Example sentences of "they come from [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SPA won 38 seats with 25 per cent of the vote , only six of these seats being directly elected and 32 of them coming from the 40 seats to be allocated on the basis of proportional representation . |
| 2 | That surviving half-page on Alexandria with its three classes of people is memorable : the Egyptians , " an acute and civilized race " ; the mercenaries , " a numerous , rough and uncultivated set " ; and the Alexandrians themselves , " a people not genuinely civilized … but still superior to the mercenaries for though they are mongrels they came from a Greek stock and have not forgotten Greek customs " ( 34.14 ) . |
| 3 | There were threats to his academic career , but they came from a different direction . |
| 4 | Although they came from a different factory , their designer was the same ‘ Mac ’ Marshall , then freelancing , who had designed the other streamliners . |
| 5 | They came from the armed forces , from war work , from factory , farm , workshop and office . |
| 6 | As for the clothes , money and jewellery sported by many locals , they came from the gruesome supply of drowned bodies that were washed ashore each morning on the high tide . |
| 7 | They came from the four corners of the world , east and west , north and south , and they spoke many languages . |
| 8 | Encouraged by the pride of the town authorities , the Guy Fawkes celebrations provided an annual explosion for the town 's poor : deprived as they had been of saints ' days with the advent of Puritanism , they came from the miserable hovels cramped in the town 's back alleys to protest not only against the symbols of oppression but also , in bad years , against the local oligarchy . |
| 9 | They came from the big houses down the loch or over the pass towards Loch Lomond , or the castle at Inverary , from miles and miles , little girls in furred and caped coats and dresses gathered into heavy bows behind the cascades of ringlets . |
| 10 | They came from the same country . |
| 11 | These characteristics very considerably , but similar patterns can be found in several different churches and one can be fairly confident they came from the same workshop . |
| 12 | Denis wondered sometimes if they came from the same father and mother . |
| 13 | I er I did n't buy them and he sent us three boxes and they came from the same warehouse . |
| 14 | Although there is no precise information about the provenance of all of these finds , it is reasonable to assume that they came from the original excavation of the ‘ villa ’ or from adjacent sites . |
| 15 | Not only then do they come from a professional sub-culture which permits and often encourages a range of physical contact ( quite apart from the obvious sporting activity , PE departments in schools often administer their own disciplinary code ) but they also have the physical self-confidence to undertake the risks that are present in these encounters . |
| 16 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 17 | The ‘ ancient pine forests ’ concept is linked to another myth about chemical sensitivity — that patients who are ‘ universal reactors ’ are reacting to all synthetic organic chemicals because they come from a common source . |
| 18 | Arguments can be posed for mixing or not mixing and examples of excellent practice can be found , but it is vital that whatever conclusions are finally arrived at they come from a true understanding of what day care in any particular instance is trying to achieve for its attenders and their carers . |
| 19 | They come from the other way |
| 20 | We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver . |
| 21 | Well they come from the right area , do n't they ? |
| 22 | The curriculum is designed by teachers who unconsciously reflect the view that city life is best , even if they come from the rural areas . |
| 23 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 24 | They come from the upper classes and are socially acceptable . |
| 25 | FROM the birth of radio astronomy in 1932 , when Jansky discovered cosmic radio waves and established that they come from the Galactic Centre , it has been clear that something very remarkable is taking place at the core of the Milky Way . |
| 26 | Although they come from the same family as the more familiar Corydoras , they differ in both body shape and breeding habit . |
| 27 | If John and Bill have a lot in common if , for example , they come from the same community or are part of the same culture then Bill is likely to interpret most of the signals in the way John intended . |
| 28 | ‘ As you say , when these instructions arrive , you 'll find that they come from the very top . |
| 29 | We accept figures for newspaper circulations because they come from the independent Audit Bureau of Circulation . |
| 30 | Yes , they come from the local schools and erm The Watch , the children of what they call The Watch erm part of the Sussex Trust come along , and erm oh , they just pop in and very often they , at the end of term they come with tadpoles and things that they Oh , I , I have n't mentioned the frogs and toads , we 've plenty of those . |