Example sentences of "have come [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite by chance in collecting material for I have come across a cousin who is the communications and Public relations person at so I am to put them in touch with each other as the one in London has just had a letter from another in Vancouver trying to do family research . |
| 2 | This year I have come across a group using a bothy as a base from which to run mountain walking courses . |
| 3 | Many people have had experiences of déjà vu , when they have come across a place which they are able to describe in precise detail even though they know they have never been there before . |
| 4 | Those who have come into a home meeting or into the public celebrations have met God in an unmistakable way . |
| 5 | We have come into a world where everything is made of chocolate , ham , curry-powder and salmon ! ’ |
| 6 | Although the Aylesbury area still has an unemployment rate which is below the national average , the job loses have come as a blow , but the district council is already thinking about other uses for the site . |
| 7 | Yes , I have come as a teacher . |
| 8 | I have come as a teacher . |
| 9 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |
| 10 | Nothing has happened today , except that we have come to a sort of agreement about exercise . |
| 11 | The lies , omissions , and distortions which used to characterise historical research and teaching have come to an end and , with every day , honesty about the past is capturing more territory . |
| 12 | F contract er and the other E O E S F contracts have come to an end . |
| 13 | FORTY years at Sellafield have come to an end for Harry Brocklebank , but he will not be short of news about the site . |
| 14 | The rival powers of men 's tennis — the International Tennis Federation and the Association of Tennis Professionals — have come to an agreement over umpiring at the Australian Open . |
| 15 | Once you have come to an agreement on an expectation , form it into an objective statement , eg , ‘ We will establish no precedent which caters mainly to the desires of one at the expense of the other ’ . |
| 16 | My friend the Mason and I have come to an agreement . |
| 17 | I have come to an arrangement for local dealers to have the fry when they are big enough . |
| 18 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 19 | At one time the two water companies were in active competition and any person paying the rates , whether landlord or tenant , could change his water company as easily as his butcher or baker … although this state of things has long since ceased , and the companies have come to an arrangement so that the people can not now change their supply , all the same , the result of their earlier competition remains . |
| 20 | If they have come to an arrangement with British Rail under the bus substitution programme and they consider that they are not getting enough money , there will be no cosy chats or friendly discussions in the board room , they will be absolutely ruthless and cut the services . |
| 21 | They have come at a time of unprecedented pressure on the government to speed up the introduction of a secure unit . |
| 22 | ITN 's cash problems have come at a time when news is more in demand than ever |
| 23 | We are naturally disappointed that substantial catastrophe losses have come at a time when the pace of our underlying recovery is accelerating , but we are confident that the improvement in our performance is soundly based and will continue to show through as strong management action proves increasingly effective . ’ |
| 24 | States have shown a capacity for self-destruction in the past and wars have come with a regularity which would be monotonous were it not so horrifying ; history belies the claims of statesmen to be in charge of events . |
| 25 | Over the years these have come in a variety of shapes ‘ sizes and materials : mild steel , galvanised steel , cast iron , copper , aluminium and stainless steel . |
| 26 | For the discussion today we are using examples that have come from a test version of the Derby files . |
| 27 | But now that computer animation looks so real , some advertising agencies are insisting that the images they pay For must look as if they have come from a computer . |
| 28 | Loans have come from a variety of country houses such as Nostell Priory , Goodwood , Saltram , Ickworth and Burghley House and are fairly evenly divided between portraits and classical mythology ; frequently both are combined . |
| 29 | Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself . |
| 30 | This is especially important if the mice have come from a source that is not usually used and if the health status of the colony of origin is unknown . |