Example sentences of "comes [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woodburn Junction box in 1988 as a football special returning to London comes off the truncated remains of the Woodhead line , now devoid of electrification . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Check if this carries VAT — it comes as a nasty shock if you are not expecting it . |
| 7 | So when the cry is heard again just before the curtain falls it comes as a final appeal for help . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | THE Danish people 's Yes , on second thoughts , to Europe 's Maastricht treaty comes as a qualified relief . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | DARLINGTON 'S rising crime rate comes as a direct result of Tory policy , a Labour candidate claims . |
| 13 | The loss of that partner through death , either shortly before retirement or afterwards , comes as a bitter blow . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Posy Simmonds ' whimsical humour comes as a welcome relief in a medium that is surprisingly low on laughs . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It therefore comes as no great surprise that these systems are not easily linked up to talk to one another . |
| 20 | Look , it even comes as an anaesthetising spray . |
| 21 | It comes as the central priority because without a successful economy nothing else prospers . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | One goes that way every other hour one comes through every other hour . |
| 26 | I give it in November or December , it comes through the final bit . |
| 27 | When FDA clearance comes through the final product in a portfolio of basic food ingredients will be in place — promising the transformation of what has long been regarded as one of Britain 's most boring businesses into a world beater . |
| 28 | I know , if he comes through the back door and |
| 29 | ‘ It 's linked in with an audio tape facility which comes through the left earpiece , and the computer sound connects with the other . ’ |
| 30 | Still adhering to the old fashioned measurement by piece ( a cask which in Champagne contains 205 litres ) , the 2,666 litres of must , as it comes through the pressing operation , is separated into three portions in order of quality : the cuvée , which amounts to the first ten pieces ( 2,050 litres ) ; the premiere taille , which includes the next two pieces ( 410 litres ) ; and the deuxième taille , or the last piece ( 205 litres ) . |