Example sentences of "bring [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the essential task of bringing in the new democracies of eastern Europe will founder on economic collapse , ethnic unrest and social upheaval . |
| 2 | None of these measures will , of course , bring back the halcyon days of German science , or the immense amount of scientific talent lost to Germany — and usually to Europe — in the days of the Third Reich . |
| 3 | How leather can bring out the dark side of your soul . |
| 4 | While such studies as these do bring out the peculiar status of the causatives make and have ( which , I would agree , do involve a closer bond between the causative event and the event caused ) , they are nevertheless based on abstract semantic categories which have been set up a priori in logico-truth-conditional terms — Wierzbicka ( 1988 : 237 ) aptly characterizes them as " ready-made labels " — and therefore lose sight of the fact that each individual language is a system where meaning is bonded to form in permanent and idiosyncratic fashion ( cf. the comments on Ransom 1986 in the Introduction ) . |
| 5 | If he had the slightest suspicion of how she really felt , it could well bring out the sympathetic side of his nature . |
| 6 | Materials should bring out the social significance of knowledge about language . |
| 7 | Teaching should also bring out the structural characteristics of different types of verse and poetry , eg nursery rhymes , concrete poetry , haiku , limericks , ballads , sonnets etc . |
| 8 | Labour will work in the United Nations , the Commonwealth , the European Community and NATO to help bring about the peaceful reunification of Cyprus , on the federal basis advocated by the sovereign government of Cyprus . |
| 9 | Like the patriarchal Victorian factory owners in Britain , they resisted any measures to eliminate child labour practices and the education of the masses , they opined , would bring about the economic ruin of the country . |
| 10 | The admission of new members to a Europe which allows them to adopt common policies only where they are feasible and productive , and the consequent necessary institutional changes which will allow existing members this option , would bring about the effective development of a ‘ Europe of varying geometry ’ in a calm and deliberate fashion . |
| 11 | To take the garbage pickers on at this rate would increase their costs and would bring about the additional cost of security benefits . |
| 12 | With the bolt in the hole , bring up the second part of the joint , and mark round the circumference of the bolt . |
| 13 | They are , according to recent research , bringing up the next generation of offenders , truants , divorcees and generally inadequate people . |
| 14 | Both Blumler , examining coverage by 31 BBC and ITV regional stations , and Hetherington bring out the extensive nature of these programmes , although performance has varied considerably between the regions , with stations in Scotland , Wales and the North appearing to pay more attention to Parliament than stations in the South or the Midlands . |
| 15 | Many people also complain that our present hierarchies bring out the nastier aspects of human behavior , like greed , insensitivity , careerism and self-importance . |
| 16 | b ) Bring out the seven prongs of the tool and take the last seven stitches three stitches in ; return the three empty needles to NMP , ( as in K4 , K2 tog three times ) and knit six rows . |
| 17 | Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food , and all rely on smell to supplement their taste buds and bring out the full flavour of food , as anyone with a heavy cold will know . |
| 18 | Hence they throw into relief and bring out the significant aspects of the phenomenon in question . |
| 19 | Finally , Bajazeth offers us perhaps the most complete view of Tamburlaine because these two men are in some ways very similar , and so bring out the true side of Tamburlaine 's character . |
| 20 | Van Praagh became a close friend of the Cranko family , Herbert and Phyllis as well as John ; she proved a valuable ally , not only for her position within the company but also because she had a flair for bringing out the best qualities of young dancers and choreographers , and guiding them in their careers . |
| 21 | From Thursday onwards , the influence of Venus will be bringing out the artistic side of you . |
| 22 | This placed obstacles in the way of their meeting with any regularity , causing Davis resentment and bringing out the ugly side of his nature . |
| 23 | Once the tune comes fairly accurately , the teacher can concentrate on meaning , bringing out the basic elements of the situation . |
| 24 | Here the impression is that the object of make is given no choice but to perform the action expressed by the infinitive : in ( 147 ) the speaker even uses make to decline any personal responsibility for what he did — he was " acting under coercion " , a paraphrase bringing out the concurrent nature of the causation involved in these sentences . |
| 25 | Just as the early European explorers of the North Atlantic would bring back the tusks of narwhals and pass them off as the horns of unicorns , so would the early Arabian and Indian sailors bring back the massive bones of the Cassowary as evidence of the giant " roc " of the Sinbad sagas , or the Garuda bird of Hindu mythology , which is today the symbol of Indonesia 's national airline . |
| 26 | In the same memorandum of April 1986 that eventually brought down the whole house of cards — the memorandum that mentioned the diversion of funds to the contras — an extraordinary phrase appeared : ‘ The Iranians have been told that our presence in Iran is ‘ a holy commitment ’ . ’ |
| 27 | He extended scant courtesy , even to Taheb , and despite his wealth his servants only brought in the minimum guest-offering of bread and beer . |
| 28 | Priscilla Buxton recounted how four MPs brought in the huge rolls of the ladies ' petition of 1833 and ‘ heaved it on to the table among loud laughing and cheers . |
| 29 | I 'd just like to raise a point that erm most men are psychiat , er mo most of the psychiatrists are men and that a lot of the diagnosis I feel , come from a very sort of patriarchal view erm , you know a lot of have sort of brought up the alternative sort of er medicine and er self-help groups , and to me , having been through psychiatry which is a , a huge machine that is very difficult to get out that er to me , that 's the only future and there 's millions of pounds going into psychiatry and we 're reviewing it now with community care plans which , I I do n't think anybody is actually clear about but er , you know , the the millions that are put into psychiatry , I 'd like to see more sort of counselling er , become available or , more money given to sort of er mental health associations . |
| 30 | Studio conditions seemed particularly to bring out these traits , and the need to repeat 78rpm sides certainly brought out the nervous sides of artists . |