Example sentences of "[adj] come [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main body of these superb watercolours is of more recent vintage and runs the whole gamut of the seasons it is refreshing to come across a trio of such shivery snowscapes as Deep Snow , Upleatham ( 28 ) , Road into Guisborough ( 78 ) and Tocketts Farm in Snow Guisborough ( 22 ) . |
| 2 | As in so many debates on the nature and location of power in Britain it is not possible to come to a firm and lasting conclusion as to the nature of prime ministerial power relative to the position of the cabinet since Prime Ministers have always differed in their degree of command of the cabinet . |
| 3 | His brother Peter was too upset to come to the phone today but his secretary confirmed that Hunt , a father-of-two , died of a heart attack during the night . |
| 4 | initial destinations questionnaires were sent to 171 SERC-funded students : SERC provided details of the names and departments of students holding information engineering awards that were due to come to an end in 1984 ; |
| 5 | There was a moment , particularly at tea , when I would sense that our conversation was , so far as he was concerned , due to come to an end . |
| 6 | Mm and I was just wondering if that is your girl who is due to come at a quarter past six then she erm |
| 7 | This was because the winding up petition was due to come before the court again on 30 July . |
| 8 | The Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill was due to come before the Commons this week , but campaigners predicted it would be blocked by the government once more . |
| 9 | erm but ea she would n't bring him over to the phone , she said oh he 's too weak to come to the phone . |
| 10 | The British politician Geoffrey Howe said in an interview on television : ‘ We thought it was right to come to a decision when I next met them last night . ’ |
| 11 | He argued that to implement a ‘ Non-Alignment Pact ’ in a civil war between an incumbent government supported by one Great Power and insurgents supported by another Great Power ‘ a coalition government must be formed comprising those elements of both Government and insurgent forces which are prepared to come to a compromise and work together in the context of non-alignment ’ . |
| 12 | Also if a civil servant fails to answer to a committee 's satisfaction , the government accept that the appropriate minister should be prepared to come before the committee . |
| 13 | Old Cowslip was n't afraid to come into the middle of us , was he ? " |
| 14 | ‘ Why I 'm calling , sir , is to ask if you 're free to come to The Randolph this morning . ’ |
| 15 | He had never been too sure as , technically , she was too old to come under the heading of pretty . |
| 16 | In e-mail systems it is possible to receive a number of related messages from different people on screen , to then go into a statistical package and do some calculations , and on the basis of this come to a decision which one communicates to a different set of people . |
| 17 | Being black has always been in my subconscious , but I 've tried never to let this come to the fore . |
| 18 | They could find it easier to come to an agreement to support each other during a lock-out for example , because they would have sufficient financial resources to enable them to survive periods of inactivity . |
| 19 | What matters is that Ministers should be ready and willing to come to the House of Commons when expected to do so in order to answer questions from elected representatives on matters of genuine public interest and importance . |
| 20 | With Celia intermittently in a clinic on the outskirts of north London , Brian at his wits ' end and pondering whether to bribe Mrs Bennett to return , Karen had suddenly made the suggestion that her widowed mother might be willing to come to the rescue . |
| 21 | There 's no budget provision , and as a consequence approval is being sought for that some to come from the contingency . |
| 22 | Most teachers ( 85% ) used the library for borrowing books connected with their work but 58% looked for information on other subjects also , and over half came to the library to browse . |
| 23 | Some came under the heading of national interest : the broader danger of an unstable Europe , the inviolability of recognised borders . |
| 24 | [ One of the other Assistant Solicitors in the department also joined us from private practice ; another came from the Bar . ] |
| 25 | While she was trying to restart her Mini Metro car another came round the bend from Darlington . |
| 26 | Um Hamed came through the court , covered in her black veils which brushed against climbing bougainvillaea blossoms , sending down showers of petals . |
| 27 | An example of this came during the disability awareness course . |
| 28 | But by the early 1960s planners were being charged with an over-obsession with neatly packaged land parcels , and this came to a head with Jane Jacobs ( 1961 ) , an American journalist married to an architect , living in New York . |
| 29 | With the coming of the railway all this came to an end . |
| 30 | This came to an end during the Seven Years War ; and although it was refounded in 1775 it seems to have been designed merely to produce men capable of filling such relatively minor posts as those at Warsaw and The Hague , where it was not necessary for the Prussian representative to be of high social rank . |