Example sentences of "come at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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31 | Their fun , courtesy of the Conservative Party , was to come at a later stage . |
32 | The political will came at a critical time when it was very necessary to keep the food costs component of the total wage bill ( including the foreign exchange component ) as low as possible to allow rapid and profitable industrialisation . |
33 | The first skirmish over the national security issue came at a closed hearing on Jan. 11 when it was reported that the prosecution had accused the lawyer of one of Noriega 's co-defendants of improperly disclosing classified information when making an earlier request for access to National Security Council records . |
34 | But that Triple Crown and Championship of ‘ 85 came at a terrible price . |
35 | The decision to agree in principle came at a Labour group meeting at the start of COSLA 's annual conference . |
36 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
37 | Er he , the family , must have came at a later date into Galashiels . |
38 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
39 | THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line . |
40 | The incident came at an awkward time , preceding by a few days a visit by the Chief Rabbi . |
41 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
42 | It is hard to imagine him coming at a better time as we plan to make our first Diocesan Assembly the centrepiece of his visit , on Saturday 10th June . |
43 | Not only that , but the beams appeared to be coming at a faster rate now — more than once a second . |
44 | Suddenly the earth was drumming and quivering with the beat of hooves , coming at a fast gallop along the grassy verges of the Roman road from Shrewsbury . |
45 | The promised escalation in activity outside the factory may come at a crucial time for the company , according to Mr Kydd . |
46 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |
47 | Newspaper reports on 12th March that the Bank of Ireland is to shed 600 of its staff over the coming years could not come at a worse time for the economy . |
48 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
49 | ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked . |
50 | You 'it acrorst the line o' the ball , I grant yer , but it come at a fair lick , one bounce . ’ |
51 | In the two-page letter to Mr Major , the DUP leader says the inter-governmental conference comes at a dangerous time and should be called off . |
52 | The message comes at a critical time for the Government 's flagship education policy , which critics claim has lost its momentum because schools are worried about public spending cuts . |
53 | Given the tension here was one of humiliation , that can be sufficient in itself to sustain the momentum , especially as this workhouse scene comes at a critical point in the sequence structure — for they have already in an earlier lesson experienced the well-intentioned caring of the ‘ lady ’ who housed these girls out of pity but was obliged to hand them over to the authorities . |
54 | The videotaping of the child 's statement comes at a crucial point in that process but for the child it is only one part of it . |
55 | The nomination comes at a crucial time in her life . |
56 | The British Presidency comes at a turning point in the Community 's history . |
57 | ‘ The award comes at a good time . |
58 | Learning handwriting with the non-dominant hand is difficult , so it usually comes at a late stage of recovery . |
59 | Holidays in the United States of America are increasingly popular , and here the public power supply comes at a different voltage and frequency ( 110 volts 60 Hz ) as compared with the European standard of 230/240 volts 50 Hz . |
60 | However , the working out of these three dimensions in the undergraduate curriculum is bound to be rather different from their manifestation in the school curriculum because higher education comes at a different stage in the educational life-cycle . |