Example sentences of "came as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was his first experience of such blatant prejudice and it came as a shock . |
| 2 | Appointment to such positions came as a mark of royal regard , and the quality of abbots varied considerably . |
| 3 | The existence of such a field came as a surprise . |
| 4 | Mr Annesley 's strongly-worded statement came as the agreement ran into yet another patch of stormy weather , with Dublin taking exception to remarks made by Peter Brooke , the Northern Ireland Secretary , about the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 5 | The message from the influential backbench Treasury and Civil Service Committee came as the latest official figures provided further evidence of the economy grinding to a halt . |
| 6 | The news came as the Task Force announced its members ' implementation plans , and the list includes an impressive series of hardware and software vendors . |
| 7 | It came as the drug took control and she began to slide away . |
| 8 | Their climax came as the flaming sun dipped low over the old city of Seville . |
| 9 | The request came as the actor entertained sufferers of the muscle-wasting motor neurone disease at the party in Purley , Surrey . |
| 10 | Simensen , who had started the day only 51 seconds behind Lillywhite in ninth place , was the rider with most to gain from the attack which came as the leaders completed eight laps of a city-centre finishing circuit . |
| 11 | His comments came as the company unveiled a slump in pre-tax profits for 1992 to £10.2 million , from £50.8 million in 1991 and as much as £109 million in 1990 . |
| 12 | The disclosure came as the US secretary of state arrived in Egypt at the start of a tour of the Middle East and met President Mubarak and the foreign minister , Amr Moussa , in an attempt to win their support for an early resumption of the suspended peace talks |
| 13 | It came as the Labour leadership put its weight behind a tactical Commons move which threatens to wreck the Maastricht bill or force the Government to accept the social chapter . |