Example sentences of "[noun pl] come [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fine fibred polypropylene fleece used as a ‘ Floating Cloche ’ is one of the most useful new products to come onto the horticultural scene in years . |
| 2 | Books came from the central library in Salisbury by the train load . |
| 3 | But anthropologists proved his theory was wrong ; the islanders came from the western Pacific . |
| 4 | Production rose with population , too : between 1880 and 1912 4 million more acres came under the main food crops . |
| 5 | The rugs came from the antique department at Liberty in London . ’ |
| 6 | His words came as the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov , Mr Yeltsin 's arch-rival , appeared to retract his demands that the president be removed . |
| 7 | It was quite an exciting and exacting task to work out the meaning of basic Christian terms , for in Burmese almost all the abstract nouns and religious words came from the religious language of Buddhism . |
| 8 | St. Clement Danes was an old-fashioned school which would have liked to have been more middle class than it was Unfortunately most of the kids came from the White City Estate which is about as working class as you can get |
| 9 | Man 's early faith in the original ‘ god ’ forerunners came from the apparent success which on some occasions appeared to attend the involvement of them in the troubles that beset him . |
| 10 | And we had one or two er black lads coming in the other end of the building , saying , We know they 've come down here to complain about us , you know , Do n't you listen to them , but where else are we supposed to go ? |
| 11 | It was the voices coming from the little boxes , and the concept of man flying between America and England in a few hours , that he found difficult to grasp . |
| 12 | We were alone on deck , though not the only ones awake for I could hear Rickie and Ellen 's voices coming from the open skylight of the main saloon . |
| 13 | Male ‘ sex passion ’ was either the result of stimulation from external sensations , or of involuntary influences coming from the sexual organs themselves . |
| 14 | On the last lap , we watched three cars coming towards the chequered flag almost side by side : Andretti , Depailler and Hunt . |
| 15 | Lorry driver Mr Wynne , 47 , was woken by screams coming from the semi-detached house next door . |
| 16 | SAAB had estimated the costs and benefits of the line-out system and had calculated that the system would pay for itself within four years , with more than half of the savings coming from the increased production flexibility of the system and another 25 per cent coming from reduced labour turnover and absenteeism . |
| 17 | Erm all those because subjects come under the general umbrella of faith and life , and I think er , moderator , probably the correct thing is to do is to be formal and to begin by er , proposing that these three reports be received for discussion . |
| 18 | God 's constant watch over the created world is compared to that of a female bird caring for its young , or a woman suckling her child ( these images come from the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament ) . |
| 19 | If the key role in opposing James 's pro-Catholic policies came from the Anglican establishment , and in particular from the clergy , how did they justify doing this , given their professed attachment to the principles of non-resistance and passive obedience ? |
| 20 | As Keynes pointed out , the Treasury 's opposition to planning for post-war full employment was a lost cause , because when post-war plans came under the political spotlight the Labour members of the government would undoubtedly press for an expansionist policy . |
| 21 | The Russians came among the Siberian peoples in the late sixteenth century from two directions , which subsequently became established as the main regular routes . |
| 22 | At all events , when the Conforama and Marchandise cases came before the European Court of Justice , Mr. Advocate General W. van Gerven ( who had also been Advocate General in the Torfaen case ) urged caution upon the European Court . |
| 23 | The Conforama and Marchandise cases came before the full court , whereas the Torfaen case had been heard by a chamber of the court . |
| 24 | The advice on bending the rules came from the then Defence Minister , Alan Clark . |
| 25 | What representations have the Government made about the new proposal , particularly in Latvia , to restrict citizenship to those whose descendants came from the Baltic states and to those who speak the Baltic languages ? |
| 26 | Many of the current members joined up after catching one of the club 's many demonstrations , or parents came to the Royal Commonwealth Pool to see what their kids were actually up to — and stayed . |
| 27 | Most of the comments on links with parents came from the primary sector |
| 28 | During February visitors came from the Byelorussian Academy of Sciences and in the same month there was an official visit by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Ministry for State Education . |
| 29 | The country 's trade deficit was offset , in part , by the bulk of imports coming from the socialist bloc so that " hard " foreign exchange was not used . |
| 30 | There were few headlights coming in the opposite direction beyond the barrier , and few travelling in his direction . |