Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianity especially has come in for great criticism as being the major religion in the history of Western civilization . |
| 2 | Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill . |
| 3 | It is on the detail of the recommendations that Cadbury has come in for strong criticism — in particular , over some of the recommendations in the code ( see also this issue , p 24 ) . |
| 4 | But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures . |
| 5 | A spate of airline buyouts , which has touched every major US carrier during the last six months , has come in for growing criticism because of the heavy debt it loads on the companies . |
| 6 | Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists . |
| 7 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 8 | Bernstein 's work has come in for some strong criticism recently . |
| 9 | The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism . |
| 10 | However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action . |
| 11 | The term New Historicism has come in for considerable hostile criticism both from those who claim that there is nothing particularly new about it and among those who admire new historical methods but feel the term incorrectly suggests a unified theoretical field and subsequent critical practice within a body of critical writing in which much contending diversity exists . |
| 12 | I mean my impression is that the resource has come in on this , I mean extra staffing , I mean you need it you ca n't do it without , |
| 13 | The , I mean , how long have to be , have we to , er and I 'm I 'm disgusted with Edinburgh that nobody has phoned in on this sort of point ! |
| 14 | On trade and other issues , Japan has caved in to outside pressure countless times before , and may do so again . |
| 15 | The British Technology Group , formed by a merger of the National Enterprise Board and the National Research Development Council , has invested in in small firms in electronics . |
| 16 | Britain 's second biggest privatised water giant has romped in with pre-tax profits up from £123.7m to £130.7m for the six months to September . |
| 17 | That 's if we 'd gone in on fixed price on scaled fee |
| 18 | I think good skin care is really important so I get sucked in by anti-wrinkle creams and things like that . |
| 19 | There is also an abiding reluctance to see America getting drawn in to another Vietnam , a bitter and protracted war exacting a huge price in US lives and treasure . |
| 20 | And in the typical sort of way that lawyers get knocked these days erm we get lumped in with other people and the mud flies . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's when we get called in from this patrol back to base . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman always gives in to lobbies and should not have given in to that one . |
| 23 | If the investment managers had to come in they could have come in at any time . |
| 24 | ‘ Unless your estimable uncle had expensive amusements , Master Hussey , you must surely have come in for this very money along with the rest . ’ |
| 25 | Having sat in on many lessons , he produced a list of ten categories of interaction . |
| 26 | No one heard him come up but he must have got in for Ruthven to die and the white rose to be found . ’ |
| 27 | She must have weighed in around one thirty-five , was twenty-five-six years old . |
| 28 | And I think tied in with this is people inviting people into their homes more . |
| 29 | Now do you think anybody who was n't already tied in to that wanted to get tied in at that time ? ’ |
| 30 | Why the hell does n't he do you get locked in with three ? |