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

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1 In addition to the deliberate diversions there are the unnoticed diversions which insidiously come about arid channel off effort and purpose .
2 ‘ Many of our enquiries come through word-of-mouth recommendations . ’
3 Houses have weird silhouettes in the soft rain , noises come through open windows , television voices , familiar sound tracks .
4 But social reforms and advances in social provision seldom come through mass demand .
5 Pickups come as various combinations of the P/J arrangement .
6 At a small cottage in Wales , for instance , which was once home to the famous Welshman David Lloyd George , pupils as young as 6 come for living history sessions in the simple cottage kitchen .
7 Some of the students come for extra help for courses they are studying at the college .
8 It was sad to see them all go , but a wonderful joy it is when they all come for occasional visits .
9 They come amid mounting pressure for the leadership formally to renounce the symbolic Clause 4 of the party 's constitution , which promises the ‘ common ownership of the means of production , distribution and exchange ’ .
10 ‘ Well then , I 'll take it , ’ he said , ‘ because it 's all I have to prove that I come of good family .
11 Why should something dreadful come of good intentions ?
12 Expectant mothers who come into close contact with ewes face a slight risk of infection to themselves and their unborn child .
13 In recent years the popularity of the computer has soared , few people never come into close contact with computers , but a surprisingly small number use them to their full potential .
14 People who come into frequent contact with domestic animals may become transiently infected but the symptoms do not last for any appreciable period .
15 There are many people who come into English-language teaching without having passed through formal pedagogic processes , so that when they are confronted with the terminology of the subject , they may be at a disadvantage to those who have already been to teacher-training college or who have a university degree in linguistics .
16 Make allowance for the fact that you 'll be drifting sideways more with the daggerboard up but as you come into shallow water then you can raise the rudder and step ashore .
17 So as you come in raise the daggerboard , lift the rudder and then when you come into shallow water , turn the boat up towards the wind to lose power for the sail and stop before you hit those rocks .
18 So what about sanitary towels and tampons : bleached products that also come into intimate contact with the human body ?
19 He has , of course , come into recent prominence through a long association with the late Robert Maxwell .
20 Much has been written about the ‘ new technology ’ methods currently being introduced throughout the newspaper and magazine industry but few individuals ever come into actual contact with the equipment and working methods they use , we merely read the end results at our breakfast table .
21 This would suggest that a spontaneous decline in the incidence of attempted suicide might be expected as greater numbers of people come into personal contact with someone who has attempted suicide and public attitudes towards attempters become more negative .
22 erm but there , there are elements of that which come into social work , I would have thought .
23 They portray the fact that , yes , they come into public consultation — yes the do , not always at the right time .
24 But this conclusion is not particularly illuminating as it merely says that children come into local authority care when no one else can care for them , a repetitive statement we call a tautology .
25 However , the technology is moving very fast and , as pen computers come into common usage , prices will fall as dramatically as the prices of conventional computers have over the last couple of years .
26 Are the staff who come into direct contact with the public given training in " customer relations ' ?
27 Finally , Portes suggests that in the struggle , the groups rarely come into direct confrontation with the dominant class , but usually with members of the bureaucratic-technical class who staff the agencies of the state ( Portes 1985 ) .
28 They send their prospective consultants out for two days before they come into head office for the three day training .
29 Co-ordinator come under British Section and International Secretaire ?
30 They come with built-in messaging capabilities for exchanging electronic mail and fax messages .
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