Example sentences of "came at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But that Triple Crown and Championship of ‘ 85 came at a terrible price . |
| 4 | The decision to agree in principle came at a Labour group meeting at the start of COSLA 's annual conference . |
| 5 | 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 ) ) . |
| 6 | Er he , the family , must have came at a later date into Galashiels . |
| 7 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her letter came at the wrongest time . |
| 10 | That came at the 7th tee . |
| 11 | The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . |
| 12 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 13 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 15 | It came at the right time . |
| 16 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 17 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 18 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 19 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 20 | As Worrell 's career came at the same period , the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement , especially as cricket is such an important part of Caribbean life . |
| 21 | The enormous increase in the demand for lace was largely due to the fashion for lace curtains which came at the same time as a huge house-building programme , and buyers came from home and abroad to negotiate their deals in the Lace Market . |
| 22 | The realisation came at the same time to both of them . |
| 23 | She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees . |
| 24 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 25 | The news came at the same time as Personal Computer World 's first annual awards — where the judges voted our 486-based PC the Best Power-User System ( see page 7 ) . |
| 26 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 27 | Now she came at the bitter end and she never did anything . |
| 28 | The incident came at an awkward time , preceding by a few days a visit by the Chief Rabbi . |
| 29 | 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 . |