Example sentences of "can bring [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 While the national coach sat upstairs in a Glasgow hotel fretting over the pressure that media attention can bring on young players , Ferguson 's agent , Denis Roache , sat downstairs in the foyer no doubt planning the next stage of his client 's future and acknowledging that there is , given the the player 's performance against Germany , no such thing as bad publicity .
2 Paints for people with allergies : Some of the chemicals in paint can bring on allergic reactions in sensitive people , and some paints are made omitting the specific materials that cause these allergies .
3 And , Tim , you and I ought to have a we 're not actually going to have a formal session on self-study , but we have another we have a rather loosely structured session when we can bring up any other matters for erm basically that they 'll want to plan the video session rather carefully as well basically I think we want to follow in on yesterday 's meeting — we want to find out why we 're not selling more videos basically and use the whole of that session if necessary for exploring with the area managers why we 're not doing twice or three times as well as we are .
4 However there must be a core of supervisory functions resident in main store at all times , which can bring in other functions as required .
5 SEL 's two managers , Patrick Murphy and Graeme McLeish , themselves Salford graduates , are always glad to hear from former Salford students in commerce who can bring in new business in translation or language training either through their own companies or through their business contacts .
6 To use a secular example : to open an antique shop next to another one is not necessarily bad marketing : the presence of two such shops in close proximity can bring in more custom !
7 Oldham are also waiting for official confirmation from the Football Association that they can bring in another goalkeeper , a course of action restricted under Premier League rules to emergencies only .
8 ‘ 'Twill be a good day 's work if we can bring in this prize , lads .
9 Many users modify existing style sheets but this can bring along huge amounts of excess styling information that you either do n't want or had forgotten was in there .
10 Only a society in which people feel secure in their peer groups can bring about such mass action from below .
11 God is seen as one who can bring about such kairoi in history , and who has a will for humankind .
12 The importance of support is almost certainly to some extent bound up with self-esteem and the ability of the individual to cope with difficulties as they arise ( Brown et al. , 1986a ; Pearlin et al. , 1981 ) Given that adverse life events can bring about affective disorders , this is hardly surprising as a general conclusion .
13 The fact that a cause of the wine 's being cool , say refrigeration , is my means-this is the fact that ( i ) I can bring about that cause , and ( ii ) it is a cause of what I desire .
14 The latter two may be the attractions prompting the former , but where the countryside or environmental features are the foci of interest , large influxes of people and the attendant services that they require can bring about environmental change .
15 ‘ I will talk to anybody if I can bring about lasting peace .
16 Because an excess of caffeine can bring about many of the symptoms of stress and because these symptoms actually impair mental ability , you are likely to find yourself making foolish mistakes .
17 Becker says that it is expecting too much of Third world bourgeoisies to think they can bring about societal transformations on a grand scale or act in the ‘ heroic ’ way of entrepreneurs a century ago ( Becker 1983 ) .
18 One of my arguments is that the mechanical relations of work can bring about this withdrawal .
19 Visualisation ( see page 146 ) , involving positive use of the imagination , can bring about dramatic results in cases ranging from the comparatively trivial to the life-threatening .
20 Most sceptics about natural selection are prepared to accept that it can bring about minor changes like the dark coloration that has evolved in various species of moth since the industrial revolution .
21 Physical activities need to be monitored as sudden body contact or jarring of the head can bring about further dislocation .
22 ‘ I hope all this shit that 's going down can bring about some sort of understanding , ’ says NWA 's Eazy-E about the riots in Los Angeles .
23 If we find out who killed the Daine projection , I figure we can bring about some sort of dramatic crisis and finish the whole thing off .
24 The course is designed to help individuals and groups to be aware of the influence of mass media on their societies , and to learn how effective communication can bring about positive changes in their daily lives .
25 In this model , it is believed that intervention in education can bring about positive change in the balance of power in the social system .
26 You need someone to discuss your work when it comes to printing , and Danny will suggest which frames to print and how he can bring out certain aspects of an image . ’
27 Mrs Pettifer , I think you can bring out that magnum of the widow now . ’
28 The laws that can have this effect are marked ( * ) , and have been set out so that only right to left use can bring out this difficulty .
29 If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ .
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