Example sentences of "comes at a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Worse , the comparison gives the back of your hand to a country whose firm support of the principles you voice comes at a cost of real economic suffering and terrible danger . |
2 | Unfortunately gait analysis comes at a cost , often a heavy one , and is usually difficult to arrange . |
3 | But all this comes at a cost , one which McDeere only realises as his new employers ' real work becomes increasingly clear . |
4 | But , as with most regulatory changes , greater safety comes at a price . |
5 | It 's a strength , however , that comes at a price . |
6 | But consciousness comes at a price , and the price is banishment from the Garden . |
7 | To this end he set out to give a ‘ factual picture of life as it comes at a boy in the Merchant Service ’ , offering details of the kind of people he would meet and ‘ some of the problems and emotional conflicts he would have to face … ’ |
8 | Erm , grant comes at a rate of fifty per cent that have accepted it as expenditure . |
9 | The strike by Boeing 's 57,000 employees in at least seven states comes at a time when airlines with ageing fleets are already straining to find aircraft for use on their new routes . |
10 | The judge 's ruling comes at a time when many legal experts are pressing for young children to be allowed to give evidence in court . |
11 | Mr Trump would not reveal details of his financing for the proposed purchase which comes at a time of growing concern among US regulators over the heavy debt loads the carriers are acquiring . |
12 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
13 | Ironically , the sale of Manton comes at a time when Sangster 's fortunes on the track are looking up . |
14 | The launch comes at a time when Rover 's share of the record UK car market is slipping . |
15 | It comes at a time of growing fear that Saatchi & Saatchi may become the subject of a takeover bid as a result of recent business problems . |
16 | Hamnett 's defection comes at a time of high anxiety in the British fashion industry — but then she 's a woman well known for choosing her moments . |
17 | Mr Arafat 's disappearance comes at a time of unprecedented crisis for the PLO . |
18 | The Organic market comes at a time when the term organic is coming under scrutiny . |
19 | This comes at a time when some Western governments are questioning the standard hard-line attitude always taken by British and American leaders and certainly in West Germany there is a growing feeling towards more direct contact with Moscow and less reliance on America 's nuclear stockpile . |
20 | Paradoxically , this comes at a time when both the Conservative Government and the police themselves are much more cautious about the potential contribution of policing . |
21 | It comes at a time when the Reagan administration is rolling back the controls established by successive governments in the 1970s . |
22 | The threat comes at a time when BA is putting on extra flights to cover the rush , which would have seen 100,000 passengers a day at Heathrow alone . |
23 | The impending civil action comes at a time when Saunders ' career has reached a new high with eight goals in 10 matches since moving to Villa . |
24 | Alas , this knowledge comes at a time when it is virtually the eleventh hour for the tiger . |
25 | The sadness is the greater as the Act comes at a time when the accumulated wisdom from attempts to improve schools was establishing a consensus on how schools might more effectively meet the needs of all pupils . |
26 | Moreover , it 's surely no coincidence that PWI comes at a time when anti-trust allegations against Microsoft are reportedly still under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission . |
27 | Moreover , it 's surely no coincidence that the Public Windows Initiative comes at a time when anti-trust allegations against Microsoft are still under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission . |
28 | The GMC 's appeal for the goodwill of consultants to underwrite the improvements in house officer training , which are envisaged in its 1992 recommendations on general clinical training , comes at a time when this commodity is losing ground under pressure from other competing demands . |
29 | It is the first occasion that Basquiat 's art will have been studied by an American institution and it comes at a time when David Ross , who replaced Thomas Armstrong as the Whitney 's director in bitter circumstances nearly two years ago , is under considerable pressure to ignite a new and visionary exhibition programme at the museum ( see The Art Newspaper No.6 , March 1991 , p.5 ) . |
30 | The opening of ‘ The Age of Angkor ’ comes at a time where Australia is endeavouring to raise its profile among Asian countries . |