Example sentences of "comes [prep] the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down itself comes from the breasts of birds as a by-product — they 're farmed mainly in China for food . |
| 2 | The essential triumph comes from the assembly of details , and the most valuable of these is revealed where contradictoriness is introduced , at which point the picture of Johnson always grows clearer . |
| 3 | The points value of a champion , and of any magic item he carries , comes from the proportion of points allocated to the army 's characters and NOT the regiments . |
| 4 | The points value of a champion , and of any magic item he carries , comes from the proportion of points allocated to the army 's characters and NOT the regiments . |
| 5 | The eye has two different origins : the eyecup that forms the retina is an outgrowth from the brain , while the lens comes from the sheet of cells covering the embryo . |
| 6 | But , in fact , most methane comes from the action of bacteria on organic waste in swamps , rice paddy fields and refuse tips . |
| 7 | This water is not only derived from the food that we eat and the fluid that we drink : much of it comes from the multitude of secretions which enter the gut lumen . |
| 8 | One sign of approaching winter comes from the parties of siskins feeding on catkins of birch seeds , moving from tree to tree in noisy flocks . |
| 9 | The second attack on SERPS comes in the form of incentives given for contracting out . |
| 10 | This guidance often comes in the form of impulses to do this or that — to write to a friend , to read a certain book , to meditate , to go to a meeting , to buy some flowers , to sign up for an evening class . |
| 11 | However , the scoring information they contain comes in the form of lists of performers in a given entrée that , although valuable , are subject to certain limitations . |
| 12 | Yeah , so yeah ah you 're alright so you 'll say yeah course I 'm alright , there 's no fee , so eventually I get to the point where I said look I did say there 's no fee involved but I 'd , I , that 's a bit of a lie because there is a fee for all the work I 'm er but it comes in the form of referrals , in the form of recommendation , not actual money . |
| 13 | He predicts , however , that the proposal would be opposed by most member states when it comes before the Council of Ministers . |
| 14 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 15 | Claris 's state of unreadiness manifests itself when it comes to the selection of features . |
| 16 | When it comes to the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances that the constitution asserted , it is also clear that the bureaucracy was given a much more equal share than either the Diet or the Judiciary . |
| 17 | It never ceases to amaze me just how backward we are in this country when it comes to the use of boats and Peripheral equipment . |
| 18 | During the Gulf crisis , we are seeing a comeback of the old colonial ‘ values ’ : the West has a ‘ moral duty ’ to resolve other nations ' problems ; Western ‘ civilisation ’ comes to the rescue of nations incapable of solving their own problems . |
| 19 | When it comes to the production of players , independent schemes could put forward ‘ tenders ’ to the All England Club for the allocation of its funds . |
| 20 | ‘ When it comes to the discipline of children , modern society seems only to have two strings to its bow , ’ says Ms Jackson . |
| 21 | In a grammatical gender language , nouns are placed in classes not according to their meaning but according to their form — for example , the patterning of their inflectional endings — and the way they behave when it comes to the agreement of adjectives , articles and pronouns ( the technical term for this is ‘ concord ’ ) . |