Example sentences of "[noun pl] to bring the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By making his close friend Prince Aleksandr Bariatinskii Viceroy of the Caucasus and ordering him to take all necessary steps to bring the campaign against Shamil to a successful conclusion , the tsar gave an innovator scope for the exercise of his talents .
2 It is then up to the Minister to defeat the defence by proving that he had taken reasonable steps to bring the purport of the instrument to the notice of the public or of persons likely to be affected by it , or of the person charged .
3 Although the parquet was then expected to take steps to bring the document to the attention of the defendant , service was already complete and time began to run for various purposes regardless of the date upon which the defendant received actual notice of the proceedings .
4 Provided that the person putting the terms forward has taken reasonable steps to bring the terms to the attention of persons in general , it is irrelevant that those steps were insufficient to bring the terms to the attention of the particular contracting partner , for instance because he/she is illiterate , blind or can not speak the language in which the terms are printed ( Thompson v London Midland and Scottish Railway Co [ 1930 ] 1 KB 41 ) .
5 The Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , Arthur Dunkel , in a report GATT Activities 1990 released on Aug. 19 , urged the world 's main trading nations to bring the Uruguay Round of trade liberalization talks , launched in 1986 , to a successful conclusion by the end of the year .
6 By mid-September there were some 150,000 US military and support personnel in the region , but on Sept. 13 the senior US commander in the Gulf , Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf , dampened the growing speculation about a possible move on to the offensive in mid-October , expressing the opinion that he needed two months to bring the forces up to strength .
7 IN THE 1970s everyone seemed to be worried about the dangers of work : Jeanne Stellman and Susan Daum , with Work is Dangerous for your Health , and Patrick Kinnersley , with The Hazards of Work , were among the authors to bring the problems to our attention .
8 Nevertheless , S&N has sold pubs to bring the group below the 2,000 ceiling and Grand Met has sold its breweries .
9 About 85 new restaurants will be opened in the next two years to bring the total to well over 500 .
10 If the hon. Gentleman just thinks about what he is saying , he will realise that it takes a Government one or two years to bring the economy round .
11 They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now .
12 ‘ I said she might come and visit you — she wanted to bring you some oranges to bring the colour back to your cheeks . ’
13 Prosecutors have 84 days to bring the case to court .
14 This relaxation , combined with a turn of the hips to bring the shoulders into alignment , gives maximum power to the strike .
15 He told himself that he should go right now and plant the explosives to bring the tunnel down , but the Doctor 's curiosity was one of his strongest features .
16 Just as they were implementing changes to bring the company to heel the Chancellor started his process of attacking retail spending through higher interest rates .
17 The development of the ‘ virtual library ’ is causing some universities to re-examine their organisational structures to bring the range of stakeholders into a closer relationship .
18 Conditions were tough and the afternoon wind and rain made scoring difficult but Ulster 's representatives still look clear favourites to bring the title North for the first time since 1981 .
19 However , major problems remained , not least the fact that the Sihanouk initiative effectively bypassed a UN plan which , since mid-1990 , had been the focus of diplomatic efforts to bring the war to an end .
20 I wait to see conclusive proof that it is possible in physical and geographical terms to bring the lines from Stratford into the proposed station at King 's Cross without making any changes whatever to the Bill .
21 I am under pressure from a wide range of general practitioners to bring the list size criterion down and to extend the range of care that can be purchased by GP fund holders .
22 We are grateful for the loose change of Messrs Lonsdale and Pugh , but let me assure you all , with a family-sized packet of Fisherman 's Friend extra throat lozenges placed firmly on my heart , that I will strive in ever-decreasing circles to bring the sponsorship of a major international to ‘ The Tip ’ to provide much needed support to our glorious team .
23 She was dismissed , sources say , after opposing the international tour expected by Barnes trustees to bring the foundation at least $7 million .
24 But still he searched for ways to bring the conversation round to Tace .
25 A spokesman from the Cerullo organisation 's UK headquarters confirmed that negotiations are underway with satellite management bodies to bring the network to air in the early months of 1992 .
26 Likewise it was not unusual for Congregationalists to worry about Unitarian trends in their ministers or for Baptists to bring the trust deed into debate , and sometimes into court , over the question of
27 The Fifth Fairy has fast stabbing movements of feet and arms to bring the gift of Energy .
28 Llansantffraid boss Graham Breeze paid tribute to the band of helpers who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to bring the ground up to scratch .
29 So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship .
30 Instead , ‘ We promote the ‘ received view ’ of knowledge and act as teachers to bring the minds of students into conformity without consensual models of reality' .
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