Example sentences of "come [prep] the [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far had music come in the sixteen years since Palestrina 's death . |
| 2 | The greatest period of administrative reform in the history of the Habsburg territories had come in the two decades after 1749 ( see pp. 153–4 ) ; here Joseph achieved much less than his mother . |
| 3 | John Gibson , 28 , a farmer , said he had come upon the two men in his barn eight hours after the alleged bank raid . |
| 4 | The move to counter the effects of the films came as the two governments last week published separate interpretations of a two-year investigation by scientists into acid rain . |
| 5 | Indeed , once , shortly after lunch , I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway , and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach . |
| 6 | 10.7 The most exhilarating race came in the 15 years class as the Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out a nailbiting finish with Louise just pipping Emma by 0.05 seconds . |
| 7 | Table 5.8 demonstrates that a greater proportion of users known to both prevalence studies came from the two townships with higher levels of social deprivation . |
| 8 | They came from the four corners of the world , east and west , north and south , and they spoke many languages . |
| 9 | The cost of these activities was met by EEC taxpayers , and came from the 10,850,000 ECUs sanctioned by M. Jacques Delors as that year 's budget for ‘ the promotion of Europe 's cultural identity ’ ( see Adam Breeze , Culture Vultures , IFF , 1992 ) . |
| 10 | When they came to the two roads , they stopped . |
| 11 | The two sets of chromosomes are contributed by the two parents of the new being ; there are normally 23 pairs — 22 like pairs and one pair which , although coming from the two parents , may differ . |
| 12 | Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment . |
| 13 | The SPA won 38 seats with 25 per cent of the vote , only six of these seats being directly elected and 32 of them coming from the 40 seats to be allocated on the basis of proportional representation . |
| 14 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 15 | It is worth recalling that on the eve of the French Revolution the French peasant 's expectancy is thought to have been rather below that of the Indian in 1881 ; so far had Europe already come in the ninety years before 1880 . |
| 16 | I now come to the two issues in the case . |
| 17 | But then they would have to tell shareholders why only half of the consolidated profits of MEPC comes from the 700 properties it has assembled — with the other half provided by the 20 or so Oldham properties . |