Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] to bring [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Until we get promotion , we wo n't get the crowds to bring in the money to get the top players . |
| 2 | It is likely that if an ‘ order in council ’ is to be confirmed as law , it will require an affirmative resolution of the Houses to bring about this result ( see above , pp.86–7 ) but such a procedure is not mandatory . |
| 3 | The platoons were losing much of their mobility in these static patrols , and the Japanese developments along the eastern seaboard reduced the opportunities to bring in supplies . |
| 4 | It states that Aksum was eight days ' journey inland from Adulis , a port on the Red Sea established by Greek traders sent by the Ptolemys to bring back elephants to be trained for war . |
| 5 | Efforts are initially made to persuade the parents to bring up the child at home , but where this does not prove successful or is not considered a wise step , some form of full-time residential care is required . |
| 6 | Dr. Mawhinney has become accustomed over the years to bring in the middle of political contention and has taken very good care to cultivate his patch . |
| 7 | Oh fucking hell , I was gon na try and remember some of the questions to bring in but I did n't . |
| 8 | A provision for the partners to bring in to the firm 's account their fees and other remuneration derived from offices and appointments held by them ( see below ) ( Clause 10.06 ) . |
| 9 | Though the city itself was speedily taken , the forts held out stubbornly , obliging the attackers to bring up heavy howitzers , whose huge , destructive , armour-piercing shells swiftly demolished the concrete and steel fortifications and turned them into death traps . |
| 10 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 11 | Other schools ask the children to bring in the name of a senior citizen that they know who would appreciate a gift , by acts such as these the school 's status is again increased in the locality . |
| 12 | You may want the students to bring in drinks cans for investigation . |
| 13 | Burrows shows how Jane Austen makes skilful use of the common words to build up different idiolects for the different persons in the novels to bring out the differences in their characters . |
| 14 | Mr Sillars accused the leadership of unravelling ten years of work by party activists — a reference to the SNP decision to vote with the Tories to bring down the Labour government in 1979 which led to the taunt ‘ Tartan Tories ’ . |
| 15 | Medina 's evidence was used by the Tories to bring about Marlborough 's downfall . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , there are no plans to bring out a similar bundle in the UK in the near future . |