Example sentences of "[to-vb] to bring the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of Neil MacDonald 's task in visiting Chile is to write a book about Oxfam 's work there to try to bring the problems home to the British public . |
| 2 | One major aim of psychoanalytic therapy was to try to bring the unconscious under more conscious control , to introduce the reality principle into the workings of the pleasure principle . |
| 3 | Certainly , the Navy was ordered to blockade the Straits of Gibraltar but , otherwise , merely bureaucratic measures were used to try to bring the rebels to heel . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , he said , if I insisted on having my Taunton money , he would n't be able to afford to bring the show in . ’ |
| 5 | Which way to turn to bring the RC onto 090° or 270° ? |
| 6 | You used to have to bring the stuff to the farmyard to store it , you see ? |
| 7 | One way was to seek to bring the children to meet the old people ; yet , she told me , they were frightened to do so . |
| 8 | The concern at Cosmeston is not simply to present static displays but to attempt to bring the village to life with living history events , with crafts-men working in the buildings and with more animals added to those already living at the village . |