Example sentences of "have come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The announcement that Saudi Arabia is to buy 48 of the aircraft has come as a relief to workers at Smiths Industries in Bishops Cleeve , which supplies cockpit displays for the Tornado .
2 Washington 's success on the Pro-Tour has come as a surprise to some , not least Brian Gottfried , former touring pro and now head coach at the ATP 's headquarters in Florida .
3 The news has come as a surprise to the local council .
4 The size of these valuations , which in some cases exceed the value of the matrimonial home , has come as a surprise to many lawyers and to their clients .
5 Ray Fell , chairman of the Leeds United Supporters ' Club said : ‘ It has come as a kick in the stomach . ’
6 I know that the organisational change has come as a shock to you , as it has for me , but we want to part company after all these years , on the best and friendliest of terms .
7 It has come as a shock to realise that your magazine can no longer be relied on to present the relevant information in a straightforward factual manner .
8 This has come as a shock to all of us , Masklin thought .
9 The exponential growth in CMEA debt ( from $6 billion in 1970 to $58.3 billion in 1981 ) has come as a shock to borrower and lender alike .
10 This attitude has come as a shock to many in Hollywood who are falling over themselves to sign him .
11 So this news has come as a disappointment to local business leaders .
12 May be of use if a small chip has come off a bone .
13 Nicky Summerbee has come through a fitness test on a leg strain .
14 Defender Adrian Whitbread has come through a fitness test , Micky Hazard could get a recall .
15 However in the past few days Hanley has come through a series of rigorous tests , and his return was hastened by the absence of Andy Goodway , who broke a finger at Headingley last Saturday .
16 Since then NMW has carried out a heavy rationalisation programme and the return to profits has come despite a fall in turnover from £5.92m to £4.66m .
17 Even before the slide forward has come to a stop , pull your rear guard hand back slightly in order to augment the snap punch .
18 This is sometimes taken to show that the process of monopolisation has come to a halt .
19 Whether this will in practice make a great difference may be doubted , since it seems unlikely that a court will come to the conclusion that a chief constable of police has come to a decision that he could not reasonably arrive at , which is the critical test for the exercise of the powers of judicial review .
20 Time has come to a standstill .
21 Mr Mawlawi added : ‘ The relief effort has come to a standstill .
22 This has come to a head with EEC obstructionist moves at the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations which were meant to reach a conclusion by 1990 but which would now appear to have collapsed .
23 Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota !
24 I think he has come to a rendezvous .
25 The nearest he has come to an England place since was three years ago when he broke a thumb within 24 hours of being selected to face India .
26 One of the shortest reigns in Scottish political history has come to an abdrupt end .
27 French microkernel operating system developer Chorus Systemes SA has come to an agreement with Motorola Inc 's Semiconductor division for joint development and marketing of a combination of the Chorus Unix System V-compliant microkernel technology with the PowerPC chip Motorola is developing with IBM Corp .
28 French microkernel operating system developer Chorus Systemes SA has come to an agreement with Motorola Inc 's Semiconductor division to jointly develop and market a combination of Chorus Unix System V-compliant microkernel technology with the PowerPC chip Motorola is developing with IBM Corp .
29 ‘ The historic role of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party has come to an end , ’ Mr Nyers said , in a speech opening the party 's congress .
30 Thus the history of the HSWP as a state party has come to an end . ’
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