Example sentences of "[noun sg] come at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie is unaware of the spirits alive in him , so that the narrator of the story is frustrated in his attempt to come at the uncluttered account of past lives . |
| 2 | The first skirmish over the national security issue came at a closed hearing on Jan. 11 when it was reported that the prosecution had accused the lawyer of one of Noriega 's co-defendants of improperly disclosing classified information when making an earlier request for access to National Security Council records . |
| 3 | THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line . |
| 4 | Given the tension here was one of humiliation , that can be sufficient in itself to sustain the momentum , especially as this workhouse scene comes at a critical point in the sequence structure — for they have already in an earlier lesson experienced the well-intentioned caring of the ‘ lady ’ who housed these girls out of pity but was obliged to hand them over to the authorities . |
| 5 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 6 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 7 | In the two-page letter to Mr Major , the DUP leader says the inter-governmental conference comes at a dangerous time and should be called off . |
| 8 | The nomination comes at a crucial time in her life . |
| 9 | However , the working out of these three dimensions in the undergraduate curriculum is bound to be rather different from their manifestation in the school curriculum because higher education comes at a different stage in the educational life-cycle . |
| 10 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 11 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
| 12 | The collision comes at a difficult time for Russian President Boris Yeltsin , who is defending a decision to impose presidential rule in parliament and in the Constitutional Court . |
| 13 | So it was n't the fact that he 'd cut back on government it 's just that the government came , the spending came at a different er point in the , in the political structure . |
| 14 | The incident came at an awkward time , preceding by a few days a visit by the Chief Rabbi . |
| 15 | The political will came at a critical time when it was very necessary to keep the food costs component of the total wage bill ( including the foreign exchange component ) as low as possible to allow rapid and profitable industrialisation . |
| 16 | The message comes at a critical time for the Government 's flagship education policy , which critics claim has lost its momentum because schools are worried about public spending cuts . |
| 17 | The Wright incident comes at an embarrassing time for Graham . |
| 18 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 19 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 20 | The videotaping of the child 's statement comes at a crucial point in that process but for the child it is only one part of it . |
| 21 | William was forced by the lie of the land to come at the Saxon strongpoint from the south . |
| 22 | AUSTIN Rawlinson 's finest hour as a competitor came at the famous 1924 Chariots of Fire Olympics in Paris , where he finished fifth in the final . |
| 23 | The left 's moment of revenge came at the Labour special conference at Wembley in 1980 . |
| 24 | The decision to agree in principle came at a Labour group meeting at the start of COSLA 's annual conference . |
| 25 | The British Presidency comes at a turning point in the Community 's history . |
| 26 | The boost to disposable income comes at an awkward time , when the economic slowdown is not sufficiently well-established to have even begun to close the trade gap ; but the structural change is welcome . |
| 27 | The case comes at an embarrassing time for the world 's largest industrial company , which is already deep in the red and under attack for its bureaucratic management style . |
| 28 | ‘ The award comes at a good time . |
| 29 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 30 | Holidays in the United States of America are increasingly popular , and here the public power supply comes at a different voltage and frequency ( 110 volts 60 Hz ) as compared with the European standard of 230/240 volts 50 Hz . |