Example sentences of "to bring [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grandfather had died early , so she was used to bringing up a family on her own . |
| 2 | Apart from his emotional objection to bringing up a child which was not their own , there was another consideration , one which he hoped to keep from his wife . |
| 3 | Brenda , however , is used to bringing up her three daughters alone for months at a time . |
| 4 | You should have dedicated yourself to bringing up your child … . ’ |
| 5 | On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level . |
| 6 | It 's different having a child of your own to bringing up your brothers . |
| 7 | She has devoted much of her time to bringing up three children and is the only person to classify herselfas a housewife in her reply . |
| 8 | It has long been recognised that women who devote years of their lives to bringing up children lose out in the pension stakes . |
| 9 | Bilijana , 26 , was looking forward to bringing up a family in their comfortable Sarajevo home . |
| 10 | But , for example , among other things I have heard one of his ‘ colleagues ’ say that there is no special trick to bringing off good performances when one has so many rehearsals . |
| 11 | And let's not forget Western Samoa , Canada and Italy — with the last two really giving the All Blacks a fright — and Ireland , who were so near to bringing off a great quarter-final victory . |
| 12 | The British initiative should also add a major impetus to bringing in EC-wide rules , now that more humane systems exist . |
| 13 | Quoting Machiavelli 's prediction on what could happen to anyone committed to bringing in change , Sir Ron warns that ‘ whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack , they do it like partisans , while the others defend lukewarmly , in such wise that the innovator is endangered along with them ’ . |
| 14 | Mountbatten offered the British government two courses ; either there should be negotiations between Dutch and Indonesians with a view to bringing in a general ceasefire ( plan X ) or else punitive action against ‘ Known or suspected terrorists ’ ( plan Y ) . |
| 15 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 16 | In the meantime , the commission will consider the merits of the case with a view to bringing about a private , ‘ friendly ’ settlement with the Government . |
| 17 | Albert Dodd , a long-standing Ferranti director , has been put in charge of ISC and its subsidiaries including Marquardt , EMP , Datacom , Cardion Electronics and Laben and Elmer in Italy , with a view to bringing about closer integration . |
| 18 | Most of his energies were directed to bringing about the union of the Scottish and English parliaments and he died in 1707 on the eve of his aim being realised . |
| 19 | They never faced the situation realistically ; inflation got out of hand and contributed even more than the military inertia to bringing about the Nationalist downfall . |
| 20 | Knudson 's work cited earlier , using the challenge of producing video playlets as a stimulus to bringing about general improvement in the language work of under-achieving pupils , is a case in point . |
| 21 | Hence if , in pursuance of a trade dispute between A and C , A induces the employees of B , with whom C has a contract , to break their contracts of employment with a view to bringing about a breach of the contract between B and C the action is presumptively unlawful . |
| 22 | If these observers are correct then the FMI 's future development will presumably be secured from within by a civil service committed to bringing about ‘ lasting reforms ’ . |
| 23 | Indeed grazing rights could be an issue in themselves , and disputes over these probably made a major contribution to bringing about the Norfolk rebellion of 1549 ( 73 , pp.71 , 142–3 ) . |
| 24 | Mr McKee referred to the Royal 's ‘ recent difficulties with one particular health and social services board ’ and said the media 's assistance in highlighting their problems contributed greatly to bringing about committed support from their own staff , the public and the GPs of the area . |
| 25 | ‘ This government 's policies are not conducive to bringing about the end of the recession , ’ he said bluntly . |
| 26 | Perhaps other bands could be persuaded to up their releasing to one single a month ; this would slow Gedge down , until , presumably , he resorted to bringing out a single every week and , indeed , every day . |
| 27 | re-examining and evaluating existing applications of the approach with a view to bringing out what has been achieved that could not have been derived by other methods |
| 28 | Now I promise to devote myself to bringing down the costs of your mortgages because I believe that people should be able to own their own homes and to own them cheaply . ’ |
| 29 | In addition to bringing down interest rates by another two per cent , he has to establish the right monetary policy after sticking to the wrong one for two years . |
| 30 | YOUR EDITORIAL writers need reminding that our campaign of non-payment of the poll tax led to its abolition and substantially contributed to bringing down Mrs Thatcher . |