Example sentences of "come [adv prt] against an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EFFORTS to improve atomic clocks have come up against an unexpected hurdle . |
| 2 | For example , Matt Parsley ( Caldy ) came up against an inspired show by Edwards . |
| 3 | For example , Matt Parsley ( Caldy ) came up against an inspired show by Edwards . |
| 4 | But in the Japanese Empire she at last came up against an eastern power developing at a rate comparable to her own , and one capable of offering effective resistance . |
| 5 | If one keeps traveling in a certain direction on the surface of the earth , one never comes up against an impassable barrier or falls over the edge , but eventually comes back to where one started . |