Example sentences of "come as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 2 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 's come as a major surprise to his friends at the training club . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
| 7 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
| 8 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
| 9 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 10 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
| 11 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 12 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 13 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Did your experience at drama school come as a great surprise to you ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
| 19 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 20 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 29 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 30 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |