Example sentences of "[noun sg] come in for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park .
2 — STRESSHOLME Golf Club came in for high praise yesterday after staging the Mizuno Tournament a major event for assistant professionals .
3 Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion .
4 The Sinclair Spectrum came in for particular criticism .
5 All kinds of difficult questions began to be asked and in the early heady days of the women 's movement the body came in for close scrutiny .
6 Farming comes in for much criticism , largely it appears because farmers have responded to the need to make a livelihood from the land by producing more primary commodities using industrial techniques .
7 He continued with his tour of inspection , in which every knot , cleat and screw came in for daily scrutiny .
8 So at least there 's income coming in for three months at the rate of your salary .
9 I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time .
10 The List came in for copious criticism and there were a number of insinuations that the List — which had first appeared on a piece of lavender-coloured notepaper — was largely the work of Lady Falkender .
11 The Prime Minister came in for strong criticism from opposition leaders but insisted only single party government by Fianna Fail could work for Ireland .
12 Once more poor old Skerne Park comes in for more grief .
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