Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to bring the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bad weather has meant that farmers have not been able to bring the harvest in , and it has devastated the tourist industry . |
| 2 | He had exercised effective control of the labour force for ten years at the giant plant and had been able to bring the workers out on strike at the drop of a hat . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry to bring the baby , but I had to , as I 'd no-one to leave him with . ’ |
| 4 | However it ought to be possible to bring the reasons for it out into the light , and by doing so to show that whatever may be said of Tolkien 's view of reality , it was neither escapist nor thoughtless . |
| 5 | As the Expenses , IMCO , and Nicaragua cases demonstrate it may be possible to bring the question before an authoritative organ of the organisation , whose decision must be taken as conclusive . |
| 6 | The Americans are clearly hoping that it will be possible to bring the Palestinians and Israelis around the negotiating table without confronting the contradictions and achieve an historic breakthrough . |
| 7 | The Americans are clearly hoping that it will be possible to bring the Palestinians and Israelis around the negotiating table without confronting the contradictions and achieve an historic breakthrough . |
| 8 | In that way the landlord need serve only one notice ( the section 25 notice ) , which will be effective to bring the tenancy to an end , even if the landlord is not going to oppose any application for a new tenancy ( Scholl Mfg Co Ltd v Clifton ( Slim-Line ) Ltd [ 1967 ] Ch 41 ; Rene Claro ( Haute Coiffure ) Ltd v Halle Concerts Society [ 1969 ] 2 All ER 842 ; Keith Bayley Rogers & Co v Cubes Ltd ( 1975 ) 31 P & CR 412 ) . |
| 9 | There are , however , certain defences to an action for defamation , and a member of a council may be able to bring the language he uses within the ambit of one of those defences . |
| 10 | The administrative organs of an international organisation must be able to bring the requirements of the treaty to the attention of the member States , but if the members persist in their action , appear to have no further recourse . |
| 11 | But if you widen the pavements and you differentiate the pavements from the roadway , and you use continental traffic calming measures which are not great big humps but which are perhaps little stretches of cobbles and things like that , then you should be able to bring the speed down to twenty miles an hour . |
| 12 | In the belief that we can fund any remaining difference out of normal trading , we are now delighted to be able to bring the Lemon Fund/SAVE FACE appeal to an end . |
| 13 | It would be necessary to bring the tracks of both authorities into line and join them at Tooting Junction , but there remained the hiatus over the different methods of current collection and the L.C.C . |
| 14 | Tranmere manager John King is believed to be keen to bring the utility man to Prenton Park . |
| 15 | This combination of violas , cellos , and four horns would be sufficient to bring the part through , but further breadth and sonority would be gained by the addition of some of the lower woodwind if they can be spared . |
| 16 | Italian bankers also welcome the introduction of universal banking , though some grumble that regulators have been slow to bring the country into line with other European states . |
| 17 | Provided that the person putting the terms forward has taken reasonable steps to bring the terms to the attention of persons in general , it is irrelevant that those steps were insufficient to bring the terms to the attention of the particular contracting partner , for instance because he/she is illiterate , blind or can not speak the language in which the terms are printed ( Thompson v London Midland and Scottish Railway Co [ 1930 ] 1 KB 41 ) . |
| 18 | The evidence is there and my hon. Friend is right to bring the matter to the attention of the House . |
| 19 | Britain has not produced a champion since James Hunt in 1976 but Nigel Mansell is favourite to bring the driver 's title back to Britain . |
| 20 | This is likely to bring the arrangements for Scottish legislation under strain and increase the pressure for political devolution . |
| 21 | Like most slippery performance aircraft it is essential to bring the power back , get the speed back with some flap and the undercarriage down before starting the approach . |
| 22 | It is necessary to bring the wood to a moisture content which is nearly at equilibrium with the environment in which the timber is going to be used for if this is not done one must expect warping and shrinkage . |
| 23 | None the less these had been sufficient to bring the war almost to a stop . |
| 24 | Dark pigments in leaves and flowers contribute to warming ; their sparing use in spring leaves suggests that green pigments alone are sufficient to bring the leaves to optimum temperatures . |
| 25 | She did n't seem annoyed with Shelley at all , but she too spoke only about work and about coming attractions at the complex , almost as though she was embarrassed to bring the subject up . |
| 26 | Edward had met this challenge by invading Scotland , but he was unable to bring the enemy to battle . |
| 27 | As an ambiguous statement of that common ground Resolution 242 was a triumph , but it was insufficient to bring the parties together . |