Example sentences of "[noun] come to light [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ferranti family 's demands came to light as a result of an approach by representatives of Hill Samuel and Murray Johnstone , who are canvassing support among shareholders for a plan to make Ferranti hive off its core UK defence interests and merge them with the defence activities of Thorn EMI . |
| 2 | Details of the former government 's involvement with terrorist organizations came to light in June 1990 . |
| 3 | It is a complete mystery to everyone how the following gems came to light in 1989 . |
| 4 | The case came to light at Liverpool magistrates ' court when Shaw Bakery was prosecuted for a lapse in food hygiene standards . |
| 5 | ‘ Should any such evidence come to light in the future we will of course be prepared to review the situation . ’ |
| 6 | Information on the nature of public attitudes to mental handicap came to light in a survey conducted for MENCAP in March 1982 by MORI ( Market & Opinion Research International ) . |
| 7 | Similarly , if new and important evidence came to light during a review which was not given at the inspector 's investigation , the Chief Inspector should be able to apply to have the review discontinued , following which he should reopen the inspector 's investigation . |
| 8 | In 1986 , new evidence came to light about Keith 's condition . |
| 9 | No new evidence came to light after the disaster , so the burden of proof was dependent on inference . |
| 10 | Our earliest known inhabitant , " Hailing Man " , is now securely dated by the radiocarbon method to about 2000 B.C. His skeleton came to light in August 1912 when workmen were excavating for a sewage tank behind the railway station . |
| 11 | The usually veiled criticism contained in the report material , and the open comment coming to light in denunciations and court prosecutions , have necessarily to be regarded as the tip of the iceberg . |
| 12 | Taylor was one of the men who was supposed to be responsible for cleaning up Hollywood , but as the sordid details of his life came to light during the murder investigation , Will Hays , knowing he could trust no one in the movie business , placed spies everywhere . |
| 13 | Information came to light on Jan. 8 that at the end of December the Serbian national bank had secretly issued 18,300 million dinars ( US$1,400 million ) of new money without approval by the federal National Bank of Yugoslavia , in order to make a loan to the Serbian government . |
| 14 | In 1595 , some remains of the city came to light during excavation work for a new aqueduct — a few coins , and some fragments of marble tablets containing inscriptions referring to Pompeii . |
| 15 | There follows a specimen clause as to costs : In the event of the proposed acquisition not proceeding , either because you withdraw from the transaction or because management or their financiers withdraw because of some material item coming to light of which they were not previously aware , or because contract details can not be reasonably agreed ; then you will reimburse management for all reasonable costs incurred by them with their advisers and financiers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is because of the meticulously kept notes of Mr Bridges that much of this story comes to light at all . |
| 19 | In the early part of 1990 during the first great Ecstasy draught , Ketamine came to light in police analysis of seizures of tablets sold as Ecstasy in nightclubs in various parts of England and Scotland . |
| 20 | This course of action will avoid the possibility of the interest coming to light at a later stage causing the councillor to be the subject of criticism that his view of the public issue was thereby influenced . |