Example sentences of "come from the west " in BNC.

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1 Wind also has a profound effect on plant growth in the Western Isles in that is usually salt-laden , particularly when it has come from the west or south-west , having passed over long distances of wave-tom ocean .
2 Of all the wonderful cricketers to come from the West Indies , it is fair to say that five have been of outstanding importance .
3 The wind came from the west .
4 Some 60 per cent of these enquiries came from the West Midlands .
5 The general occupational picture of black sportsmen 's parents is consistent with the rest of the first generation Caribbeans in the UK and as nearly all of them came from the West Indies ( mostly from Jamaica , but others from Dominica , Antigua , St Kitts , St Lucia , Montserrat and Guyana and fewer still from Trinidad , Nevis and Barbados and a small number from West Africa ) this is not unusual .
6 Within the Six , the strongest support came from the West German Finance Minister , Ludwig Erhard , who had long favoured a broader European grouping than that being developed by the Six .
7 The horse box charge from the south would be a minimum of £500 and more for those coming from the West Country , so there would be little change from a £2,000 race when all the expenses , including the deductions for trainer , jockey and stable lads have been completed .
8 And coming from the West of Scotland you
9 Just where he was now and where he was heading was uncertain , this possibly having much to do with the non-arrival of Murray and the Steward , since both would be coming from the West Country and Balliol was thought to be marching southwards down the middle of the land .
10 The sound and beat of hooves , many hooves , halted their talk — but coming from the west , not the east .
11 Of the resulting deficit of DM34,700 million , DM24,700 million would come from the West German government and DM10,000 million from loans raised on the capital markets .
12 And the ploughmen that were here , too they would they come from the West .
13 And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe .
14 We were of course much hampered by the lack of weather reports to the west of us , as most of our weather comes from the west and Eire , being neutral in the war , did n't supply us with any reports .
15 ‘ His name 's Mason , sir , and he comes from the West Indies . ’
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