Example sentences of "bring [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wanted in Bolivia on murder charges brought as a result of the coup in July 1980 , Arce had allegedly used his position to set up a cocaine racket . |
| 2 | In October 1981 , a court case , concerning the death of a Down 's Syndrome baby , was brought against a paediatrician by the association ‘ Life ’ . |
| 3 | The contras had been supported , through the CIA , since 1981 ; in 1984 , in order to get round the Boland amendments ( which forbade the administration to spend appropriated money on the contras ) management of the war was brought into an office on the third floor of a building beside the White House . |
| 4 | Involuntary reception into care : if a child or young person is in a situation of acute danger the youth department is entitled to intervene , but parents or guardians have to be informed immediately and the case be brought before a court for a care decision before the end of the day following the admission ( s. 42 ) , Where force is necessary , the police department must act but under the professional guidance of the youth department . |
| 5 | It was enacted that offenders were to be brought before a member of the King 's Council or a Justice of the Peace for examination ; hunting in disguise or by night , and wilful concealment of such offences were to be punished as felonies — that is , by death and forfeiture of property . |
| 6 | Traffic was brought to a standstill on a busy stretch of the M-one today after cars and lorries became stuck in tar . |
| 7 | And police were drafted in to control the traffic which was brought to a standstill by the numbers of people lining the pavement outside the Seacombe church . |
| 8 | We left the Legation as the sun rose and our cars were constantly brought to a standstill in the crowded streets . |
| 9 | This backward movement in both time and space is brought to a climax in the final line . |
| 10 | Given that previous periods of rapid growth had been brought to a halt in the face of escalating deficits on the balance of payments , largely because of the high marginal propensity to import manufactured goods , the improvement of the balance of payments figured prominently in the plan . |
| 11 | Since the start of the Troubles , a number of loyalist trade unionists had tried to create a province-wide organization of unionist workers and by late 1973 the plans of men such as Billy Kelly , a power workers ' shop steward , Billy Hull , ex-Northern Ireland Labour Party , and Hugh Petrie , a precision engineer from Shorts , were sufficiently advanced for them to propose to the loyalist politicians that the province could be brought to a halt by a strike . |
| 12 | Then as she scanned yet another sheet , full of data , her eyes were brought to a halt by a red ball-point circle and exclamation marks . |
| 13 | A crowd , which the Derry Journal estimated at 15,000 set off across the bridge , to be brought to a halt by the stewards thirty yards from the police barriers at Carlisle Square . |
| 14 | At the top he stopped , brought to a halt by the sight of his mother entering her room . |
| 15 | Before the general election the Welsh Affairs Select Committee began an investigation into this subject , but it has been brought to a halt by the failure , so far , to reform the committee . |
| 16 | It was the latter 's son Joseph , now about 55 , who lived to see the whole enterprise brought to a halt by the hostilities . |
| 17 | For John , on his endless round of visits to cuttings and embankments , tunnels and bridges , it was sometimes hard to believe that all this buzz of well-organized industry could be brought to a halt by the movement of bits of paper in the far-off City . |
| 18 | This road crosses a bare headland , leaving behind all the exciting scenery , and seven miles further on curves round to the coast and enters the village of Achiltibuie , continuing beyond past other smaller communities until brought to a stop by the steep slopes of Ben More Coigach , the huge mountain dominating both land and sea hereabouts . |
| 19 | And the sister was further surprised when , holding out a hand to Millie , it was not taken , but , instead , the child began to walk out before her , only to be brought to a stop by the nun saying , ‘ You must always ask Mother Superior if you may leave her presence . |
| 20 | This legal bonanza was obviously too good to last and ultimately matters were brought to a head in a series of compromises , as a result of which the lease was forfeited but the plaintiffs abandoned all its money claims in the relevant action other than for arrears of rent , and — and for the present purposes this is the crucial matter — the plaintiff released the surety unconditionally from his personal guarantee contained in the licence of 3 December 1973 . |
| 21 | This complex pattern of social and political agitation was brought to a head by the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan ( January 1904–August 1905 ) . |
| 22 | The debate has been brought to a head by the development of an efficient fly trap by a group of British-led scientists in Zimbabwe . |
| 23 | These rays are refracted by the material of the lens in such a way that they are brought to a focus on the retina , so forming an image of the viewed object . |
| 24 | This is because rays from the outer parts of the lens are brought to a focus nearer the lens than rays close to the axis . |
| 25 | It is a British idea , introduced by a British Commissioner and it will be brought to a conclusion under a British presidency . |
| 26 | ( 1 ) For the purpose of bringing to a conclusion any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this Order and which have not previously been brought to a conclusion , the Chairman or Mr. Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions ( but no others ) — |
| 27 | ( 2 ) If on an allotted day on which any proceedings on the Bill are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this Order the House is adjourned , or the sitting is suspended , before that time no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a member of the Government for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) The proceedings to be taken on each of those sittings shall be as shown in the second column , and shall be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column , of the following Table — |
| 29 | ( 2 ) The proceedings to be taken on each of those days shall be as shown in the second column , and shall be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column , of the following Table — |
| 30 | You ca n't possibly do this job , ’ but his cases were always brought to a conclusion in the minimum time and , more importantly , with the minimum expense . |