Example sentences of "[noun] came [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regimes of both units came under considerable attack from the interviewees . |
| 2 | This reasoning came from early reading of a Ladybird book on Lautrec , van Gogh and Gauguin . |
| 3 | This reasoning came from early reading of a Ladybird book on Lautrec , van Gogh and Gauguin . |
| 4 | Meanwhile " the multitude " or " the mob " — this latter term came into common use at this period — were explicitly excluded from orthodox definitions of " the people " . |
| 5 | Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay . |
| 6 | William Whitelaw , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , and the Northern Ireland Office administration came under intense pressure from the public . |
| 7 | Then Jerk came in one night and tightened our chains . |
| 8 | In the days of glasnost and perestroika the KGB came under public scrutiny for the first time , much of it hostile . |
| 9 | The boys were waiting to cross the road here and the horse came down this lane , galloped straight across the road in front of the traffic then onto the pavement , tried to jump over the boys and jumped onto the boys . |
| 10 | Sharif 's latest disavowal concerning Pakistan 's nuclear programme came amidst renewed controversy prompted by United States Senator Larry Pressler , who claimed during a visit to the country on Jan. 12-13 that Pakistan had the components for at least two nuclear weapons . |
| 11 | The latest revelation about the Government 's courting of minority parties came amid persistent speculation at Westminster that , on the Europe question , Mr Major has lost control and is effectively running a minority Government . |
| 12 | Remember how many goals came from that partnership on the right . |
| 13 | The pound came under intense pressure at the end of 1989 , and fell to its lowest level in December reaching DM2.72 . |
| 14 | THE BANK of England yesterday spent a reported $1bn after the pound came under sustained attack once it became clear that an increase in West German interest rates today is almost certain . |
| 15 | Mr Lang came under sustained pressure from opposition MPs at the Scottish Grand Committee to intervene to stop what one MP said was sheer gangsterism in Ayrshire . |
| 16 | A torrent of words came in ready reply . |
| 17 | At the same time Bosnia-Hercegovina came under Austro-Hungarian occupation , and Turkey 's waning power in the lands of the South Slavs was confined to Macedonia . |
| 18 | Thus , in the immediate post-war years the WEA came under considerable pressure from two more powerful providers and doubts were raised about its future as a recognised Responsible Body — an issue which was closely addressed by the Ashby Committee in 1953 , and again raised by the Russell Committee some twenty years later . |
| 19 | Inevitably the industry came under some pressure from the Government to control this burgeoning demand from domestic consumers , without which the capacity crisis would have been a good deal less serious . |
| 20 | In 1973 the industry came under national control and since then it has expanded from nearly 44 000 ha to more than 70 000 ha and employs more than 22 per cent of the island 's labour force . |
| 21 | The action came despite bitter opposition from hardline conservatives who said that the treaty favoured the USA and amounted to a present on " a silver platter " for the US president-elect Bill Clinton . |
| 22 | Further along the landing light came from another room . |
| 23 | By night the solitary road from Verdun came under constant fire from the German gunners , certain that French munition columns must be coming up it nose to tail . |
| 24 | In 1913 , when all British airships came under naval control , he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service . |
| 25 | The government was blamed and its tariff and trade policies came under fierce attack . |
| 26 | While Mexico 's political weakness was excused and its economy helped out by the US , Brazil 's relationship with Washington steadily deteriorated and its policies came under American attack . |
| 27 | Well that 's what I was going to say if if we could make it that the training course came after next week and not next week then |
| 28 | It was emphasised that only limited information was available about the performance of Access students in higher education , and that the vast majority of students who had completed their higher education course came from one Access course . |
| 29 | My own soliloquy , my own trial came with that offer . |
| 30 | Dutiful Daughters with Jean McCrindle , Socialism and the New Life with Jeff Weeks and Beyond the Fragments with Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright came from this concern . |