Example sentences of "brought [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or maybe she was experiencing a sort of nightmare or hallucination — some kind of unfortunate delusion brought on by the overwhelming stress and strain of her job … ? |
| 2 | Rachel , who had already been battling with unpredictable sensations brought on by the close proximity of David clad only in his brief black swimming-trunks , felt her cheeks flame and could n't bring herself to look at him . |
| 3 | In part , McKenna sees this as a natural reaction to the ecological crisis brought on by the modern era . |
| 4 | I could never get over the transformation of the vast auditorium by the dimming of the lights , the beautiful changes of colour on the curtains , and the anticipation brought on by the roaring lion , the muscle man with his gong the snow capped mountain , the searchlights probing the 20th Century . |
| 5 | Early autumn , and still no sign that the new-route boom , brought on by the very un-Chamoniard weather , is over . |
| 6 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 7 | Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down . |
| 8 | Schools should be able to request more frequent inspections so that the best practice of a few is not brought down to the standard practice of the many . |
| 9 | Beattie was taken back to the cell and shortly afterwards brought down to the main police office where the other men who had been arrested were being assembled . |
| 10 | Mrs Thatcher was not technically brought down by the formal election processes . |
| 11 | Shortly before the first autumn snows the flock is brought down from the high pastures . |
| 12 | The Free Miners of the Forest of Dean were brought in to the general election campaign today , with a warning that their livelihoods could be ruined by imports of cheap foreign coal . |
| 13 | However , it became established at Woodford and through Warner 's generosity offshoots were distributed , as were many other rarities raised by him from seeds brought in from the Far East . |
| 14 | This tripartite distinction , easy to uphold on the grounds of typography , is complicated , however , by the fact that fragments of the italicized Lord 's Prayer passage find themselves brought in from the right-hand margin to form part of the body of the text when , further truncated , they make up the liturgical stutter of |
| 15 | Business was brisk , shopkeepers even running out to grab Corbett by the arm and offer a pie , a piece of cloth , fresh fish from the Firth , almonds , nuts and raisins brought in from the nearby port of Leith . |
| 16 | And in recent weeks it 's become a daily chore , as more and more birds have been brought in from the nearby Gloucester Sharpness canal . |
| 17 | In 1979 an operational researcher was brought in from the academic world to look at the use being made of Exminster . |
| 18 | The regulatory regime brought in by the Financial Services Act has been costly and disruptive for offices and confusing for their customers . |
| 19 | Although as a breed pension providers act very conservatively , and moreover , your money would be protected under the strict rules brought in by the Financial Services Act , no one can forecast with total confidence how well or otherwise any particular investment will do . |
| 20 | This hit carpets and furniture retailing particularly hard , as did new furniture fire regulations brought in by the European Commission piecemeal . |
| 21 | These radios and other stores were brought in by the small steamer Kuru , which was fitted with a device in her stack to prevent the tell-tale streamer of fumes ; these she released in occasional puffs . |
| 22 | Medical practice booklets four years ago or it 's five years now I guess , five years ago erm er it 's almost five , legislation was brought in by the then Health Secretary Ken Clarke now our dear Chancellor . |
| 23 | What a complete condemnation of the Thatcherite policies that were attempted to be brought in by the controlling group opposite . |
| 24 | Free banking was brought in by the big banks to fight off the challenge of building societies , who were offering high-interest accounts . |
| 25 | The age he lived in was stupid ; the new age , brought in by the Franco-Prussian war , would be even stupider . |
| 26 | The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner . |
| 27 | New rules brought in by the National Rivers Authority outlaw many part-time fishermen and their small boats from traditional grounds between Flint and Mostyn . |
| 28 | Everyone gathered together in the room next to our barrack room for meals , which were brought over from the main kitchens somewhere else in the citadel . |
| 29 | ( The asses probably owe something to Koenig 's native Bavaria , where uxorious cows are garlanded and brought up to the Alpine pastures each summer . ) |
| 30 | All cameras sold prior to these improvements will be brought up to the new specifications entirely free of charge . |