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 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The waiting-room was moderately full and there were several clients who had come in from neighbouring villages . |
| 11 | By that date Moscow had provided a mere three and a half million roubles , and one million had come in from other gubernii . |
| 12 | Bloke supposed to come in for new business pitch will have got there by now . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Reports began to come in of successful strikes on other vehicles . |
| 15 | Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life ! |
| 16 | However , some of the classes survived — Molly travelled to Dagenham twice a week , air raids or no , and class members came in between part-time war work . |
| 17 | Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century . |
| 18 | As the protest grew , the troops came in with automatic weapons , armoured vehicles and teargas . |
| 19 | As he was preparing , all the company came in with good wishes and pledges of support . |
| 20 | They had held back at Milfield on the Till , biding their time , until their scouts came in with exact information of the movement of the Scots army . |
| 21 | The silence held for two or three minutes and disturbed Mrs Robinson , who came in with fresh candles and the welcome offer of port . |
| 22 | There were none of this in the beginning , in the first two years , but at the time of ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , a lot of drugs began to come in , a lot of alcohol came in with different individuals , which helped fuel things . |
| 23 | The diet , of bread and butter and tea for breakfast , bread and butter and tea for tea , milk for supper , and a very limited variety of items for dinner , came in for adverse comment . |
| 24 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 25 | Maggie 's brooch , her dress , her cloche , came in for similar praise . |
| 26 | All kinds of difficult questions began to be asked and in the early heady days of the women 's movement the body came in for close scrutiny . |
| 27 | The contrasts between the synoptic gospels ( Matthew , Mark and Luke ) and the fourth gospel , between the various letters ascribed to Paul , and between Paul 's theology and that of other leaders in the primitive church , all now came in for serious consideration . |
| 28 | All the leaders came in for new rubber between laps 24 and 31 , when Patrese pitted . |
| 29 | On March 7th , against Wales at Twickenham , we all witnessed at least two acts of complete thuggery when not only were English players stamped on but it was their heads which came in for rough treatment . |
| 30 | Baghdad , as in the bunker incident at Ameriyah , came in for rough treatment when Allied airpower set out to paralyse the Iraqi nerve centre in January 1991 . |