Example sentences of "[verb] [be] brought [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analysis has been brought forward to show that what was taken as proof of a lack of logical processes amongst ‘ primitive ’ peoples was often simply misunderstanding by ill-informed European commentators of the meaning of what was being said and done . |
| 2 | Officials in San'aa denied that there was any basis for these reports , which were , however , used in Western press reports to suggest that unification had been brought forward to pre-empt the development of any serious opposition of this kind . |
| 3 | They had been brought here to round up the escaped prisoners but fortunately no one was giving them any information . |
| 4 | A steering group had been brought together to advise and support the development of the project , but all the members were non-disabled professionals from a number of organisations including social services departments , the health authority and voluntary organisations . |
| 5 | Anson was well served in his turn by Rear-Admiral Sir Edward [ later Lord ] Hawke , who after replacing the disgraced Byng in the Mediterranean , had been brought home to command the Channel fleet . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been brought here to give a full account of Captain Meredith 's dealings . |
| 7 | Then he began : ‘ My friends , you have heard all the arguments that have been brought forward to prove the new world-view . |
| 8 | Six artists and arts administrators , who live and work in rural areas of Suffolk , have been brought together to act as the fund 's voluntary advisors . |
| 9 | Some thirteen investigators from seven institutions have been brought together to examine various dimensions of the data set ; some of the areas to be covered will be public sector/ private sector relationships , manual skill differentials , sex differentials , white-collar pay movements , the dispersion of pay , pay in relation to hours worked , shift work and incentive pay , the role of national collective agreements , and pay according to region , age and size of plant . |