Example sentences of "have come in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Christianity especially has come in for great criticism as being the major religion in the history of Western civilization .
2 Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill .
3 It is on the detail of the recommendations that Cadbury has come in for strong criticism — in particular , over some of the recommendations in the code ( see also this issue , p 24 ) .
4 But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures .
5 A spate of airline buyouts , which has touched every major US carrier during the last six months , has come in for growing criticism because of the heavy debt it loads on the companies .
6 Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists .
7 It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago .
8 Bernstein 's work has come in for some strong criticism recently .
9 The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism .
10 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
11 The term New Historicism has come in for considerable hostile criticism both from those who claim that there is nothing particularly new about it and among those who admire new historical methods but feel the term incorrectly suggests a unified theoretical field and subsequent critical practice within a body of critical writing in which much contending diversity exists .
12 I mean my impression is that the resource has come in on this , I mean extra staffing , I mean you need it you ca n't do it without ,
13 Has to come in like this ?
14 If the investment managers had to come in they could have come in at any time .
15 ‘ Unless your estimable uncle had expensive amusements , Master Hussey , you must surely have come in for this very money along with the rest . ’
16 What money did you have coming in at that time in fact ?
17 Yeah that 's what I 've come in for twenty for .
18 Cos it 's an outdoor job , it 's a three shift system for those on the bottom , er early , morning and late , cos the eight hour day had come in at this time .
19 She had come in with fresh water to bathe his back and hands , and stole extra time to finish the job , because he was conscious and willing to lie still .
20 By that date Moscow had provided a mere three and a half million roubles , and one million had come in from other gubernii .
21 The waiting-room was moderately full and there were several clients who had come in from neighbouring villages .
22 Of the new ‘ Nepmen ’ , two were Jews who had come in from some other guberniia , and the other three all had military experience but little capital in goods or cash .
23 Yet someone had come in by that door , very softly , and was now motionless just within it , hesitating to advance into the choir and interrupt the second office of the day .
24 The Forestry Commission has declared its intention to expand forestry , particularly of the broadleaved variety , at " down the hill " locations — a move away from recent tendencies to afforest uplands with conifer plantations , which have come in for extensive criticism [ see section on Pollution : Air in this issue ] .
25 The police have come in for heavy criticism but Rosenthal 's following observation about distortion in behavioural science may be cited as an apologia for some police shortcomings :
26 Donations have come in from several UK sites plus business in .
27 All three elements have to come in to any budget decision and nobody can ignore all three , indeed if you look around three groups of the council you 'll see that all the budget proposed tonight will take into account all three areas .
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