Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calls for an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) of the Yongbyon nuclear power complex came after the alleged discovery by United States monitoring services , reported in the Washington Post in August 1989 , of an apparent new reprocessing facility , capable of producing enough plutonium to manufacture one atomic bomb per year . |
| 2 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 3 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 4 | The biggest Nazi vote came from the rural districts , and the lowest came from urban areas , where the SPD , KPD and DNVP were still firmly based . |
| 5 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 6 | Louisa had been skidding unsteadily about the ice for the best part of an hour when a carriage came round the rear drive of the Hall and , after a moment 's debate , Edwin Frere sprang down to give a helping hand to his well-muffled wife . |
| 7 | The first chance of real action came in the late summer of 1940 after the retreat from Dunkirk . |
| 8 | Then a little light came through the uncovered spyhole , a flickering , surreptitious light . |
| 9 | Early morning summer light came through the barred window and lay on his uncovered back , making a checkered pattern with his freshly healed wounds . |
| 10 | Light came through the stained-glass skylights , which were predominantly green and blue , and through a wall of windows of clear glass that held the faintest hint of turquoise . |
| 11 | The study was empty ; the light came from the adjacent room . |
| 12 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 13 | The only light came from the big fire . |
| 14 | All the doors off it had been closed , and the only light came from the open archways at its beginning and end . |
| 15 | Czechs in Cleveland to learn how to cope with job losses WAYS in which the North-East came through the industrial upheaval of the '70s and '80s could prove an invaluable blueprint for revival for the people of Czechoslovakia . |
| 16 | The first hint that there might be a connection between black holes and thermodynamics came with the mathematical discovery in 1970 that the surface area of the event horizon , the boundary of a black hole , has the property that it always increases when additional matter or radiation falls into the black hole . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Public sector funding came from the urban programme ( £11 million ) and from the Housing Corporation ( £11.5 million ) . |
| 19 | Particularly noteworthy support came from the Joint Services Philatelic Consortium which has now raised £100,000 for the Appeal through the sale of philatelic covers . |
| 20 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 21 | The stark admission came after the sensational ending of the High Court libel case brought by Mrs Bauwens against The People newspaper . |
| 22 | ‘ A runner came from the front trenches , down the communicating trench . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He was tumultuously cheered in the House of Commons that afternoon , although a good part of the enthusiasm came from the Labour benches . |
| 26 | The questions our friends were dying to ask were those which the tabloids have trumpeted ever since the case came into the public domain . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Does the Minister agree that if that issue came before the European Court of Human Rights , under the reasoning in the Dudgeon case , the court would almost certainly hold that it is contrary to the anti-discrimination article in the convention to have two different regimes operating within one country ? |
| 30 | 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 ) . |