1.   Coming as he did from a long Eastern European tradition of working around repression, he was no stranger to the defenses of indirection and ambiguity.

2.   Coming as it did on the tail of the Clinton run for the office, it had a showy streak of opportunism at its center.

3.   Coming as it does after Republicans have been criticized for even considering some cuts, it appears to signal a steeling of GOP will.

4.   Dench, in particular, would probably like to delete this film from her credits, coming as it does on the heels of her Oscar victory.

5.   Does that qualify her as intolerably scary or is she only mildly menacing, coming as she does from a galaxy far away?

6.   It follows that community of purpose is particularly decisive for us, coming as we do, rawly, from our divided, racist past.

7.   Particularly, coming as it did, from somebody who once was a big cog in the development community.

8.   That is not surprising, coming as it does from two filmmakers who are admitted sports freaks and have long done films that take sports very seriously.

9.   The birdie left him smiling, coming as it did after his lone bogey of the day.

10.   The decision by the NHL to change the officiating regarding obstruction was a good one but poorly timed, coming as it did at mid-season.