Example sentences of "[noun] had come [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lofty idea that India could endure as a secular democracy of diverse peoples had come under open attack from the Hindu chauvinists of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) . |
| 2 | On the infrastructural side , most of the investment had come from Urban Programme and derelict-land grant sources . |
| 3 | Of course it would turn out that the dead girl was merely someone Jerome Fanshawe had come across that weekend and who had taken his fancy . |
| 4 | A defence lawyer said both defendants had come from broken homes and had been brought up by their mothers . |
| 5 | A former Justice Minister who had been elected Speaker only the previous January [ see p. 36943 ] , Ninn-Hansen had come under considerable criticism for a directive which he had issued in 1988 as Justice Minister to immigration authorities to give low priority to reuniting the families of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in Denmark . |
| 6 | Fund raising for the state-of-the-art machine began in 1987 and senior technician Peter Barton said help had come from several organisations including the WRVS , the Guides and the League of Friends . |
| 7 | Reynolds had come across two others like it in all respects , but not in the same folder , and not with the incriminating paragraph ; that too was odd , in retrospect . |
| 8 | Reports on May 5 said that US troops had come within 2 km of the town of Dahuk , south of the " safe havens " zone . |
| 9 | At that point Posi chimed in to say that another vessel had come into visual range just beyond the Valve . |
| 10 | Individual farmers had come across difficult times and they needed to borrow to finance seed to plant for the next year 's crop . |
| 11 | Harry had come to this place to meet someone . |
| 12 | Like some great vessel swinging at anchor , Crossman 's argument had come round half circle , as he failed to resist the seduction of the alternative , opposite or incompatible theory . |
| 13 | Surviving papers relating to the removal of 433 paupers and vagrants between 1740 and 1762 show that 40 per cent of these unfortunates had come from other parts of East Anglia , 15 per cent had travelled up to 100 miles , 6 per cent had started from London and Middlesex and 39 per cent originated elsewhere , including thirty-three people from Scotland and sixteen from Ireland . |
| 14 | The Department of the Environment had come under increasing criticism for the slow progress in setting up the trust . |
| 15 | In Iran Rafsanjani had come under strong attack from Khomeini supporters who accused him of siding with America by accepting arms from the Great Satan and helping to get some of their hostages released . |
| 16 | Mobutu had come under sustained pressure to reach a power-sharing agreement with Tshisekedi , a leading figure of the opposition Democratic Union for Social Progress ( UDPS ) and in the opposition Sacred Union alliance , and his dismissal provoked renewed protests . |
| 17 | The initial legal advice had come from Foreign Office lawyers . |
| 18 | The initial legal advice had come from Foreign Office lawyers but the contrary advice came from Sir Nicholas . |
| 19 | The brush was all brown as though autumn had come to these islands where there is no autumn but only a more dangerous summer , but that was because the leaves had all been blown away . |
| 20 | The vehicles had come from diverse locations such as stately homes , shooting estates , garages , scrap yards and castles . |
| 21 | A number had come from scientific backgrounds , fathers ( usually ) were nuclear physicists , engineers , doctors or maths lecturers , and often provided an impetus to study science through discussion of it at home or through help with homework . |
| 22 | The authorities had come under growing pressure to act more vigorously against extreme right-wing organizations and activities after a hotel used as a temporary refugee centre was firebombed on Jan. 17 , the first incident of its kind in Austria . |
| 23 | Mr Nick Mitchell , the head of personnel for the signals and telecommunications section , said the board had come to certain conclusions about pay and conditions for its 7,000 S&T engineers after a review of manpower and reward systems . |
| 24 | Rocard had come under increasing pressure in the National Assembly ( lower house of parliament ) where he was dependent on alliances with either the right or the PCF in order to get legislation approved . |
| 25 | Initial funding had come from local businessmen and delegates — mostly businessmen themselves — from a dozen countries had paid their own air fares and hotel bills . |
| 26 | March had come in more lamb than lion , there were windflowers in the woods , and the first primroses , unburned by frost , undashed and unmired by further rain , were just opening . |
| 27 | The call for the entire squadron to scramble for a major transferral had come at 0.700 hours . |
| 28 | By the mid-century Freemasonry was strong in Austria and Bohemia , but in the 1780s its activities had come under close scrutiny from the new emperor , Joseph 11 , and the Austrian secret police . |
| 29 | The adaptive expectations hypothesis had come to earlier prominence in Philip Cagan 's ( 1956 ) path breaking study of the monetary dynamics of the European hyperinflations which followed the Great War . |
| 30 | Spurs had come into this match unbeaten in their previous eight matches , and although they have improved their League standing , the cup competitions remain their best hope of success . |