Example sentences of "came [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RFC machines — mainly BE2s , Bleriots and Henri Farmans — operated individually and came under attack not by enemy aircraft but by artillery , and even by rifle fire from their own troops . |
| 2 | President François Mitterrand came under attack both from the opposition and from within his own Socialist Party ( PS ) early in September for his ambivalent initial reaction to the Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev ( although he had swiftly reversed this impression in a television appearance two days later ) . |
| 3 | Crews came under attack twice in Bootle and once in Kirkby . |
| 4 | THE traditional British breakfast of eggs , bacon and bangers came under attack yesterday on health grounds . |
| 5 | PLANNERS came under attack yesterday for allegedly being inconsistent in the way they deal with applications . |
| 6 | During 1990-91 the question of Irish neutrality came under discussion both in connection with the possible extension of EC competence to cover defence issues [ see p. 38022 ] and during the Gulf crisis , after the government announcement on Jan. 14 , 1991 , that it would allow US planes to refuel at Shannon airport en route for the Gulf [ see p. 37942 ] . |
| 7 | UMPIRE Steve Bucknor came under fire yesterday for refusing to view a TV replay in a run-out incident which could have a bearing on the second Test between South Africa and India . |
| 8 | However , the TCCB itself came under fire yesterday for allowing a similar attack by former England captain David Gower on India 's bowlers to be published in a new book — Gower : The Autobiography . |
| 9 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 10 | They came into existence along with democracy — with the development of parliaments and elections — after the American and French Revolutions , and were at first ‘ parties of notables ’ , that is to say , relatively small electoral committees composed of individuals who had prestige and wealth in their own constituency or electoral district . |
| 11 | The walls of the Grand Canyon show that animals without backbones , invertebrates , came into existence long before the vertebrates such as fish . |
| 12 | At a given moment finite time came into existence out of infinite time . |
| 13 | It received a new boost in 1990 when John Gribbin and Martin Rees published their The Stuff of the Universe , where it was asserted that the universe came into existence solely in order to create a carbon-based intelligent life-form on just one planet — Earth . |
| 14 | There was a strong case for saving Thoresby for the nation , but unfortunately its future came into question just at the moment when all thoughts were focused on Brodsworth , near Doncaster , another Victorian house with an even more complete set of contents . |
| 15 | This view was favoured by the new Secretary of State for Health , Kenneth Clarke , who came into office late in the discussions of the working party on the reform of the NHS . |
| 16 | Tentative proposals in ( 2 ) above were overtaken in May 1991 when the above Directive came into force whereby under Article 5 the River Almond was identified as a ‘ sensitive area ’ and ‘ waste water shall be subject to more stringent treatment than secondary treatment by 31 December 1998 for all discharges from agglomerations of more than 10000 p.e . ’ |
| 17 | A ceasefire came into force late on Feb. 17 allowing Army troops to be evacuated from Adma . |
| 18 | In fact it came into effect only in 1988 . |
| 19 | ICL 's 1992 software sales in the UK came in £10m up on expectations reflecting a hefty 120% increase in Unix software sales , a minor increase in VME mainframe software sales and 50% growth in application software sales — partly achieved via ICL 's expanding third party network . |
| 20 | No , I came from India straight to England . |
| 21 | His father 's father was a Congregational minister who came from Ireland early in life and ministered in various English chapels . |
| 22 | erm But the grandest funeral of the lot was the King 's cousin , erm which was , erm and the funeral procession came from Magdalen down to Christchurch , the footman soldiers came , he was , sorry , killed at the battle of Edgehill , and the funeral took place on January 13th 1643 . |
| 23 | Mr Cole said the area was used for horse-riding , was a haven for wildlife and people came from miles around on summer evenings to hear the nightjars . |
| 24 | It meant we could have a sophisticated presentation platform literally in the middle of nowhere and people came from miles around for these outdoor meetings . |
| 25 | In 1940 he married Rose Paul-Schiff , a Viennese , whose family was connected with the banking firm of Warburg Schiff and came to England just before the Anschluss . |
| 26 | Elizabeth came to Greece again in 1966 . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's the way to do it , ’ said Araminta pleased , as all the puppets came to life again for a curtain call . |
| 28 | Liam came to life again with ‘ 'T IS the last rose of summer … ’ |
| 29 | One of the few lawyers in modern times to have reached the Woolsack other than via membership of the House of Commons and ministerial office , Gardiner was a visionary who came to government late in his career , with the result that his idealism had not been exhausted by previous struggles to get things done . |
| 30 | An Olympic gold medallist in 1960 , Ali came to prominence shortly before his assumption of the world heavyweight title in 1964 . |