Example sentences of "[noun pl] come to [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |
| 2 | Over at Cheltenham racecourse yesterday history was made as the runners and riders came to post for the first-ever Sunday National Hunt meeting … around thirteen thousand people turned out to watch … and racing hopes , of course , that steeplechasing on Sunday will become a firm fixture … |
| 3 | Marx had expected the communists to come to power in the most developed industrial societies of the West , where there would already be considerable accumulated wealth , scientific knowledge , and industrial capital to provide well-being for all . |
| 4 | The only expatriate survivor from the old days was Sophie , a Pole whose family had lost all their property when the Communists came to power after the Second World War . |
| 5 | Eventually this work on citation orders came to fruition in the rather unlikely context of a new indexing system , PRECIS . |
| 6 | This proportion was virtually the same as the proportion of patients coming to surgery in the entire ulcerative colitis series ( 669/1156=58% ) . |
| 7 | I 've talked to other people whose mothers came to naturopathy in the fifties , and it 's been explained as a way of eating posh for those who do n't know about Continental food . |
| 8 | Children come to school at the age of five already enriched with a whole range of mathematical experiences . |
| 9 | Had our redshanks come to winter on the Wash from breeding grounds in the Pennines ? or from Iceland ? |
| 10 | As a matter of practice most claims come to light within the first two audits of the business by the purchaser ; ( c ) to set a minimum value which the purchaser 's claim must exceed in order for the claim to be brought ( see clause 14.2 of the standard sale agreement ) — Appendix III . |
| 11 | The local historian must therefore search for the peculiar identity of his own town by getting to know the place thoroughly on the ground and from maps , old photographs and prints , together with newspapers , directories , census returns and whatever other documents come to light during the course of his enquiries . |
| 12 | WASPS come to attention in the league tomorrow by calling for the old guard in an effort to repulse Gloucester 's rugged raiders at Sudbury . |