Example sentences of "[pron] come [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assure you that in my professional capacity I come across many jurors who are both indigenous Britons , and quite advanced in years , who do not fit into the ‘ long tradition of honesty and fair-mindedness ’ . |
| 2 | We are quite enjoying the Weekly Telegraph , but I have to remind myself , when I come across possible cuttings , that you have probably seen them already . |
| 3 | Quite often while restoring antique pieces , I come across filled-in mortises or misplaced detail — evidence that they too had ruined mornings . |
| 4 | that 's why I come to two pounds separate er |
| 5 | Before I come to those passages , it is convenient to refer to such earlier authority as there is . |
| 6 | In so far as this decision approves a requirement made under section 7(4) to provide a specimen of blood simpliciter , without making any reference to the alternative of urine , it has been effectively overruled by later cases and I shall defer further consideration of it until I come to those cases . |
| 7 | They include inspectorates , audit bodies , scientific research bodies and management consultants , all of which come from different traditions of evaluation . |
| 8 | They make these anti-Stussy ‘ Victim ’ shirts which come in three versions : t-shirt [ £14 ] , long sleeve t [ £17.50 ] , and sweatshirt [ £21.95 ] , p&p is £1.50 [ cheques to ‘ Method Air Ltd ’ , check their advert for address ] . |
| 9 | ‘ Aid workers ’ who come to developing countries with a purely altruistic attitude — giving up a good job and staking a lot to help poor people — are doomed to be disillusioned and frustrated . |
| 10 | Of course there are people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds ; of course we must do what we can about it . |
| 11 | Does the Minister expect that while the award system is kept under review and resources are scarce , some consideration should be given to students who come from poor backgrounds and achieve high marks but are turned down because of a shortage of places ? |
| 12 | It is fair to assume also that there is a high proportion of black sportsmen who come from single-parent families , but , in absolute terms , there are huge numbers of black kids who are reared in broken homes who do not enter sport in any serious way . |
| 13 | Many of the constituency cases with which I have dealt in recent months have especially worried me because they seem to show that the financial hardship now experienced by many students is especially severe for those who come from low-income families . |
| 14 | Well that 's like er tarred rope that 's what it was and er used to put a piece through the wire every foot and when you come to six feet there 'd be a piece of leather , cut in cut one piece of leather . |
| 15 | Halfway down the Canyon , you come to 400-million-year-old limestones . |
| 16 | When you come to smaller areas ( around the shoulder blades for instance ) change to thumbs and two middle fingers , but do not pinch the flesh . |
| 17 | We shall have four-yearly conventions … you can drop your resolutions and buy balloons ; because that is all you will be able to release when you come to these conventions . ’ |
| 18 | At the end of the lane , you come to three gates . |
| 19 | But we we have these have you come across negative numbers ? |
| 20 | Erm when you read it you come across strange words you know words that maybe you know you 've heard them but you would n't think of trying to write them . |
| 21 | Keep your spellings in that and when you come across new spellings put them in there . |
| 22 | What do you do if you come across unusual vegetables and are n't sure how to prepare them ? |
| 23 | The problem with device drivers is that they have to be installed in your CONFIG.SYS file , and it is usually helpful to have an install routine guide you through the process — lord knows , just about every other program you come across these days insists on writing to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT . |
| 24 | As you come within two months of the examination period you should try to answer a complete past examination paper under your simulated conditions , which , by now , should be so familiar that all trace of tenseness and nervousness will have vanished . |
| 25 | It is an exciting garden , the hedges and paths divide it so that you come upon different parts almost by surprise , such as the scented garden , the woodland garden , built around some of the trees that Colonel Mitchell left behind him , with a sturdy wooden tree-house for the children , and the patio garden where the Prince sits and does paperwork during the summer months to the soothing sound of water , which springs from a sculpture he commissioned of stone whales . |
| 26 | Today , the nearest we come to such exhibitions are to be found in the trade exhibitions mounted at venues such as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre ( SECC ) at Glasgow . |
| 27 | Tt and then we come to rich peasants , land owned by rich peasants and cultivi cultivated by themselves or hired labour and their other properties shall be protected from infringement . |
| 28 | Finally we come to three speakers representing groups which have been active in researching and lobbying on the issues of employment , unemployment and training in West Belfast . |
| 29 | However , when we come to more details considerations — such as exactly where this ‘ golden age ’ is to be located in real historical time — then we are confronted with such a disorderly jumble of datemarks and vague historical allusions as to allow for wide margins of disagreement even among dedicated ‘ law-and-order ’ enthusiasts . |
| 30 | Oh now we come to some advertisements about food . |