Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 2 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 3 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 4 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 5 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 7 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
| 8 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 9 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 10 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 11 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 12 | Emulating its action against Hirac Inc in the US , Sparc International , the evangelising supporters group for Sun Microsystems Inc 's RISC has come down like a ton of bricks on a small UK start-up trying to carve a living out of the Sparc-compatible space . |
| 13 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 14 | SCIENTISTS from the General Electric Company in New York have come up with a way of measuring how much charge is left in a lead-acid battery . |
| 15 | The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up . |
| 16 | In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests . |
| 17 | So she 's come up with a way of trying to protect animals in Gloucestershire , Worcestershire and Herefordshire . |
| 18 | But this time the executive had come up with a compromise of sterling dimness . |
| 19 | ( UX No 435 ) Well , it 's come up with a variety of severance packages it 's offering people . |
| 20 | Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo . |
| 21 | Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo . |
| 22 | Banks have come up with a development of their IOR Checkmate sails , which were Kevlar and Mylar , and now build CHS Checkmate sails in a special Dacron fabric developed in the UK ; they carry no CHS penalty . |
| 23 | I HAVE burned the midnight oil scanning the arid wastes of computer programming manuals , but at last a publisher has come up with a series of inexpensive , factually sound but palatable titles which aim to introduce the beginner to the fun that can be had with calculators , computers and cassette recorders . |
| 24 | It has come up with a series of proposals in conjunction with City solicitors Davies Arnold Cooper which , it says , could enable judgment to be reached in 38 days in an undefended case and 66 days in a defended case . |
| 25 | The media are receiving such an informed , dynamic and visually striking group with open arms : from picketing South West Water to protesting in full surf regalia at Parliament , from surfing in gas masks to demonstrating with a huge inflatable turd , the SAS has come up with a series of media-friendly stunts that have caught the headlines . |
| 26 | However , the authors of WFP have not thought the matter through and have come up with a set of proposals which will simply divert attention away from the real agenda which does exist for NHS capital accounting . |
| 27 | Recently the neurochemists have come up with a set of toxins which appear to be fairly effective in destroying only cell bodies , leaving axons intact ( Kohler et al . |
| 28 | Labour M P's and environment groups are saying tonight that Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has come up with a load of waffle in his three hundred and fifty point plan to rid Britain of pollution ; from Westminster , Des Fahey : |
| 29 | Well they 've come up with a lot of theories have n't they . |
| 30 | ‘ Operators have been in discussion with the Health and Safety Executive for some time , and we have now come up with a code of practice accepted by the HSE and drawn up by BERSA ( British Elastic Ropes Sports Association ) . ’ |