Example sentences of "[noun] brought [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sat at a table covered with a checked tablecloth and tiles clicked underfoot ( Mummy brought back the tiles from Spain ) , and there was a big , brick fireplace with horse-brasses and copper pans and the boiler in the middle for the central heating , where there should have been a huge fire . |
| 2 | The three of them discussed the pose for the painting and Lipchitz brought out the wedding photograph to help Modigliani decide on the pose . |
| 3 | Merchants came next , men and women , then a prostitute ; a beggar brought up the rear , these allegorical figures representing the inescapable gradations of decay . |
| 4 | But the Cup defeat brought out the team 's fighting qualities , and a resurgence took them to the League Championship with 58 points , four ahead of Aston Villa , and with 118 goals . |
| 5 | While Pius XII 's encyclical Mystici Corporis brought back the concept of the Church as the body of Christ to the centre of Catholic teaching , it most remarkably avoided the slightest reference in this to the relationship between the Eucharistic body and the ecclesial body , and omitted the slightest notice of the basic Pauline text for that relationship , 1 Corinthians 10.17 . |
| 6 | The 1988 Education Reform Act brought about the greatest changes to the education system since 1944 . |
| 7 | Although supporting evidence from other departments is so far lacking , there is at least prima facie ground for saying that the intrusion of laymen into the bureaucracy brought about the conversion of offices into a form of life property . |
| 8 | Fearing an imminent clampdown , the Gagauzes brought forward the elections to Oct. 25 , when thousands demonstrated in the main Gagauz town of Komrat , defying the Moldavian authorities to intervene and calling on USSR authorities for assistance . |
| 9 | Eleanor felt they were the funniest letters she 'd ever written ; Nigel brought out the best in her writing . |
| 10 | On the subject of boyfriends Shiona was notoriously sensitive , and doubly so , it appeared , when Jake brought up the subject . |
| 11 | We were still going slowly and painfully round the room when Estella brought in the relations who had been waiting downstairs . |
| 12 | The conference brought together the largest number of women organizations to date and included representatives from the following women 's organizations ; |
| 13 | Although the conference brought about the first international agreement on a multilateral adjustment in exchange rates , it did not prevent the collapse of the adjustable peg system . |
| 14 | The big lattice-patterned bed in Guy 's room brought back the moment when he 'd marched in on her unannounced that first night . |
| 15 | The war brought about the raising of a number of British regiments , five of which are covered in this article . |
| 16 | The Masters event in Eastbourne brought together the top 24 from the circuit ( determined by how many circuit points they had accumulated ) as competition intensified and world computer points were not to be contested . |
| 17 | Many countries who received aid to introduce the Green Revolution had repressive regimes , whose policies had in the first place brought about the poverty . |
| 18 | The Ladies 60 age group brought home the highest honours : both Rita Lauder ( Hampshire & Isle of Wight ) — and Ruth Illingworth ( Essex ) reached the singles'' semi-finals , each losing to top-ranked American players , while Ruth , in a new partnership with Ann Williams ( Somerset ) , beat the numbers 1 and 2 seeded pairs to take the title at their first attempt . |
| 19 | Grant brought up the rear , using his arms only to haul himself up the rope . |
| 20 | The treaty was eventually ratified but the crisis brought down the Kishi government and produced the most widespread political protests of the postwar years . |
| 21 | The sudden sound brought down the children and Hugh , who looked nervously at the Borzoi . |
| 22 | That unrest brought down the government of Prime Minister V P Singh . |
| 23 | The ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad , as Scotland 's rugby team brought down the much-fancied England XV at Murrayfield by 13–7 and scooped all the prizes from the five-nations international championship . |
| 24 | The Soviets produced a highly accurate radar network and this , linked with improved surface-to-air missiles brought about the downfall of the concept of a manned , intercontinental , high altitude bomber . |
| 25 | To tackle this , Mr Lamont brought in the most stringent proposals since Lord Howe under Baroness Thatcher in the early 1980s . |
| 26 | Similarly in 1966 , watching the World Cup on tv in Liverpool brought home the exotic skills of Portugal 's Eusebio , Garrincha of Brazil , Albert and Farkas of Hungary . |
| 27 | Mrs. Butler brought in the tea , and raised her eyes to heaven when she saw Jenny weeping again . |
| 28 | Her figure-hugging topaz velvet suit brought out the tawny lights in her brown eyes . |
| 29 | The Argus group of South Africa brought out the Rhodesia Herald in 1892 . |
| 30 | Luib and Belig brought up the rear , and the two wolves loped alongside . |