Example sentences of "come [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By this time , according to Dyos and Aldcroft , most of the potential for river improvement had been exhausted and the time had come for the deliberate making of waterways , a step which , though it was a natural development from a learning process on the rivers , was yet one of great import . |
| 32 | Now that the time had come for the depleted garrison to shrink back inside the new fortifications , accommodation had to be found for the ladies displaced from Dr Dunstaple 's house . |
| 33 | Explaining , now , more of the past history of Samavia , Lorestan reveals that the Lost Prince has been found , the time has come for the corrupt government to be overthrown and the message must be carried through Europe that ‘ the lamp is lighted ’ . |
| 34 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 35 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 36 | For secondary school teachers of mathematics who have been eager to respond to the call for investigative work , the introduction of GCSE coursework assessment may have come as a rational consequence of what they see as timely changes in the curriculum . |
| 37 | It 's come as a major surprise to his friends at the training club . |
| 38 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 39 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
| 40 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
| 41 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
| 42 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 43 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
| 44 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 45 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 46 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 47 | NEIL Kinnock 's slightly manic conducting of Men of Harlech at Egglescliffe School on Friday may have come as a mild surprise to the attendant gentlemen of the Press . |
| 48 | Did your experience at drama school come as a great surprise to you ? |
| 49 | Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts . |
| 50 | Last year an East India company in the tea trade had gone bankrupt , and the court found it had actually been insolvent for a quarter of a century — which had come as a great surprise even to the directors . |
| 51 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
| 52 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 53 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 54 | He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat . |
| 55 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 56 | ‘ Not that I have any wish to flatter you , but I have to admit that your sometimes acerbic comments have come as a welcome change . |
| 57 | Many of the proposals in the recent Inland Revenue consultative document , A Simpler System for Assessing Personal Tax ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1992 , p 129 ) , have come as a welcome step towards simplifying the tax collecting process — not least the proposed ending of the schedular machinery of assessment and the introduction of a self assessment system for individuals . |
| 58 | The decision to sell Harford has come as a big blow to Luton boss David Pleat who said : ‘ I did n't want him to go but the club needs the money . ’ |
| 59 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 60 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |