Example sentences of "[noun sg] have come [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 2 | I know that the organisational change has come as a shock to you , as it has for me , but we want to part company after all these years , on the best and friendliest of terms . |
| 3 | Funding has come from a variety of sources including the Wolfson Foundation and Charitable Trust , the Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund , the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London , the British Glass Education Trust and private donations . |
| 4 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 5 | This is because Western religion has come from a Semitic origin where life was serious as befits a desert people . |
| 6 | The handsome ground rent taken for temporarily housing the national side has come with a built-in penalty clause , too , it would seem . |
| 7 | The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope . |
| 8 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 9 | Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota ! |
| 10 | Variable analysis is the closest that social research has come to a generic method of social investigation . |
| 11 | The year began with cold clammy fogs , and although some industry had come to a standstill because of workers called to the colours , and factories bombed by the enemy , we still did not have the Clean Air Act , and there was still quite a lot of smoke from domestic fires , and from the slack coal burnt by factories making munitions . |
| 12 | The carriage had come to a standstill |
| 13 | Aid agencies all over the world have tried to ease their situation , but more immediate help has come from a Hereford farmer . |
| 14 | It 's clear our little truce has come to a grinding halt . |
| 15 | This attitude has come as a shock to many in Hollywood who are falling over themselves to sign him . |
| 16 | My ritual cataloguing had come to a halt . |
| 17 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 18 | This issue had come to a head in July , with the tabling of a no-confidence motion in parliament , and the live broadcasting of the July 18-20 debate on national television . |
| 19 | It was plain for all to see that his father 's ultimatum had come as a shock to Jonna . |
| 20 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 21 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 22 | But the move has come after a series of blows , including poor livestock sales and lower wool prices . |
| 23 | Now most of you in the room have come from a P A Y E background , have n't you ? |
| 24 | Things have not worked out as expected , there has been a snag , the line of development has come to a dead end , the promising drug is not safe enough for people and so on . |
| 25 | The chance has come in a review conducted by Andrew Large , chairman of the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) , the body that sits at the apex of Britain 's regulatory structure . |
| 26 | Now , as a letter to the Times pointed out last week , the word ‘ train ’ is being replaced by ‘ service ’ — as in ‘ Please do not open the doors until the service has come to a complete standstill . ’ |
| 27 | The landlord had come to a halt . |
| 28 | I opened the lockers to pull out the kit but found that the top had come off a water container and half a gallon had spilt , soaking the tea bags and bursting the envelope which carried my documents . |
| 29 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 30 | So this news has come as a disappointment to local business leaders . |