Example sentences of "have come [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But , as it is , the 325i scrapes by as a comfortable four-seater with the proviso that four tall occupants will have to come to a front/rear legroom compromise that would n't even need to think about in a Peugeot 405 .
2 Whoever he finally chose would have to come from the right stable .
3 Teachers , like managers , need to review their attitudes , especially as the majority will themselves have come through the nursing system " which will have shaped their values and behaviour .
4 Because the sun 's rotation drove the planets around , the whole system would have come to a gentle halt for the duration of the miracle .
5 If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion .
6 If you are still anti-bat , so be it , but at least you will have come to an informed conclusion .
7 he had instead been cultivating his acquaintanceship with Mercer , a game plan that would have come to an abrupt end if the Lorrimores had deserted the trip , which they would have done at once if the Canadian had ploughed into their home-from-home .
8 It is Possible that she might have come to the big city on her own .
9 I think I should add very shortly that having considered the many authorities cited , even if I had come to a different conclusion on the issue about consideration , I would have come to the same decision adverse to the owners on the question whether the payments were made voluntarily in the sense of being made to close the transaction .
10 It is plain that if the judge had been appraised of all these matters now before the court , he would have come to the same conclusion as we have , namely that the necessary intention had not been proved on the part of the appellants .
11 I would myself have come to the same conclusion as that which the deputy judge expressed [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 514 , 528 :
12 It seems that he would have come to the same conclusion regarding the implication of such control .
13 ‘ There is no legal justification whatever ’ , he thundered , ‘ in saying that Meehan was wrongly convicted , and having heard all the evidence in this case , you might well have come to the clear conclusion that he was in fact rightly convicted . ’
14 ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’
15 For secondary school teachers of mathematics who have been eager to respond to the call for investigative work , the introduction of GCSE coursework assessment may have come as a rational consequence of what they see as timely changes in the curriculum .
16 ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock .
17 Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts .
18 NEIL Kinnock 's slightly manic conducting of Men of Harlech at Egglescliffe School on Friday may have come as a mild surprise to the attendant gentlemen of the Press .
19 He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat .
20 It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder .
21 So it should have come as no real surprise to me to discover that the ’ gear ’ Penny so briefly dismissed included a 17 foot aluminium boat , 24hp outboard , a trailer ( obviously ) , a seine net and a lot of angling equipment .
22 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
23 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
24 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
25 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
26 She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead .
27 It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence .
28 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
29 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
30 ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’
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