Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The most interesting developments in the law relating to qualified privilege may come as a result of Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights ( see p3 ) .
2 But the department spokesman said the money should come from a community care grant to local authorities for the mentally ill .
3 Several clients may come into a bureau complaining of damp council property .
4 Secondly , any changes that come to the primary schools must come as a result of changes at the secondary level .
5 ‘ If all the charities followed the Wolfson 's example , medical research should come to a standstill . ’
6 Much of the potential for transferability of good practice could come through a series of innovations which partnership might originate , provided it is prepared to transcend traditional structures .
7 But he warned there were potential risks and pitfalls because the new working methods could come as a culture shock .
8 This characterisation of review would come as a surprise to many commentators in this country .
9 On July 29 the Federal Assembly approved a new budget , since 1992 revenue was already exhausted , in which 48 per cent of revenue would come from a loan from the National Bank .
10 Their funds would come from a grant by the National Exchequer — an obvious source for constant friction .
11 The University 's funding in future will come through a contract , awarded by the Universities Funding Council , to teach a certain number of students in certain subjects for certain prices .
12 ‘ But I do n't think relocation will come to a halt .
13 Fifthly and finally , anyone reacting to a significant loss will come to a time of acceptance .
14 As for the circumstances in which an auditor might come under a duty to report , the banking act as well as the financial services act and the insurance companies act , uses , use the phrase in his capacity as auditor , here again we have no powers to clarify this on the face of the regulations .
15 A child may come before a hearing on an offence referral and be made subject to a supervision requirement for a number of reasons , of which the offence may be only one ; the child may on review be kept subject to a supervision requirement , even though he may have committed no further offences , because of , say , inadequate parental care .
16 We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks .
17 Accustomed to the doctrine of ministerial responsibility , used to the idea that they are the repository of the collective wisdom and experience of their departments , accepting that they must handle outside agencies and pressure groups as well as the vagaries of the politicians and the press , they operate with caution but also with great confidence knowing that they alone are in possession of all the facts and that without their activity the whole machine would come to a halt .
18 The firm 's crash will come as a blow to the Government 's rail privatisation plans .
19 Other protective measures include rue — no basilisk can come near a patch of this herb — and a cock 's crow , at the sound of which a basilisk will perish .
20 The rubber stamp for the proposals could come at a meeting of the Community 's Council of Ministers at the end of June .
21 The theory which provides such bearings may come from a variety of sources : from experience or experiment , from sudden inspirational insight , from the archives of conventional wisdom .
22 In addition , some of the carbon available to an organism may come from a source that is not in equilibrium with the atmosphere ; the problems caused by this are called the ‘ reservoir effects ’ .
23 He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’
24 The list of libraries will come as a shock to anyone who is unaware of what has been happening .
25 However , their conclusion will come as a surprise to many who eagerly espoused the work of the EOC .
26 The fee will come from a charge on each ton of waste going into the landfill , and rises steeply as the tonnage increases .
27 Some dy after you have mastered the language , a request may come from a government official , an anthropologist or a missionary , for help in learning the language .
28 The DES ( 1983 ) assumed implicitly that all mature entrants would come from a pool of qualified individuals who had deferred their entry into HE .
29 But once adaptation to the new conditions had been achieved , Darwin assumed that evolution would come to a halt .
30 Evolution will come to a standstill until something in the conditions changes : the onset of an ice age , a change in the average rainfall of the area , a shift in the prevailing wind .
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