Example sentences of "bring [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tinted paper can bring subtle variation to your watercolour work , as TERRY HARRISON demonstrates in his cross-seasonal landscape paintings . |
| 2 | The organisation claims that The Minches are one of Europe 's most important marine areas , and that an oil spill would bring economic ruin to local fishing , salmon farming and tourist industries as well as environmental tragedy . |
| 3 | Some believed that the politics of class would bring little advantage to themselves . |
| 4 | Selling state assets itself will bring little competition to over-centralised economies , if private monopolies replace state ones . |
| 5 | ‘ They can in no way be seen as an endorsement of the Government 's disastrous economic policies and will bring little comfort to the thousands still out of work . |
| 6 | These changes in our institution of police can bring little satisfaction to those who had come to believe that the British had found some special formula for dealing with control of public protest . |
| 7 | The Government 's recent decision to allow industrial tribunals to hear claims relating to breach of the employment contract may , however , bring this trend to a halt . |
| 8 | Yesterday the shop stewards ' convener , John Kydd , promised : ‘ We can bring this company to its knees ; it is a choice the company has to make . |
| 9 | You really must bring this outrage to an end . |
| 10 | I must now bring this matter to a conclusion . |
| 11 | Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb also welcomed a venture that would bring top-class opposition to the NorthEast . |
| 12 | Now he fears proposals to build a new road linking the M40 to Aylesbury will bring another motorway to his doorstep . |
| 13 | This is an area only recently receiving attention , increasingly by using statistical tests for ‘ normalcy ’ : such studies should bring some objectivity to the assumptions which tend to be made at the moment about the character of individual or groups of hoards . |
| 14 | If the German market remains firm , which the MLC considers likely since last year 's problems of reunification have been largely overcome , this could bring some stability to the rest of Europe 's markets . |
| 15 | Mr Christie , a Bairns supporter , who lives in Falkirk , was approached in the hope that he could bring some stability to the Premier Division side 's warring board . |
| 16 | First , there should be a sentencing council , which would bring some consistency to sentencing and prevent people from being sent to prison for unreasonable periods . |
| 17 | She , her husband , ’ his face grew mock solemn , ‘ and their large brood of children will bring some life to the Tower . ’ |
| 18 | So , although it is tragic that every therapist is now hearing more and more from their patients about the way they were abused in the past , the fact that it is being brought out into the open and talked about publicly does bring some relief to those who until recently thought that their case was an isolated one . |
| 19 | A first hand acquaintance with dispiriting reality might bring some change to public transport policy . |
| 20 | ‘ The threat of stopping the tour will bring some sense to the South African government and the white population out there . |
| 21 | But we hope that these impressions will at least bring some encouragement to the many friends we made who are working there , and that they may perhaps even help them by opening their eyes to some new possibilities based on experience elsewhere . |
| 22 | Where this involves a mix of ISDN and multimedia ( see p 52 ) , it will bring easy access to a combination of sound , text , video , data and graphics , and revolutionise desktop communications . |
| 23 | Teething can mean tears and sleepless nights for baby and parents alike , but with a good old chew on Playskool 's Disney Babies Teethe & cool can bring welcome relief to all the family . |
| 24 | To this extent , then , a ‘ state form ’ analysis does indeed bring welcome attention to people 's experience of the state , especially those people who are particularly dependent on the resources represented by the state . |
| 25 | Loving rebellious children unselfishly can bring great suffering to parents . |
| 26 | The two First Division clubs will have hard games , and I 'm confident Portsmouth and Sunderland will bring great credit to the Second division . |
| 27 | This quality could bring great benefit to the clatter and chatter of much parochial worship . |
| 28 | It would also bring deep depression to many members of communities who are looking forward to the bypasses that the present Government have promised . |
| 29 | A shift to simple wholesome living could bring long life to many more . |
| 30 | Also , just as the finance analyst 's tools may bring more rigour to strategic considerations , the developments in strategic thinking can help to prevent the financial analyst or modeller from applying his tools to unreliable data . |