Example sentences of "does not come as " in BNC.

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1 Given the importance of this area of Russia in the Civil War and the Polish campaign , the Party 's care for and vigilance over the army does not come as a surprise ; nor does the considerable military presence in 1922 in civilian organizations like the hospital and the automobile workshop .
2 If Lamb 's sacking does not come as a major shock then Gower 's latest axing is mind-blowingly baffling following his much trumpeted recall for the third Cornhill Test match at Old Trafford .
3 Generally , infertility does not come as a sudden cut-off point ; rather it declines gradually , and when it is observed we have to look for the cause in the interdependence breakdown , and not just regard it as a shortage of one or other nutrients .
4 I hope that that does not come as a total surprise to him , as it appears to .
5 The fact that her husband was having a homosexual relationship does not come as a surprise but it is more difficult for Blanche to accept because he needed help but she caused his death by saying that he ‘ disgusted ’ her .
6 But he added : ‘ The fact that Mr McNeill has said this does n't come as a surprise to me .
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