Example sentences of "brought [adv] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be brought right up to each individual point of use to maximise convenience . |
| 2 | This will do you no harm at all , although to be brought gently back to the present by the voice of the therapist is a more satisfactory way . |
| 3 | As things turned out , it was probably just as well that I was brought gently back to earth by Beryl , who from one of the Trust 's head offices masterminds the working holidays with military precision , advised me that the only available option was a 21-plus Acorn Project at Clumber park in Nottinghamshire . |
| 4 | Brought suddenly back to a world of misunderstandings , she stared at his broad shoulders in dismay . |
| 5 | I was brought rudely back to the real world by Tony 's tripod coming off the top of the pile of clatch ( odds and ends ) piled up above the seat and hitting me on the head as the truck lurched to a halt , diving itself into a drift of deep snow . |
| 6 | For example , refractive errors ( those defects in the shape of the eye that prevent light rays from being brought sharply on to the retina in a single focus and which include short-sightedness , long-sightedness and astigmatism can often be at least partially corrected by the provision of appropriate lenses in eyeglasses . |
| 7 | This observation leads to a common visual problem arising in painting when a line in the background is brought hard up to the edge of a foreground object . |
| 8 | HIGH-FLYING Newcastle were brought briefly down to earth at Oakwell yesterday . |