Example sentences of "brought in by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This hit carpets and furniture retailing particularly hard , as did new furniture fire regulations brought in by the European Commission piecemeal . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | What a complete condemnation of the Thatcherite policies that were attempted to be brought in by the controlling group opposite . |
5 | The age he lived in was stupid ; the new age , brought in by the Franco-Prussian war , would be even stupider . |
6 | The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner . |