Example sentences of "were brought to [art] " 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 trade was sufficiently profitable for the Portuguese to take over Sofala in the early sixteenth century , and their written accounts confirm that the export cargoes were brought to the coast by African representatives of the Shona king or monomutapa . |
| 14 | Such cultic shedding of blood was regarded as the means of connecting with the Godhead , and animals were brought to the priests for sacrifice as sin- and thank-offerings , for purging ritual impurity , covenanting and redemption of both the individual and the nation as a whole ( Lev . |
| 15 | Others were brought to the West by European ships from the East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope , while in the Far East French missionaries collected on their travels and sent their discoveries overland by various stages to Paris . |
| 16 | Later , we were brought to the White House and personally decorated by Abraham Lincoln himself . |
| 17 | These were brought to the works as square baulks or round logs , or alternatively , as scantlings , all being converted and machined in the sawmill and the pieces sent to the erecting shop for assembly . |
| 18 | The researchers believe that the Purple Emperors are sucking up sodium , and possibly potassium and calcium present in the brick and gravel following the evaporation of the water in which they were brought to the surface . |
| 19 | Three men , including one called Andrew Cunningham , were brought to the surface to erect the fence . |
| 20 | It was not officially ‘ discovered ’ until the 1970s , when a few were brought to the United States . |
| 21 | Associated Nursing Services ' 1991 accounts , described by one analyst as ‘ weird ’ , were brought to the Panel 's attention for two reasons . |
| 22 | This leads to a further conclusion that these wares were brought to the site by the Catuvellauni , who had at that time embarked on westward expansion . |
| 23 | In the early seventeenth century , for instance , all sorts of cases were brought to the courts , from the seduction of wives to the incidence of prostitution . |
| 24 | What was taking place was much more complex , and the working-class patterns of family and sexual life that were brought to the twentieth century were as much the product of working-class adaptation to rapid change in the context of a ruling set of ideas as a successful colonisation . |
| 25 | Both types were brought to the attention of the Royal Commission on Labour in 1891 and 1892 . |
| 26 | The couple fixed the wedding day , the guests were invited , the dress and the cake were brought to the house . |
| 27 | Candles were brought to the tables and any mishaps in the food or service were blamed on the lack of power , which lasted for three hours . |
| 28 | The cattle were either ‘ walked ’ down to the marshes direct from market or were brought to the nearest point by train : today they are transported by motor-lorries , and in recent years a rough road has been built right across the marshes to enable lorries to have direct access . |
| 29 | Two more coffees were brought to the table by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament . |
| 30 | Both cannulae were brought to the exterior and protected by a stainless steel thimble allowing for the free movement of rats in their usual cages . |