Example sentences of "come [adj] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A strong challenge anticipated from the fiercely nationalist and right-wing Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SP0 ) failed to materialize : SPO leader Vuk Draskovic took only 20 per cent of the vote to come second in the presidential election , while his party took only 19 seats in the Assembly ( after winning 13 seats in the first round it fought the second round in coalition with other opposition parties ) . |
2 | Emil Constantinescu , who had come second in the presidential elections in September [ see p. 39104 ] , was elected president of the main opposition alliance , the Democratic Convention ( DCR ) , on Nov. 27 . |
3 | He now competes regularly against adults too , and came second in the recent Cleveland championships in which most of the players were adult . |
4 | Gordonians were second bottom of Division Three before Saturday but they came good in the final game , defeating Morgan Academy 29-0 to leap-frog the Dundee club . |
5 | The race was won by an Aston Martin DB4 and the Guisborough duo came sixth in the overall concours and fourth in their class of 1,000–1,300cc grand touring sports cars . |
6 | Mr John Wilkinson ( C. Ruislip Northwood ) , who came sixth in the private members ' bills ballot , yesterday announced a measure to make it obligatory to apply for planning permission before a dwelling house is demolished . |
7 | The CDU/CDM coalition came fourth in the Federal Assembly , the CDU coming third in the Czech National Council while the CDM emerged as the second strongest group in the Slovak National Council . |
8 | Last summer , bothered by a groin injury , his tally was still 42 and he came 12th in the national bowling averages . |
9 | Somerville 's Cross-Country and Tennis Teams came first in the annual Cuppers competition while the Hockey Team reached the final . |
10 | Bill Clinton came last in the four-way race in the New Hampshire hamlet of Dixville Notch which has a population of 37 . |
11 | Paratroopers ( from the left ) Alex Poole , Eric Sekwalor , John Sowerby and Sean Ollsson came third in the four-man push competition organised by the British Bobsleigh Association to find crews for the new season . |
12 | The former single ruling party , the Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) , came third in the National Assembly elections with just 19 seats and fifth in the elections to the Senate with three seats . |
13 | I have lived in many parts of America , and I can assure you all that Hawaii is as breathtaking as you imagine , that the charm of the Old South is living on in Charleston , and that colonial America will come alive in the small towns of New England , particularly in the autumn when , in the words of Henry James , the ‘ weather is like tinkling crystal and the colours like molten jewels . ’ |
14 | Providing he comes through unscathed he could then find himself in line for a place when the same counties come face-to-face in the senior championship this day fortnight in Newry . |
15 | The reference would then alter the binding of ‘ he ’ from the dog to the vet , purely because the structure for the ‘ he ’ pronoun comes first in the logical form . |
16 | WHAT number comes next in the following series : 179 , 558 , 344 , 148 , 291 , 80 ? |
17 | Effective lost insulation comes next in the cost-effectiveness stakes . |