Example sentences of "[vb past] bring [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 2 | Among the book 's central allegations were claims that Mossad had ( i ) failed to inform the United States of prior intelligence concerning the October 1983 suicide bombing of the US Marine battalion headquarters in Beirut , the Lebanese capital [ see pp. 32646-47 ] ; ( ii ) established a secret spy network ( " A1 " ) in the USA ; ( iii ) helped bring about the dismissal of Andrew Young from his post of US representative at the UN in 1979 after secretly recording Young 's clandestine meetings with PLO officials [ see p. 29956 ] ; and ( iv ) caused the downfall of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin in 1977 by exposing his wife 's illegal foreign currency bank account [ see p. 28533 ] . |
| 3 | Two years later , when MGM had the not-so-bright idea of remaking Goodbye Mr Chips as a musical , and UA tried to bring back the British war film with The Battle of Britain ( 1970 ) , the bill for each picture was something like $12 million . |
| 4 | The 26 Tory rebels who tried to bring down the government |
| 5 | Belinda tried to bring out the new artist 's term nonchalantly , but he was n't fooled . |
| 6 | Then they tried to bring in the general . ’ |
| 7 | His sister then helped to bring up the child while Gustav was in Moscow for two years , at the university and taking the political indoctri-nation . |
| 8 | In INDIA , for instance , despite the sterilisation scandals which helped to bring down the Ghandi Administration in 1977 , there are now new reports of widespread sterilisation abuse in Gujerat ( using famine relief as an ‘ incentive ’ ) and Rajasthan ( using promises of employment as an ‘ incentive ’ for tribal women ) . |
| 9 | As a representative of non-Zionist Jews Wolf played an important role at the Paris peace conference of 1919 , where his close association with the British delegation helped to bring about the conclusion of the minority treaties . |
| 10 | As far as law and order was concerned just over half believed bringing back the death penalty would decrease crime , while 64pc said sentencing was ‘ too soft ’ on adult criminals . |
| 11 | She switched on the wall light over the table rather than the bright central strip , hoping it would look coaler ; but it only seemed to bring up the shadows . |
| 12 | I do n't think he was fitted for the job as it seemed to bring out the worst in him and his language used to become very picturesque . |
| 13 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 14 | Every Diamond is selected , matched and mounted to bring out the maximum ‘ fire ’ and beauty from each . |
| 15 | On the other hand , a photograph can not be generalized or simplified to bring out the important diagnostic features of a species ; it must be always of an individual at a particular time and place . |
| 16 | As the Act became more widely known , people began to bring in the industrial tribunal claims which were , in effect , wrongful dismissal claims in disguise — typically , claims in respect of non-payment of notice monies . |
| 17 | Frau Trauffer and her daughter began to bring in the first of six bountiful courses . |
| 18 | The impressive Victorian building has recently been refurbished and restored bringing back the old fashioned courtesy , charm and service of a bygone era . |
| 19 | Spencer Chapman , designing for ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , managed to bring back the tricycle idea for getting the Daleks to move on rough terrain . |
| 20 | They chose to bring out the paper . ’ |
| 21 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 22 | He was sorry that he had brought up the subject and hastily departed for his shower , shouting that he would tell her while he was dressing . |
| 23 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 24 | She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes , that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways . |
| 25 | And Melanie 's aunt might be important if Loretta was going to pursue this line of inquiry : presumably it was she who had brought up the girl after her parents ' death in the plane crash . |
| 26 | Careless talk or dark allegations about the true intent of such moderate measures as the Registry Act by slave-owners themselves in Barbados had brought on the trouble there in 1816 . |
| 27 | The Unitarian minister and editor Edwin Chapman underlined that desire to overcome separation when in his thanksgiving sermon on Emancipation Day in 1834 he proclaimed that it was the Christian principle evinced by all the sects and parties which had brought on the victory . |
| 28 | He had just returned after a 3-day affair with another woman which had brought on the crisis . |
| 29 | Those circumstances had brought about the capitalist system and had also created the concepts on which it was based . |
| 30 | By 1882 , Edison 's system of generating power in a central power station , changed industrial methods almost as much as steam had brought about the industrial revolution , and by 1885 the first internal combustion driven machine had appeared , to be followed in 1894 by the first recognisable motorcar . |