Example sentences of "comes [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS POST-DINOSAUR Jr popthrash becomes increasingly stuck in a rut of adolescent whining and indolence , it comes as a refreshing change to find a band who actually appear angry rather than mildly upset with their lot . |
| 2 | This comes as a great shock to me because it is well understood that anyone who does not like Erich Kleiber 's conducting must be a Nazi ! ’ |
| 3 | Into this arena then a book like Petch 's comes as a tremendous boost to the debate , in that not only does it provide an excellent summary of this area of community care policy ( including Scottish policy ) , but it also goes into the microcosms of eleven supported accommodation projects and looks at how such policy works in practice . |
| 4 | A reassessment of his career was due and it comes as a new monograph by Tim Hilton ( £30 , Lund Humphries ) and an exhibition which opened at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at the end of last month ( to 31 August ) and will be shown at The Art Warehouse in London in the autumn . |
| 5 | Check if this carries VAT — it comes as a nasty shock if you are not expecting it . |
| 6 | So when the cry is heard again just before the curtain falls it comes as a final appeal for help . |
| 7 | The plea , from Japanese war veterans ' groups , comes as a diving team from Bristol begins an expedition in Truk Lagoon today to chart the wreckage of the Japanese 4th Fleet , which was destroyed by the Americans in February 1944 … |
| 8 | THE Danish people 's Yes , on second thoughts , to Europe 's Maastricht treaty comes as a qualified relief . |
| 9 | Overall the cost of a funeral often comes as a big shock to people and the vicar 's fees , peripheral as they are to the main bill , come in for lots of cynical comments like ‘ Even at a time like this , the church is making money . ’ |
| 10 | Although his may not sound much , after reading the book and getting to know the calm character of Mrs Aimsley , it comes as a big surprise when she starts to get very emotional and make irrational accusations to Imamu . |
| 11 | DARLINGTON 'S rising crime rate comes as a direct result of Tory policy , a Labour candidate claims . |
| 12 | The loss of that partner through death , either shortly before retirement or afterwards , comes as a bitter blow . |
| 13 | It is indeed , to some extent , a loss situation , and given society 's reverence , however misplaced , for earning power as a barometer of social status , it is hardly surprising that the change in role from breadwinner to pensioner comes as a bitter blow in many cases . |
| 14 | It is not a beautiful part of the town , and the lush green of the tropical gardens — long lawns , flower beds and eucalyptus and casuarina avenues — comes as a welcome surprise in the midst of all the dirt and poverty . |
| 15 | A celebration of the Queen 's passion for the Turf , gun dogs and racing pigeons — one imagines in that order — comes as a welcome relief and makes one hope fervently that she will one day lead in a Derby winner . |
| 16 | Posy Simmonds ' whimsical humour comes as a welcome relief in a medium that is surprisingly low on laughs . |
| 17 | The intensity of the debate ( the flavour of which I have tried to indicate in the preceding paragraphs ) and the discovery that every school follows its own daily pattern and its own curriculum , comes as a considerable surprise to educationalists from overseas . |
| 18 | Look , it even comes as an anaesthetising spray . |
| 19 | And the television contract includes a possible all-British clash against Colin McMillan , provided the former WBO titleholder comes through a planned warm-up fight at the end of May following shoulder surgery . |
| 20 | Aidan McAteer is listed among the substitutes , but will line out in the left corner of the attack providing he comes through a late fitness test . |
| 21 | The Old Boys will hope that their captain , England international Julian Halls , who has been plagued with injuries since the summer , comes through a second XI game today without problems ; if so , he is likely to be in the squad . |
| 22 | The only sensation he could equate it with was that remoteness that comes during a long run , when the lines of the play get delivered every night , but the actor 's mind is miles away , thinking about anything but the performance he is giving . |
| 23 | THE APPOINTMENT of Robert Louis-Dreyfus as Saatchi 's chief executive and Charles Scott as financial director comes after a prolonged period of musical chairs involving top management . |
| 24 | The hearing , on January 31 , comes after a critical analysis by the NAO of the Home Office 's record in combatting evasion . |
| 25 | For me , overriding all practical considerations , there is the spiritual uplift which comes after a long sea passage when , at dawn or evening , I enter some tangle-fringed sea loch with the majesty of the hills reflecting from its still waters . |
| 26 | It comes after a frank interview given by Becky Blandford , Jamie 's wife , to a Sunday magazine , re-opened the rift between them . |
| 27 | The concern comes after a reported increase in deaths of diabetic patients , most relying on genetically engineered human insulin . |
| 28 | His death comes amid a widening split in the party between his loyalists and supporters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , who leads a coalition government led by the PML and has been trying to take over the party leadership . |
| 29 | The rise comes against a national picture of rising repossessions , falling profits and poor asset growth at other regional building societies . |
| 30 | Each comes with a four-year guarantee . |