Example sentences of "come [prep] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the data on the health effects of radiation has come from studying the surviving victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs , where the Japanese people 's exposure to radiation was of an extremely large dose in a matter of seconds . |
| 2 | That is the undeniable conclusion that all observers will have come to following the overwhelming defeat of Wales . |
| 3 | Her approach to academic seminars would seem to confirm some of the claims that she was totally out of her depth when it came to discussing the new discoveries which she had allegedly made . |
| 4 | Yet between 1933 and 1942 J. Arthur Rank put together a vertically-integrated film empire that was the nearest Britain ever came to emulating the great Hollywood studios . |
| 5 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 6 | When it came to producing the overall figures for coal and nuclear generation in its annual reports the CEGB used a system of ‘ historic cost ’ accounting . |
| 7 | Louis Gerstner clearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to facing the blue rinse brigade at the annual meeting in Tampa , Florida yesterday , and just before the meeting , IBM Corp announced that its diminished dividend would be unchanged at 54 cents a share for the first quarter ; there had been fears that the company would cut it again . |
| 8 | A school has had a restricted spending function when it came to utilising the limited amount of money available to buy books and equipment under its capitation allowance . |
| 9 | ‘ I had no choice when it came to rescuing the helpless victim of an unknown accident . |
| 10 | As with model answers to mathematical problems , one can then see how close the agent came to finding the right alternative by the right route . |
| 11 | How close she 'd come to betraying the warm brilliance of the meanings ! |
| 12 | Can we then come to discussing the outstanding issue of H two . |
| 13 | I come after finishing the domestic chores at home which is not far off . |
| 14 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 15 | When it comes to achieving the right weight for health , and maintaining it , some of us are going to have a far harder task than others . |
| 16 | When it comes to using the right tools for the job it is also important to realise that the final output from a desktop publishing system is not always the end product . |
| 17 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 18 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 19 | When it comes to supporting the private sector , Scott is a vociferous and tough opponent . |
| 20 | ‘ Gabriel , when it comes to escorting the good folk up to Heaven , you point straight at the old dame . |
| 21 | When it comes to handling the environmental crisis there is undoubted strength but also a flaw in the Western democratic system which has triumphed so dramatically , both ideologically and materially , at the end of the twentieth century : its political and economic well-being depends on growth and the prospect of ever-increasing wealth and improved standards of living . |
| 22 | I do n't believe in any hard and fast rules when it comes to hanging the best work . |
| 23 | In all the tanks where my fish are housed a small terracotta saucer is placed on to the bottom where the food is placed , this does help when it comes to cleaning the uneaten food off the aquarium bottom . |
| 24 | The list of Scottish footballers who have frequented their local turf accountant is longer than the starting lineup for the Grand National , but when it comes to identifying the ante-post favourite one player stands out above the rest . |
| 25 | … when it comes to giving the third year grades I find it really difficult , with some kids you say ‘ well they ought to have a ‘ B ’ , ’ but I ca n't give them a ‘ B ’ because there are n't any ‘ B's left … |
| 26 | WHEN it comes to marketing the greatest sailing regatta in the world — the America 's Cup — the visiting nations in San Diego have beaten the host city hands down . |
| 27 | When it comes to putting the finishing touches to the tractor , though , this Italian firm still has something to learn from other makers . |
| 28 | The closer a community comes to realizing the democratic ideal of self-government , the greater the extent of citizen participation in government , the more the conventional distinction between government and governed is dissolved . |
| 29 | But a lot depends on how good a job Claris does when it comes to adding the final gloss . |
| 30 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |