Example sentences of "the [noun pl] come [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The accessories come in three distinct qualities — Standard , Superior , and High Tech — so that you can choose the quality of the accessory needed for the job in hand , and the quality of finish required . |
2 | As successful as the works on paper were , the crowds came for the paintings , particularly the late Braque ‘ Atelier VIII ’ , ( 1952–55 ) conceived by the artist as the summation of his career , and which he had fervently hoped would never leave France . |
3 | ‘ In the end the stipends come from Pretoria , ’ he said , noting that more than half the Transkeian budget came out of the South African coffers . |
4 | At York , admissions to the freedom of the city show that in the period 1301–1550 less than one-seventh of those admitted were drawn from citizen stock , while at Romney in Kent between 1433 and 1523 , a quarter of the freemen came from outside the county , and only a third from within a 5-mile radius of the town ( 70 ) . |
5 | And beyond , a nightmare creature , barely perceived in the swirling dense smoke , beating at the flames coming from its own body . |
6 | To understand this , we first need to see how the problem of safety in the mines came to the attention of Sir Humphry Davy . |
7 | ‘ The butlers come from many different backgrounds , ’ John Serbrock says , ‘ but they are all what I call ‘ Can do ’ people . |
8 | Those involved with the study of English are acutely aware of the attacks on institutions of higher education in Britain , in the rest of Europe , and in America during the past decade which have caused activities within the humanities to come under threat . |
9 | If the queries coming into the public relations or press office are short questions they can usually be answered on the spot , but quite often they will be in the form of a general request for information on a specific topic and it could be that your organisation has in its files a good deal of material which could be sent out . |
10 | The Germans came in their camper vans . |
11 | Somebody from the village must have betrayed us , because the Germans came in the night and took the Jewish family away . |
12 | With a fine disregard for geography she decided that if the Germans came by sea they would land at the Pier Head . |
13 | In Wester Ross the contacts came through Dan Findlay of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture , whose co-operation is appreciated . |
14 | If the prey is running or struggling , the claws come into play . |
15 | But the plans came to nothing when council officers were unable to come up with the money to help host the event which runs from March 3–5 . |
16 | Possibly such mechanisms can be used to explain where the pollinators come from in species-poor forests such as the Shorea albida forest in Sarawak when the dominants flower . |
17 | After a stormy debate in which the proposals came under fire from both sides of the House , MPs voted by 283 to 245 against a Labour call for the Hill Livestock ( Compensatory Allowances ) ( Amendment ) Regulations to be annulled . |
18 | Canada 's action is not altogether surprising in view of her dubious record on other conservation issues , but it is sad to see the proposals coming from the US . |
19 | Should the proposals come into force they would greatly affect the already unfairly restricted use of metal detectors . |
20 | During their progress across the Siberian landmass , the Russians came into contact with many indigenous peoples . |
21 | Their lives , in short , were not spent in misery before the Russians came among them . |
22 | The Russians came among the Siberian peoples in the late sixteenth century from two directions , which subsequently became established as the main regular routes . |
23 | ‘ So where do the planets come from ? ’ |
24 | The great bulk of the cases come from the work of Q. Cervidius Scaevola . |
25 | The cases came in a rush , in part because social services started referring a backlog of children because there was someone at the hospital prepared to diagnose , she says , and because Dr Wyatt started asking whether sexual abuse might be the problem in cases which had failed to respond to previous treatment . |
26 | I , I do n't often agree with Jim about anything , but I really do agree with him about this , that there has to be some clear guidelines , I think , as to how these are fixed , they are not going be have the potential of being very unfair to people because people operate in different ways in different areas and I would suggest that it would be a good idea if this community were to ask for erm guidelines to be drafted for this committee to agree so that there is a more even fair , laid down procedure for dealing with the cases coming before the panel . |
27 | The rewards come from watching the patients get well . |
28 | The rewards come from watching the patients get well . |
29 | The vacancies came to light as the Department of the Environment announced a reorganisation of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , prior to giving it new powers in the ‘ green ’ Bill . |
30 | A study by Tom Copeland , a finance academic turned consultant at McKinsey , of six LBOs among its clients found that half of the value created in the buy-outs came as a result of unexpected falls in interest rates . |