Example sentences of "[subord] bring [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These valuations are way over the top and it is time a lot of these councillors where brought down to earth . |
| 2 | Try to stick to the subject of the row rather than bringing up 25 years ' worth of misdemeanours . |
| 3 | Rather than bringing about increased skills portability , YTS has proved instrumental in bringing about a sharpening of labour market segmentation , as the conditions surrounding entry to jobs at all levels has become more formalized and rigidified . |
| 4 | Again , you need to make the hand do the telling , rather than bring in any extra information from outside . |
| 5 | The position could be eased slightly , said Mr Hampton , if the council were to stage the increase rather than bring in one huge rise . |
| 6 | It is clear however that , although brought up by her mother in a family subscribing to the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses , Miss T. was neither baptised into their faith nor at any time a practising member . |
| 7 | He pointed out that on 3 March 1942 , his original recruits were down to three officers and thirteen men , and if brought up to strength they could be far better employed as a raiding force than as instructors for the proposed Indian units . |
| 8 | Given soft water even Angelfish have a high success rate , and , if brought up in a planted tank and allowed to pair naturally , will often raise their broods . |
| 9 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 10 | Marlborough , if brought back to life , would have found on the field of Waterloo comparatively little with which he was not already familiar . |
| 11 | He did not make it obvious , but he led the conversation , changed topics when he thought it needed it , enquired robustly of the lawyer certain things , and more gently of the females , as if to bring out gems of information they had stored in their pretty little heads . |
| 12 | FIFA is also considering bringing in sudden-death penalty shoot-outs in drawn games in the knockout stages . |
| 13 | The headhunters ' fees are large because of the very real difficulty of attracting key people and because bringing in these outstanding people can add millions of pounds ' revenue to client organisations , which makes the headhunter 's fee appear small in comparison with the overall potential gains . |
| 14 | Yet the attempt has to be made , because bringing in more tax is the centrepiece of the government 's plan for saving the economy . |
| 15 | All those positions were going for want of an application , so I applied and because brought in people who he knew , certain of them were automatically filled but they want the Chief Administration Officer , so I applied and really I do n't kid myself that I got it because of my qualification because I had n't got any letters after my name . |
| 16 | This would be done on the basis of the facts , in particular the period of time the marriage had lasted and the extent to which the wife had foregone the opportunity to earn pension rights while bringing up the children . |
| 17 | Can you deal with inflation while bringing in the market , or should you deal with the first problem first ? |
| 18 | Michael Knowles saw BPN 's greatest challenge as one of maintaining production and increasing reserves volumes , while bringing down development costs . |
| 19 | First , it is necessary to take account of changes in the scale of societies , whether brought about by a growth of population or by political and military means , as in the creation of nation states out of numerous smaller units in Western Europe between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries ( see Chapter 5 ) or in the process of imperialist conquest and expansion . |
| 20 | Most disliked are dangerous chemicals , whether brought in openly or like the 41 barrels of dioxin waste , a legacy of the 1976 explosion at Hoffmann-La Roche 's Seveso plant , that turned up in 1983 in a Paris abattoir having passed through umpteen subcontractors on the way . |
| 21 | The only problem facing Glenn Hoddle , is whether to bring back Fitzroy Simpson after suspension in place of Tom Jones . |
| 22 | When bringing up areas of disagreement , does your partner sometimes attack with ‘ you ’ statements , such as ‘ You have made us late again ’ . |
| 23 | Juul was undefeated by an opponent in his four scheduled rides although in heat 13 when he came out for an extra race he was disqualified for unfair riding when bringing down Donny Odom and Steve Regeling . |
| 24 | As well as bringing on the new foal , Margaret has taken on another exciting challenge . |
| 25 | Looking after other people 's children can be very rewarding indeed , but it is also hard work and a big responsibility and is not quite the same as bringing up your own children . |
| 26 | As well as bringing up their three children — Andrea , six , Charlotte , five , and Pierre , three — on her own , Caroline , 34 , has become the boss of the eight companies owned by the Italian oil heir . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it might be seen as an opportunity to enhance family life by the more equal opportunities offered to women to take up employment , as well as bringing up a family ; or by the enriched experiences children bring back into the family as a result of their attendance at nursery school or playgroup . |
| 28 | Married after finals Pam has continued research in plant anatomy in collaboration with her husband in England and Australia as well as bringing up a family of three . |
| 29 | She married in 1944 , maintained her writing and research and gained the Doctorat de L'Universite de Paris ( 1948 ) as well as bringing up her two children . |
| 30 | His interest in the emancipation of a class subject , as bringing about an historical synthesis , owes much to Lukács 's version of Marxism . |