Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] come [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Many manufacturers have come to grief on the belief that technical solutions can be bought pre-packaged .
2 In recent years unification grammars have come to prominence in the computational linguistics community .
3 Various governments have come to office in the postwar years , some committed to reducing public spending , others to raising it .
4 The real changes have come in disposal of the stuff .
5 However , despite their economic problems , farmers have come under fire from conservation interests because of the allegedly adverse effects of modern farming practices on the environment .
6 My figures show that although there were 34,000 business failures in the first nine months of this year , every week 1,000 new businesses have come into existence under the enterprise allowance scheme alone .
7 Because you realise the characters have come to life for people .
8 More details have come to light about AT&T Microelectronics ‘ Hobbit ’ RISC chip : last we heard ( UX No 372 ) the hairy-footed little creature was being used by ex-Sun man Bernie La Croute at his pen-driven computer start-up Eo Corp .
9 It 's the second time in a quarter of a century that the locals have come into conflict with planning officials .
10 But four instances have come to light within the year , through dealers or buyers who did have qualms .
11 Our Sunday Trading laws have come into question as a result of a possible conflict with Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome .
12 ESTATE agents have come under fire for misleading advertisements .
13 In fact , since the TV programme , more leukaemia cases have come to light in the area .
14 But other artists have come to light through less likely channels , such as the pages of colour supplements .
15 The government 's so called mum 's army proposals have come under fire at a meeting of teachers and councillors in Nottingham this afternoon .
16 To my knowledge , no new facts have come to light since the original decision . ’
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