Example sentences of "[noun] came at [art] " in BNC.

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1 In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) .
2 The first official and public indication that the Soviet Union was seeking large-scale Western aid came at a press conference between Gorbachev and Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti on May 22 , when Gorbachev made plain his desire to attend the July G-7 meeting .
3 First , the increased weight of demands came at a time when the actual problems thrust before government were not only more complex and intractable , but were also more interdependent — solve one ( say , inflation ) and you only caused another ( rising unemployment ) .
4 The deal came at the end of the 20th annual session of the intergovernmental commission on economic co-operation between the two countries .
5 ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day .
6 Especially as this new bit of gossip came at a time when the idea that Walter Machin was becoming posthumously a national figure was beginning to filter through to Oswaldston consciousness .
7 Bob knew that , whether she called herself Mad Maggie or Margaret Stanhope , friendship came at a price .
8 My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face .
9 The decision came at a time when 1,500,000 besieged refugees in the city of Asmara , the last government stronghold in Eritrea , faced imminent death by starvation .
10 The decision came at a meeting of the new 14-member Consultative Group on Indonesia in Paris on July 16-17 , chaired by the World Bank , set up after Indonesia dissolved a Netherlands-led aid forum in March in protest at alleged Netherlands interference in its internal affairs [ see p. 38868 ] .
11 The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee .
12 The truly disgraceful bit came at the end , where it said , ‘ Rights Offered : First British Serial only ’ .
13 The family dip came at the start of a nine-day summer cruise around the Ionian Sea .
14 Five of those minutes came at the end of the first half , allowing Hein to score the first of his morale-boosting tries for Oxford in the right corner .
15 Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability .
16 William Temple came at the age of 28 and was headmaster from 1911 to 1914 .
17 The dog attacks in England came at a time when the government were losing their grip — becoming very unpopular .
18 The first skirmish over the national security issue came at a closed hearing on Jan. 11 when it was reported that the prosecution had accused the lawyer of one of Noriega 's co-defendants of improperly disclosing classified information when making an earlier request for access to National Security Council records .
19 The proposal came at a meeting organised by the National Consumer 's Council , a representative body established by statute in 1975 .
20 The disclosure came at the trial for insider trading of Thorold Mackie , an investment analyst and director of Bell Lawrie White .
21 THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line .
22 The first exchange came at the beginning of November 1929 .
23 Lijn 's desire to merge or melt the difference between the visual and aural senses came at a time when many artists were wishing to anticipate a more holistic view of art .
24 Go-ahead to start the final artwork came at the end of spring 1988 with an autumn deadline , providing the option to work from fresh material available throughout the summer .
25 His moment came at a time when shoring up the old seemed all that mattered or all that anyone could think of .
26 Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room .
27 The meeting came at a time when relations between the two countries were unusually strained .
28 Leicester 's injury crisis came at the double when defender Richard Smith was carried off a minute after the break — and another trainee Neil
29 Another birdie came at the third as he holed from 15 feet , up then down hill , beyond the pin .
30 Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard .
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