Example sentences of "comes up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) .
2 All I know is that God is n't a good explanation , so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one . "
3 GREG CAMPBELL casts an eye over the principal contenders and comes up with a Victorian prop .
4 He comes up with a little piece of advice on how to make that picture , or the colouring , or the mounting better .
5 When the cup-bearer at last remembers Joseph , he not only proves able to explain God 's message , but comes up with a clear-cut plan of action .
6 John is n't satisfied with it , we are bogged down , and finally it is Campbell who comes up with a plausible route through drunken , volatile shifts of feeling .
7 in that they 're electrically they really are electrical charges , and somebody comes up with a big positive electrical pole of a a battery
8 I 'm keeping my fingers crossed that Sierra comes up with a few more of these !
9 It means that if the engineer comes up with a different story they can use this to embarrass the plaintiff at trial .
10 ‘ 2 Hell With Common Sense ’ does just what its title urges and comes up with a startling , confident clutch of songs .
11 To his great credit he comes up with no easy answers , but nor does he give in to glib despair .
12 But an Air Force investigation into the accident comes up with no clear cause for the crash .
13 If he comes up with the right solution then the destiny of the championship could be decided .
14 He docs his homework ( though incorrectly ) , he raises his hand during discussions ( though he usually comes up with the wrong answer ) , he keeps his nose in his book during free study periods .
15 Mirra Komarovsky comes up with the same finding in her survey of American working-class marriage .
16 CONTINUING the Cockerton theme set by the Alma , Fountain of the Week digs deep into the flowerbeds of the village green and comes up with an historic geezer .
17 Professor Zeitung has delved into Jeffrey Archer 's childhood to explain why he writes the way he does , and comes up with an extraordinary finding — Jeffrey Archer never had a childhood !
18 That comes up at the Old Bailey next month and Jazali is already beating his chest .
19 and the hand does n't sneak out afterwards and starts popping out and then it 's useless , then the rest of all this stuff you just get it out of the way under the arm , it 's all gone , right , this bit comes up between the two shoulder blades , do n't make the mistake of bringing it across there , a lot of people do that , that wo n't do , you have to come round the back and between these two shoulder blades to get maximum support , you 've got to hold this elbow up and then you tie it near the hand , now I recommend that you tie it and talk to your casualty , half tie it and say is that supporting you enough ?
20 What sometimes happens you s it sometimes comes up to a wee yellow head .
21 Divide mixture between tins , so that it comes up to the same level in both .
22 I ought in all fairness to acknowledge that no American fault comes up to the revolting habit … of dropping or wrongly inserting the letter h .
23 Until it comes up to the next page .
24 Like a miniature adult , his head bows slightly and his small hand comes up for a firm adult shake .
25 But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited .
26 If one keeps traveling in a certain direction on the surface of the earth , one never comes up against an impassable barrier or falls over the edge , but eventually comes back to where one started .
27 This is of course a perfectly defensible approach , but it seems to me a limited one : inevitably one comes up against the micro-macro conundrum .
28 However one looks at the early movies one comes up against the decisive contribution of the showmen , but obviously their role was most noticeable in the way the movies were presented .
29 Even the research listed by the ‘ independent ’ Police Foundation or undertaken at the University Centres for Criminological Research ( and largely dependent on government grants and funding by such bodies as the Economic and Social Research Council ) often comes up against the anti — intellectual bias which permeates all levels in police thinking ( Lewis 1976 ) .
30 This panics the fish , which immediately bolts , comes up against the heavy bomb which pulls the hook in some more , and then the back stop hits the bomb and penetration of the hook is complete .
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