Example sentences of "bring [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Trim them back , dead-head regularly and bring in before the first frosts and you should have flowers for months to come
2 There is bound to be considerable upheaval among the blue-chip client list which Deloitte UK is bringing over to the new firm .
3 If the dramatic frame is an enquiry or an investigation the children might well be creating still images , which they can then bring back to the whole group .
4 The report is fair in stating its case in favour of such regulations , without concealing the disadvantages which these new rules would undoubtedly bring about for the Swiss art market .
5 Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself .
6 Some are looking to sell their practices or merge their way out of problems that have been brought on by the severest recession the UK has experienced since the 1930s .
7 Or maybe she was experiencing a sort of nightmare or hallucination — some kind of unfortunate delusion brought on by the overwhelming stress and strain of her job … ?
8 Rachel , who had already been battling with unpredictable sensations brought on by the close proximity of David clad only in his brief black swimming-trunks , felt her cheeks flame and could n't bring herself to look at him .
9 In part , McKenna sees this as a natural reaction to the ecological crisis brought on by the modern era .
10 I could never get over the transformation of the vast auditorium by the dimming of the lights , the beautiful changes of colour on the curtains , and the anticipation brought on by the roaring lion , the muscle man with his gong the snow capped mountain , the searchlights probing the 20th Century .
11 Early autumn , and still no sign that the new-route boom , brought on by the very un-Chamoniard weather , is over .
12 It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement .
13 Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down .
14 Schools should be able to request more frequent inspections so that the best practice of a few is not brought down to the standard practice of the many .
15 The two men combed the moors , squelching through the soggy ground until they were satisfied that all the sheep had been rounded up and brought down to the lower pastures to safety .
16 Beattie was taken back to the cell and shortly afterwards brought down to the main police office where the other men who had been arrested were being assembled .
17 So , Lessing maintained , the first kind of truth can not be demonstrated by the second , nor brought down to the same level .
18 Mrs Thatcher was not technically brought down by the formal election processes .
19 Shortly before the first autumn snows the flock is brought down from the high pastures .
20 And he did so with the support , not only of Hoare , who was his adjutant in all the talks with the Government , but also of Cunliffe-Lister , Hailsham , Eyres-Monsell and Davidson , the last being brought in as the best means of liaison with Baldwin .
21 He should be brought in at the earliest stages to advise on venues — which would save time , money and frustration .
22 Two additional changes ( also only relevant to joining a new scheme ) were brought in at the same time .
23 The Free Miners of the Forest of Dean were brought in to the general election campaign today , with a warning that their livelihoods could be ruined by imports of cheap foreign coal .
24 However , it became established at Woodford and through Warner 's generosity offshoots were distributed , as were many other rarities raised by him from seeds brought in from the Far East .
25 This tripartite distinction , easy to uphold on the grounds of typography , is complicated , however , by the fact that fragments of the italicized Lord 's Prayer passage find themselves brought in from the right-hand margin to form part of the body of the text when , further truncated , they make up the liturgical stutter of
26 Business was brisk , shopkeepers even running out to grab Corbett by the arm and offer a pie , a piece of cloth , fresh fish from the Firth , almonds , nuts and raisins brought in from the nearby port of Leith .
27 And in recent weeks it 's become a daily chore , as more and more birds have been brought in from the nearby Gloucester Sharpness canal .
28 In 1979 an operational researcher was brought in from the academic world to look at the use being made of Exminster .
29 The regulatory regime brought in by the Financial Services Act has been costly and disruptive for offices and confusing for their customers .
30 Although as a breed pension providers act very conservatively , and moreover , your money would be protected under the strict rules brought in by the Financial Services Act , no one can forecast with total confidence how well or otherwise any particular investment will do .
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