left open to the soft night , they talked over old times . |
| 10 | ( The word booze comes from the same source . ) |
| 11 | The echo comes from the whole disc , but because of this uniqueness the echo can be unscrambled to reveal the contributions to it from every pair of patches of planetary surface exemplified by X and Y. |
| 12 | The funding for this and the downtown programme comes from the fiftieth anniversary campaign , launched in 1988 by the museum 's board of trustees . |
| 13 | The disadvantage comes from the potential neglect of 98 per cent of NHS managers who do not join one of the accelerated programmes . |
| 14 | Now half the income of the city 's administration comes from the federal government . |
| 15 | Public sector funding came from the urban programme ( £11 million ) and from the Housing Corporation ( £11.5 million ) . |
| 16 | The most positive response came from the 16-bag group , whereupon Tetley began a mass distribution of 16-bag samples and money-off coupons in the South . |
| 17 | He presumed the noise came from the same motorbike he had seen on his first day at school and he asked Mould about it . |
| 18 | The largest sectoral rise came from the independent fund managers where funds rose 30 per cent to £31.7 billion by the end of 1992 . |
| 19 | Most of the reduction came from the limited move away from the smaller sets towards the more advanced 60MW and 100MW designs which was possible within the conservative framework . |
| 20 | Most social historians have tended to stick with Raymond Williams 's argument and have been reluctant to give up the notion that what was most lively and energetic in all that variety came from the working class . |
| 21 | Some of the few inspiring things in the whole gallery come from the 1951 Festival Of Britain exhibition . |
| 22 | All items in a column come from the same domain — there are circumstances where the contents from two or more columns come from the same domain . |
| 23 | Decision-making on change was decentralised , especially in manufacturing ; the initiative for changes involving new equipment came from the industrial establishment in the majority of cases , although requiring the approval of head office ( in most cases ) or divisional office ( in a minority of cases ) . |
| 24 | A terrible laugh came from the younger man . |
| 25 | Further support for mutation accumulation came from the slow appearance of the drop in late fertility . |
| 26 | Cold conditions greeted Ferryhill and District members for their Pattinson Cup on Teesdale Pond and most sport came from the deep water pegs . |
| 27 | However , in this case , it would not be necessary to determine that all the quanta came from the same direction : it would be enough to observe that they all arrived within a very short time interval to be reasonably confident that they were coming from the same burst . |
| 28 | The jaw movements of some dinosaurs could have a grinding motion like mammals , but most of the mobility came from the upper jaw as it virtually expanded over the lower one . |
| 29 | An answering sigh came from the fair-haired girl standing next to her . |
| 30 | There was a roar of assent and the gathering began to stir and kindle into easier feelings — neighbours muttered to each other and laughter came from the Grandtully part of the crowd . |