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

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1 With the words had come the fleeting impression of dark , sinuous creatures who could slither out of the shadows and wind their cold , serpentine fingers about you , so that you were trapped , who could twine about your entire body , so that you were smothered and suffocating from the cold embrace …
2 With the adoption of Christianity by kings and their subjects had come the conception of the " Christian ruler " , for Christ had been the " King of the Jews " and the society of the Old Testament was a kingly and patriarchal one .
3 The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available .
4 But manufacturers have come a long way from the aluminium-framed picture windows that disfigured so many homes in the early days of the replacement window boom , and a wide range of window styles is now available .
5 And he admitted this was n't the first time his feet had come a cropper .
6 The Inspirals have come a long way from 1989 's full-tilt three-minute organ romp early days .
7 Viruses have come a heck of a long way since we last took an in-depth look at anti-virus software back in November 1990 .
8 Wintec and Thorowgood saddles have come a long way since early designs and Thorowgood also make wipe-clean bridles that look smart enough for most occasions .
9 DANDELIONS have come a long way in Darlington .
10 Together with ‘ efficiency ’ and good management principles has come the crying need for experts to take charge of every field .
11 DURHAM Squash Club 's challenge for the Durham and Cleveland First Division championships has come a catastrophic cropper .
12 Though they have done well in Germany and Belgium ( they now own one-tenth of all the office space in Brussels ) , Swedish investors have come a cropper in London .
13 And while the original Ethernet spec was a lowest-common-denominator approach , using the crudest cable and a distinctly modest data rate , things have come a long way since then .
14 Of course photographic techniques HAVE come a long way since Ponting 's day .
15 From academic and practising lawyers has come an argument bewailing what is identified as family law 's departure from true legal character .
16 With the Scottish interests had come a stake in Border TV , which Lonrho kept .
17 That newspapers had come a long way in the interim period was beyond doubt ; that they were to travel even further was to be confirmed by the manner in which the Cadburys disposed of the News Chronicle in 1960 .
18 Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information .
19 So both groups had come a similar distance in the sense of having the indications that there was something interesting to pursue further .
20 The Carolingians had come a long way from the single ancestral beer-hall : the chief officers would invite groups of the young men to their houses ( mansiones ) for dinner , " not to encourage gluttony , but for the sake of promoting true rapport ; and rarely would a week go by without each [ youth ] receiving one such invitation from someone " .
21 Since the railways had come the post travelled more quickly , and it was possible that her grandfather already knew everything .
22 First we felt that women have come a long way given the very radical and novel nature of their demands to enter public life as individuals in their own right .
23 Microwave ovens have come a long way since they first appeared in our kitchens about 20 years ago , but how do you know which type will suit your style of cooking ?
24 It is strange how attitudes have come the full circle .
25 In the event , the announcement was premature ; but fusion researchers have come a long way since then
26 THE greeting cards , gift wrap and stationery people T&A Thompson Cards have come a long way since it all began for them in a garage about 15 years ago — they have just opened a superb new outlet in the Ravenhill Business Park .
27 Our cosmetics and toiletries have come a long way since the days when Elizabeth I used highly toxic lead powder to whiten and enhance her complexion !
28 Fainting goats have come a long way since the days when farmers used them as decoys to protect herds of sheep from coyotes ( coyote arrives ; goat faints and is devoured ; sheep escape ) .
29 The Social Democrats have come a long way since the early 1980s when , newly tossed into opposition , the party was crippled by defeatism .
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