Example sentences of "[noun sg] bring [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their kindness brought comfort to Mrs McDermott when she travelled to Belfast last week on the 20th anniversary of her son 's disappearance . |
| 2 | An attempt to bring Eyre to justice on a trial of murder , spearheaded by John Stuart Mill , was to prove unsuccessful in spite of the Lord Chief Justice 's eloquent support for his indictment . |
| 3 | On Sept. 10 Aquino led a " people power " rally of 100,000-200,000 people to the Senate in an unsuccessful attempt to bring pressure on senators to change their minds . |
| 4 | It 's Jamel Mobuto 's intention to bring democracy to Zimbala . |
| 5 | * It is also possible to put presuppositions into a sentence by just rearranging the parts , as in the following example ( called a CLEFT ) , based on " Senecan influence brought blood to Renaissance tragedy " : It was Senecan influence which brought blood to Renaissance tragedy . |
| 6 | On the whole , although there is an exception in 583 , when Childebert II 's army refused to obey the policies of bishop Egidius of Rheims , the military followers of the Merovingians liked to fight : a battle brought hope of booty . |
| 7 | STENCIL RANGE BRINGS INDIVIDUALITY TO ROOM REDECORATION |
| 8 | New move to bring life to churchyards |
| 9 | I impressed on them the need to bring independence to Namibia and progress in South Africa . |
| 10 | Well , while airmen from RAF Lyneham are winning medals for their bravery bringing relief to Sarajevo , another detachment from the base are working tirelessly in Africa , to help the starving people of Somalia . |
| 11 | Deputy Head brought child into school and was dealing with the incident in his office when the child 's Class Teacher burst in in a frenzied manner shouting that this was what she did n't want to happen and the child was getting too much attention . |
| 12 | Her knowledge of Italian brought release with ajob with an archaeological unit in Eritrea , and she followed this by becoming a guide-lecturer in Liverpool : thinking on her feet in French , Italian or Portuguese in front of audiences ranging from rich Texans to poor shop assistants . |
| 13 | Today 's myth has it that the Davy miner 's lamp brought safety to Britain 's coal pits . |
| 14 | An article in the issue of 10 February entitled ‘ Why the safety lamp increased accidents ’ ( p 352 ) is headed ‘ Today 's myth has it that the Davy miner 's lamp brought safety to Britain 's coal pits . |
| 15 | A thumbnail sketch by a friend brings Fénéon to life : ‘ He did not thrust himself upon you . |
| 16 | Quality service brings reward at Card Centre |
| 17 | Flood wall brings fear of overflow effect on the coast |
| 18 | For experts who 've spent a career bringing pneumoconiosis under control , these revelations are deeply disturbing . |
| 19 | Nuisance — Public — Planning permission , grant of — Local authority granting permission for development of commercial port — Movement of heavy goods vehicles on roads leading to port — Vehicles causing serious disturbance to residents — Local authority bringing action in nuisance against port authorities — Whether disturbance public nuisance |
| 20 | Since the 1970s there has been a movement to bring art into hospitals , to sugar the pill , to the advantage of both patients and artists . |
| 21 | The preaching of the Good News brings reconciliation with God and makes reconciliation possible with our neighbour . |
| 22 | More recently , in many primitive societies , where animism has been practised , it would have been considered sacrilege to bring nature under control . |
| 23 | Exactly how he intends to do this , and how such an attempt will fit into his strategy to bring inflation under control , remain a mystery . |
| 24 | PATIENTS were stranded in their beds as a torrent of flood water swept through a North Wales hospital last night when a freak rain storm brought havoc to parts of North Wales . |
| 25 | The autumn statement brought encouragement for capital investment , some modest help for the construction and vehicle industries , a leg-up for exporters . |
| 26 | Mr Bush admitted the assassination was ‘ a direct setback to the effort to bring peace to Lebanon . ’ |
| 27 | No one who is responsible for massacring his fellow citizens will be accepted as a partner in the effort to bring peace to Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | A CLWYD school has come to the aid of project to bring help to children at a Lithuanian hospital . |
| 29 | Thus a cleruchy was imposed on Andros in 450 , perhaps on Euboia too , since tribute from these islands drops after 450 , one sign of a cleruchy : loss of land brought mitigation of tribute . |
| 30 | All resources used must be monitored so that project progress can be compared with plan , and the monitoring of expenditure brings R&D into contact with the accounts department which exercises surveillance on all company financial transactions . |