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

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1 So it is particularly refreshing to come across one company that not only recruited its company secretary and main board director when she was four months pregnant , but also waited for almost a year for her to join full time .
2 All this information is related to molecular structure , but it is rarely possible to come to definite conclusions about the constitution , shape , size or conformation of a sample purely from its PE spectrum .
3 We know that the projected new Ilyushin Y-type fighter aircraft is n't due to come into full-scale production much before the early 1980S … perhaps two more years before they are in full service with trained pilots and maintenance crews .
4 J. McL on Arran — and there was another to come on another Ramble .
5 Here he elaborates on an argument sketched out a few years earlier , that the label ‘ postmodern ’ denoted the quality of being ‘ free to come to new terms with both realism and anti-realism , linearity and non-linearity , continuity and discontinuity ’ .
6 A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . .
7 After all , just about everything ICI makes might by held to come under this umbrella title .
8 As in a modern context it is immediately clear that students find it hard to combine study with a full-time job ; so , addressing a would-be contemplative , the Cloud-author explains his view that it is impossible for man to pursue the discipline of meditation and study unless he first ceases external activity , and impossible to come to mystical knowledge of God if the mind is engaged in discursive thought .
9 It 's not so easy to come by these days though .
10 A package like that is n't all that easy to come by these days .
11 I mean it 's okay to come to this studio and , in Edinburgh and walk up a busy street and see people going into pubs and being drunk !
12 The castle 's black-cloaked seneschal had scowled darkly on the previous occasions when Quiss had tracked him down in the kitchens and asked him what was going on and what he intended to do about it ; he made dour excuses and talked of the corrosive effects of salt water and what a mess it made of his pipes and anyway materials were very hard to come by these days — What days ?
13 Jobs , I know , have been very hard to come by this summer .
14 It is very , very unfortunate to come at this time . ’
15 The erm , we did invite Ingy to come to this meeting just to report about the festival things , but er she , when I saw her , down at the Lyceum , she was sort of doubtful , erm just because you know
16 ‘ You 're welcome to come by any time . ’
17 Under the new hygiene regulations fryers are likely to come under close scrutiny because traditionally the job of cleaning them is one of the worst in the kitchen .
18 There is unlikely to be any advance in the accuracy of dating of early Anglo-Saxon archaeology in the near future whereas the assumptions upon which such dates are allowed are very likely to come under close scrutiny .
19 Firstly , to brief top management on the possibilities of AI ; although not likely to come into direct contact with AI they would be first to see the likely improvements in effectiveness and efficiency .
20 The study concludes that ‘ teasing of disabled children does occur both in and out of school … older pupils and those in integrated schooling are particularly likely to come across such behaviour . ’
21 Circulars despatched to the shareholders of a widely-held private company by a purchaser are therefore likely to come within this definition if they relate to an offer or a potential offer .
22 Professionals engaged in pre-school and early childhood education are likely to come from separate traditions and may have different perceptions as well as common goals .
23 Simple explanations are likely to come from ill-founded prejudice rather than from detailed analysis of the admittedly poor data which exist on this topic .
24 Answer guide : Information about the future as repayment of any monies lent is likely to come from future profitability .
25 The main threat to London 's share of global futures and options business is likely to come from existing exchanges on mainland Europe .
26 No decision is likely to come from that avenue until New Zealand have had their regular meeting with the Australian officials in the near future .
27 New Speaker likely to come from Conservative ranks
28 Bargain hunters could spend hours browsing in Gardner Street 's bric-a-brac market and the fashion is as likely to come from unknown designers as the Establishment of haute couture .
29 Selkirk looks best in the Beefeater Gin Celebration Mile where the stiffest test is likely to come from French challenger Steinbeck , who loves the mud .
30 Your articles on women and workers make fascinating reading but provide us with little hope that a movement for change is likely to come from these quarters .
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