Example sentences of "bring [prep] a [noun sg] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would bring to an end a long and glorious chapter in the history of humanity 's intellectual struggle to understand the universe . |
| 2 | And it would bring to an end a promising era of Security Council co-operation . |
| 3 | The end of the Persian War did not bring to an end the Athenian Empire , though the existence of the confederacy was now harder to justify . |
| 4 | At first Christians looked upon the risen Jesus as the Messiah whose return was imminent and would bring to an end the existing world-order . |
| 5 | It would transfer supervision of the areas from the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) to the National Parks Service and would bring to an end the existing cattle ranching , mining activity and off-road vehicle use . |
| 6 | The shootings brought to a climax the long-standing complaints by opposition groups in Serbia that the Milosevic government had embarked on a course of confrontation not only with non-communists but also , more ominously , with other ethnic groups in Yugoslavia . |
| 7 | In this way , the model can be brought to a halt a short distance from the ground with all of the blade energy and pitch range still available to make the landing . |
| 8 | The recent departure of manager Liam Brady has also brought to a head a bitter boardroom battle which threatens to tear the club apart . |
| 9 | The passage by the House of representatives of a civil rights bill by 381 votes to 38 on Nov. 7 , following Senate approval by 93 votes to 5 on Oct. 30 , brought to an end a two-year battle for enactment which had included Bush 's 1990 veto of a previous bill and months of inconclusive efforts in mid-1991 by Democratic and moderate Republican senators to work out a compromise with the administration [ see p. 38381 ] . |
| 10 | The incident brought to an end a month-long period of peace in Kashmir , and dashed hopes of a reduction in the border tension . |
| 11 | His murder brought to an end a political dynasty stretching back through his mother Indira Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru , Indira 's father and India 's first Prime Minister . |
| 12 | The accident brought to an end a promising army career which began in December 1986 when he was 17 . |
| 13 | The English Cup and league champions brought to an end a 33-match unbeaten home run by Neath , dating back to Pontypool 's visit on 8 March , 1988 , and recorded their first win over Neath since 1983 . |
| 14 | The move brought to an end an intense struggle between Wilson and the Democrat-controlled state legislature over how to deal with the state 's $10,700 million budget deficit . |
| 15 | This may be reflected in the faunal changes and may have brought to an end the stable conditions represented by the pure quartzites that extend all the way from the Welsh borderland to Morocco . |
| 16 | The EPLF offensive against Massawa , beginning on Feb. 8 , had brought to an end the unofficial ceasefire observed by the front since the unsuccessful coup attempt against President Mengistu Haile Mariam in April 1989 [ see p. 36646 ] . |
| 17 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 18 | His legal advisers are anxious to establish a functioning police and judiciary system so that Somalis can begin to administer themselves — and thus bring to an end the violent anarchy that has caused the death from famine of up to 400,000 people . |
| 19 | A government of national salvation by another name , it includes several non-party technocrats , the leader of the Greens and , most important , three members of the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS ) , bringing to an end the former Communists ' 45 years of political ostracism . |
| 20 | Of course the Government are not satisfied with that , but at least it is clear that our efforts are having an impact and are bringing to an end the unsatisfactory increase in the number of homeless in bed-and-breakfast accommodation — which is falling in London , and is virtually stable across the rest of the country . |
| 21 | If he has any social reform plans , he should approach the Minister of Health who is at this very moment bringing to an end the old Poor Law … ’ |
| 22 | They forbade lavish wedding ceremonies , bringing to an end the glitzy Punjabi wedding . |
| 23 | This brought to an end a two-week crisis which had presented the first serious threat to communist rule in Albania since its establishment during the Second World War . |
| 24 | IT IS almost one hundred years since the abolition of the Metropolitan Board of Works in London brought to an end a 20 year orgy of building in the Victorian capital . |
| 25 | Earlier the same year it had been preceded by a Criminal Law Act which brought to an end the time-honoured division of crimes into felonies and misdemeanours , as well as abolishing certain obsolete crimes and the torts of maintenance and champerty on the recommendation of the Law Commission . |
| 26 | The General Strike is often taken as the symbol of the industrial relations of these years — and is seen as an event which brought to an end the militant trade unionism of almost two decades . |
| 27 | The General Strike is often taken as the symbol for the industrial relations of these years — and is seen as an event which brought to an end the militant trade unionism of almost two decades . |
| 28 | This brought to an end the short life of the Basque Republic of Euskadi , which under its president , Aguirre , had been waging what was very much its own war . |
| 29 | Receiving the Championship Trophy brings to a conclusion a memorable week for Wigan , who earned the distinction of having a record 13 players selected for the tour this summer . |
| 30 | This article brings to an end the current series on colour mixing . |