Example sentences of "[was/were] brought [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then as she scanned yet another sheet , full of data , her eyes were brought to a halt by a red ball-point circle and exclamation marks . |
| 2 | Many long-standing personal crises were brought to a head because of the existence of CHE . |
| 3 | Moreover , its existence was completely at odds with the national trend for community care , since patients who were referred were brought to a location quite remote from the area in which they had lived . |
| 4 | EAST Anglian rail services were brought to a standstill yesterday by striking BR employees , but the effect on the region 's economy was reportedly minimal . |
| 5 | In the four years 1522–5 the King may have got as much as £100,000 per annum from forced loans and subsidies , but his foreign adventures were brought to a sudden and ignominious halt by the refusal to pay the ‘ amicable grant ’ . |
| 6 | This legal bonanza was obviously too good to last and ultimately matters were brought to a head in a series of compromises , as a result of which the lease was forfeited but the plaintiffs abandoned all its money claims in the relevant action other than for arrears of rent , and — and for the present purposes this is the crucial matter — the plaintiff released the surety unconditionally from his personal guarantee contained in the licence of 3 December 1973 . |
| 7 | Serious political divisions within the Congress , whose proceedings were brought to a standstill in October over the impeachment of the Minister of Public Works and Communications and the subsequent dismissal of the Congress president [ see pp. 37771-72 ] , threatened prolonged instability as did continued labour protests against anti-inflationary measures , culminating in a 24-hour general strike on Feb. 6 , 1991 [ see p. 38001 ] . |
| 8 | They did , however , turn towards Umm Qasr , up the Khor Abdallah , but were brought to a halt in circumstances which are still unclear , Tehran accusing Baghdad of having used chemical weapons . |
| 9 | Conditions were appalling and winds were so high some rafts were brought to a halt . |
| 10 | Attention has also been drawn to the evidence of continuing peasant unrest even after the mass disturbances of 1905–7 were brought to an end . |
| 11 | It would be astonishing if the Director 's powers to require relevant information about suspected offences from third parties were brought to an end by the bringing of a charge against the person under investigation . |
| 12 | But her thoughts were brought to an abrupt end , as she descried two figures on their way up the path , and knew she must vacate the viewpoint for Rosie and her Francisco . |
| 13 | The charges were brought during a wide-ranging Merseyside police investigation , codenamed Operation Cheetah . |
| 14 | In the UK , until the so-called marginal areas were brought into an extended LFA early in 1984 , only one zone of handicap covered the whole of the LFA , ranging from relatively fertile grass pastures almost at sea level to the summits of Britain 's highest mountains . |
| 15 | The Authority was less successful in its attempt to ensure that disciplinary proceedings were brought against a detective superintendent , whose early retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 1989 meant that he avoided questions about his links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs , queries that had arisen after a World in Action television programme which had made serious allegations about corruption in the London police . |
| 16 | Perhaps you were brought by a crane and not a stork ? ’ |
| 17 | Unfortunately when the last one needed replacing in 1960 there was no tree felled and seasoned , so two Norwegian red fir poles were brought from a Hull timber yard . |
| 18 | The case was brought following an NII investigation into an incident in April 1992 in a building that stores containers of highly radioactive waste . |
| 19 | The Dowding House Appeal was brought to a close on 31st December 1990 , having achieved its objective of covering the costs of the scheme and of the Appeal . |
| 20 | My connections with the City are , as I have said , rather tenuous , but it is nearly six years ago to the day since our wedding , when yet again the traffic in the City was brought to a standstill . |
| 21 | The meeting was brought to a fitting climax by Professor Brian Johnson ( Edinburgh ) , who gave a highly entertaining lecture on how studies of metal clusters are providing an intriguing insight into the interfacial region between solution and solid state reactivity . |
| 22 | Based on the example of the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal palace , the Paris venture was an enormous success and the splendid summer season was brought to a brilliant close by the State Visit of Victoria and Albert . |
| 23 | His strong and aggressive displays were a feature of Palace 's progress back to Division Two , but his playing career was brought to a premature end by a troublesome eye complaint and his final match with us was the 6th round FA Cup-tie against Leeds ( 0–3 ) on 10 March 1965 . |
| 24 | The car was brought to a sudden halt ; an inertial throw , catch , jerkiness unsettled the passengers ; fortunately their bodies responded safely . |
| 25 | Soon a dozen or so hands were raised and after their names had been written down and details of what their duties would involve the meeting was brought to a close . |
| 26 | The party had to end eventually , of course , and it was brought to a full stop by one man — Ken Bates . |
| 27 | Soon after work began however , it was found that there were serious problems in making a secure , stable base for the embankment and thus progress was brought to a halt . |
| 28 | So the double-decker 's journey was brought to a halt at Holborn Circus . |
| 29 | Beset with cooling and undercarriage problems , the Keiun made one flight only , on May 8 , 1945 and this was brought to a premature close by high engine temperatures . |
| 30 | He ordered two divisions to counter-attack in the centre , an action that was executed with such vigour that the German 20th Corps was brought to a halt for 48 hours . |