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

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1 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 .
2 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 ) .
3 Christianity especially has come in for great criticism as being the major religion in the history of Western civilization .
4 Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill .
5 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 ] .
6 He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in .
7 Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 :
11 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 .
12 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
13 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 .
14 If the investment managers had to come in they could have come in at any time .
15 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 .
16 We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think .
17 The waiting-room was moderately full and there were several clients who had come in from neighbouring villages .
18 By that date Moscow had provided a mere three and a half million roubles , and one million had come in from other gubernii .
19 Donations have come in from several UK sites plus business in .
20 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 .
21 It was as much to disprove some of their absurd assumptions as to help you prove your own theories that I agreed to come in on this project .
22 Well , there were these round concrete blocks , with silos at the top , and they used to come in with these loads of scraps , tip it in and you know what we had to do ?
23 Bloke supposed to come in for new business pitch will have got there by now .
24 ‘ Well , that 's the first thing we have to make him see , then we need to get him to come in for regular counselling sessions . ’
25 For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation .
26 Mr do you want to come in at this stage ?
27 They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time .
28 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 .
29 Reports began to come in of successful strikes on other vehicles .
30 To some extent , the government 's policy of affordable housing will enable an element of affordable housing to be provided , but it wo n't satisfy the needs of either people who are currently on the bottom of the housing rung and seeking to move up , nor will h help people who might be seeking to afford to c to come in as first time buyers as opposed to people who are otherwise er some other arrangement through an affordable housing provider .
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