Example sentences of "came from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a roar of assent and the gathering began to stir and kindle into easier feelings — neighbours muttered to each other and laughter came from the Grandtully part of the crowd . |
| 2 | The title came from the nineteenth-century paper produced by the Chartists that had combined satire with working-class reportage . |
| 3 | The majority of the prints came from the prestigious collection of the Bolognese conte Lodovico Aurelio Savioli , curator of the paintings , prints and drawings collection of the Elector Palatine Carl Theodor in the last quarter of the eighteenth century . |
| 4 | An answering sigh came from the fair-haired girl standing next to her . |
| 5 | The advice on bending the rules came from the then Defence Minister , Alan Clark . |
| 6 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 7 | Most of the comments on links with parents came from the primary sector |
| 8 | If the key role in opposing James 's pro-Catholic policies came from the Anglican establishment , and in particular from the clergy , how did they justify doing this , given their professed attachment to the principles of non-resistance and passive obedience ? |
| 9 | Suddenly the stillness was broken by a distressful wail that came from the other side of the square . |
| 10 | The farmers remember the lawless boom times a decade ago , when they grew as much coca as they could manage for the drug traffickers who came from the other side of the continent to their market town . |
| 11 | Even in the Lockerbie disaster , where a plane exploded in mid-air , and many bodies could only be pieced together in fragments , relatives came from the other side of the world searching for something , anything that gave a focus to their grief and over which they could weep . |
| 12 | She was still pondering on this mystery when a low whistle came from the other side of the ditch . |
| 13 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 14 | The only sounds came from the other end of the room where the woman was splitting the artichokes and tossing them with a splash into a big plastic bowl . |
| 15 | During February visitors came from the Byelorussian Academy of Sciences and in the same month there was an official visit by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Ministry for State Education . |
| 16 | The report came from the Soviet Union where miners within the Arctic Circle are seeking better conditions . |
| 17 | Governments and organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) and the Council of Europe sought steps to contain both the influx of migrants , many of whom came from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and the rise of racist sentiment . |
| 18 | As for the clothes , money and jewellery sported by many locals , they came from the gruesome supply of drowned bodies that were washed ashore each morning on the high tide . |
| 19 | The first signs of a popular revolt against Saddam came from the southern city of Basra on March 1 . |
| 20 | Decision-making on change was decentralised , especially in manufacturing ; the initiative for changes involving new equipment came from the industrial establishment in the majority of cases , although requiring the approval of head office ( in most cases ) or divisional office ( in a minority of cases ) . |
| 21 | It was also the place where news came from the outside world either by telegraph — provided on the railways long before post offices began transmitting telegrams — or by newspaper or word of mouth . |
| 22 | Man 's early faith in the original ‘ god ’ forerunners came from the apparent success which on some occasions appeared to attend the involvement of them in the troubles that beset him . |
| 23 | Now I have a figure in front of me which came from the International Air Transport Association who say that in January something in the order of sixteen flights were cancelled , and airlines lost more than five hundred million pounds in revenue , of which three hundred million was lost by European airlines . |
| 24 | An equally long lasting , but more profound government stance came from the perceived need to prepare plans for post-war reconstruction . |
| 25 | An analysis of those involved in the Jacobite disturbances shows that most came from the petty trading and artisanal classes of the towns and industrial villages . |
| 26 | The next morning they were idling in the luxury of a long breakfast , enjoying the chatting in the warmth of the room , the tussocks in the white field outside the window stiff with frost , the only green grass the huge dark circles under the cypress trees , when a single shotgun blast came from the front room . |
| 27 | The study was empty ; the light came from the adjacent room . |
| 28 | Clinking washing-up sounds came from the shed-like caravan , and the dogs were friendly . |
| 29 | At one time he also had a nanny , who came from the German-speaking part of Switzerland . |
| 30 | The jaw movements of some dinosaurs could have a grinding motion like mammals , but most of the mobility came from the upper jaw as it virtually expanded over the lower one . |