Example sentences of "[adj] to come [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a meeting this May the Agricultural Ministers agreed that reform was necessary and gave each other a deadline of June 1993 to come up with concrete proposals . |
| 2 | For this reason it is impossible to come up with universal rules dictating how explanations are to be provided . |
| 3 | But if manufacturers were to try too hard to come up with new ideas we 'd be constantly faced with designs to rival Gibson 's semi-mythical Moderne and Burns ' Flyte in the grossness stakes . |
| 4 | Both Soviet and foreign estimates of the numbers threatened with starvation and death over the period 1921–2 varied enormously , and no amount of detailed research is ever likely to come up with reliable figures . |
| 5 | It rapidly became a conservative fiscal base — an unchanging standby for governments unable to come up with alternative ways of assessing a national wealth that was not only growing but was substantially changing in form . |
| 6 | Conrad ( 1965 , pp. 12–13 ) , in his interesting study of penal practice in nine different European countries , was able to come up with five postulates shared by penal administrators in all of them ; and they spell out precisely the rehabilitative programme : |
| 7 | That , in his view , is long enough to be able to come up with new ideas and see them implemented . |
| 8 | Even if the student is not able to come up with alternative offerings of his or her own , at least he or she can say with some honesty : ‘ I believe that to be the case , and this is why . ’ |
| 9 | You might well be able to come up with more ideas of your own . |
| 10 | We have erm , we ca n't put operator performance any more on our district , because we 've just erm , stopped that , it does n't , you know , they do n't apply it to performance any more as far as that goes , but erm , I have got three representation , three representatives , which the checkout people nominated themselves and I have a monthly meeting with those to come up with any problems but it 's still , you know , that 's tackling one issue . |
| 11 | It is important to come up with new ideas . |
| 12 | The unions recognise this first meeting is unlikely to come up with immediate proposals , but wants to meet workers to develop a product diversification strategy . |
| 13 | But , he maintains , if you do n't throw up a lot of worthless ideas you are unlikely to come up with sensible ones either . |
| 14 | Balbinder was always pleased to come along for these sessions , to play with my children 's toys and run in the garden . |
| 15 | And he 's always particularly keen to come up with original melodies . |