Example sentences of "to bring [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many , judicial review is the final stage in a lengthy battle to bring authorities to book , following complaints procedures , tribunals , and health or local government ombudsmen hearings . |
| 2 | Artefacts help to bring vividness to understanding but they need considerable explanation to make them really meaningful . |
| 3 | ‘ It was an attack on the whole community — on sick children and their parents , on old people whose much-needed operations will have to be delayed , on the medical staff who devotedly care for them , and on the security forces who will continue to defend the community and to bring terrorists to justice . ’ |
| 4 | An attempt to bring Eyre to justice on a trial of murder , spearheaded by John Stuart Mill , was to prove unsuccessful in spite of the Lord Chief Justice 's eloquent support for his indictment . |
| 5 | His departure from nearby Long Eaton thus severs a rugby link that has helped to bring Nottingham to eminence from relative obscurity over the past 14 years . |
| 6 | The House can rest assured that the Government will take every action possible to bring villains to book . |
| 7 | It was forbidden at that time to bring wildlife to school . |
| 8 | It took 13 years to bring Lashley to justice for the murder which he committed during 10 months of liberty while on parole from prison after a string of sex attacks in 1969 . |
| 9 | ‘ Irrespective of its ability either to discourage certain forms of behaviour , or to bring offenders to justice , the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent . |
| 10 | Under the ‘ hundred man ’ , the chief official , the hundred court was supposed to meet every four weeks , chiefly to bring thieves to justice and round up stray cattle ; more serious problems went to the ealdermen . |