Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] to light " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 2 | The assault only came to light four days later , when he went to hospital for treatment . |
| 3 | ‘ But , unfortunately , this undesirable side to your brother 's character only came to light after I 'd hired you . |
| 4 | Men in regular employment found their real wages rising and many families moved out to the new housing estates , where evidence rapidly came to light of female depression arising primarily from physical isolation . |
| 5 | He suspected a young lawyer , a man whose name never came to light , even in the subsequent trial . |
| 6 | Part of the scandal only came to light when an eagle-eyed bank clerk spotted changes made to the bank destination information on an authorised cheque from Craven Grain . |
| 7 | News of the car smuggling scandal only came to light when Col. Luis Catalino González Rojas , commander of the fourth infantry division , defied orders and leaked evidence of the affair to the press . |
| 8 | The matter only came to light when police , conducting an inquiry into the running of children 's homes in North Wales , interviewed the boy last year . |
| 9 | The matter only came to light when police , conducting an inquiry into the running of children 's homes in North Continued on Page 5 Continued from Page 1 Wales , interviewed the boy last year . |
| 10 | Police were not informed and the matter only came to light last year during a police investigation into the running of children 's homes in North Wales . |
| 11 | Parts of the contents of the manual only came to light as a result of criminal trials following an incident at Orgreave during the strike , at which some of the techniques were implemented for the first time . |