Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ No hitches so far , and he 's even come up with a little bonus on the side . |
| 62 | Computer World has come up with a novel addition to its Ambra/Sage Sterling Plus Two bundle . |
| 63 | The Australian & Oversees Telecommunications Corp has come up with a novel scheme to motivate its staff : alongside an immediate pay award of 3% and the prospect of a 5% over the next 18 months the company has promised $340 for each of 70,000 of its workers , the payment of which depends on customers ' rating of the service which they receive ; surveys will determine what proportion of customers are satisfied with billing , connections and fault-finding . |
| 64 | LISBURN have come up with a novel way of raising much-needed cash for the club . |
| 65 | Alwyn has come up with a novel idea , producing a book which is directly associated with the painting holiday courses he runs . |
| 66 | A group of US magazine publishers have come up with a novel weapon for the US Information Agency 's propaganda efforts in Eastern Europe : their unsold magazines . |
| 67 | The production team , which again included writers Robert Lord and Abem Finkel , had made a film which depoliticized the Legion by making its motive force sheer racketeering rather than political control and by making the violence and executions personal rather than political but nevertheless they had come up with a realistic depiction of how a weak man could be drawn into a recognizably Fascist organization . |
| 68 | But Longlands College in Middlesbrough has come up with a unique qualification , a BTEC Diploma in Business , Finance and Distribution , aimed at 16 to 19-year-olds as well as adults looking for a change in their career . |
| 69 | I have n't come up with a snappy title yet , so suggest away on that and other points . |
| 70 | Pigs bred for life inside do n't do well outside — so the Pig Improvement Company has come up with a tougher type of pig . |
| 71 | But Stephen Fazekas de St Groth of the Basel Institute of Immunology has come up with a different method — an automated system in which a technician collects the antibodies off an ‘ anti-immunologlobulin ’ column . |
| 72 | The surface-dwelling fish , Anableps , has come up with a different solution — its eyes are split to create two extra eyes . |
| 73 | ‘ You 've made a lot of accusations but you have n't come up with a single shred of evidence to back them up . ’ |
| 74 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |
| 75 | ( 3 ) Your house has come up in a random sample of houses in this area and , if you are a full-time housewife , we would like you to tell us about your working day since ( 4 ) we believe that a survey of this subject would be of great value in helping all housewives . |
| 76 | With the breakdown of the administration , crime syndicates have come up in a big way . |
| 77 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 78 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 79 | After a two-hour meeting , the Lib Dem leader , Jim Wallace , said his party had given the organisation another chance to come up with a new way forward . |
| 80 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |
| 81 | Stung , the League said yesterday that they expect ITV to come up with a new date within the next fortnight and they will not tolerate one beyond the scheduled season 's end of May 5 . |
| 82 | Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula . |
| 83 | BAeSEMA has been contracted by the navy to come up with a new design for bridges incorporating the latest in ergonomic practice . |
| 84 | This left five days for the Patent Office and its advertising agency , Ayer , to come up with a new version . |
| 85 | The SSC will hold a meeting in June , when all sorts of would-be participants will try to come up with a new detector . |
| 86 | Workers at Britain 's Institute of Geological Sciences aim , however , to come up with a new set of tools that can indicate minerals much further under the ground . |
| 87 | IBM is promising to come up with a cost-efficient CMOS microprocessor-based 390 in the second half of the year . |
| 88 | Now I struggled to come up with a good word or phrase to describe that , but the one we use for now is multicultural . |
| 89 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 90 | Being able to come up with a strong hook in a bass line can make a song . |