Example sentences of "[coord] bring [pron] [adv prt] to " in BNC.

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1 Caird specialises in buying small waste management and landfill companies , integrating them and bringing them up to existing and proposed European standards on waste disposal .
2 You add all this other information and you constantly do that throughout the 24 hour day by saying that , ‘ it 's 11 o'clock , time for your coffee ’ , ‘ it 's twelve o'clock , it 's time for lunch ’ , and constantly giving your name and bringing them back to the present . ’
3 His occupation , which was that of picking up men in a neighbouring public house , with which he had a working arrangement , during the evening hours , and bringing them back to the boat , was not particularly profitable .
4 When they were n't running across it , cheered on by the headmaster , they were snipping bits off it and bringing them back to school to put in jars .
5 He had moved in and taken the stuffiness out of the business , slaughtering its ‘ professional ’ pretensions , and bringing it on to the High Street long before the present new wave of trendy estate agents .
6 I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements .
7 We knew that they were testing them , and checking it over and bringing it up to standard , but we did n't know anything about it other than that !
8 Extracting this heat involves pumping water down an injection borehole drilled from the surface , circulating it through pre-existing fractures , or joints , in the rock , which have been enlarged using high-pressure liquid , and bringing it back to the surface via a second borehole .
9 Just collecting from somewhere else and bringing it back to themselves .
10 Fortunately Chief Petty Officer Richard Saunders RN , my husband 's father , had taught him very early how to box the compass and he was able to bring her north of Scotland , round our north eastern seaboard and bring her in to Chatham dockyard for paying-off .
11 I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way .
12 Clench your fists and bring them up to shoulder height , knuckles upward , elbows at your sides .
13 Funded by the European Community , the World Association of Nuclear Operators is co-ordinating an international effort to improve operating procedures at Kozloduy and bring them up to international safety standards .
14 ‘ This will help to redress the balance and bring them back to a positive situation .
15 The same undertaker as had handled the disposal of Jacob 's body would collect the coffins and bring them back to Suffolk .
16 Go and bring them back to .
17 She does n't avoid the painful issues that divide us — but , as few writers can , she makes us laugh at them and bring them down to size .
18 The final humiliation came when Branson and Draper flew out to Munich to see Oldfield perform in concert and bring him up to date on the current situation .
19 We call upon the BBC for a radical change of policy and demand programmes which build character instead of destroying it , which encourage and sustain faith in God and bring Him back to the heart of our family and national life .
20 In the end I had to go up to him and bring him back to the fire .
21 You see we 'll keep good hold of him , and bring him back to you bound , if need be .
22 In 1686 the English envoy to the States General , Bevil Skelton [ q.v. ] , and some of James II 's army officers attempted to kidnap Peyton and bring him back to England , but failed , and the affair caused a diplomatic incident .
23 Could I say to the minister and bring him back to the real world about regeneration .
24 Erm well perhaps before I answer that question Mr Chairman , I could just briefly skim across the programme and bring you up to date as to where we are and then we 'll go directly on to that point .
25 Now this is where you go to the branch , and the branch management team stand up and bring you up to date with everything that 's happening in the company with product changes , legislation changes , yes , some of it 's boring , but it 's information you 've got to have .
26 Then shower — ‘ Acqua Fredda ’ , cold spray to tone and give elasticity to the skin and bring you down to earth .
27 The additional thermic effect produced by the Walking Diet ( low fat food and aerobic exercise ) will gradually help produce the change in body shape that you desire and bring you back to your target weight .
28 The easiest method of growing this species is to grow it in a flower-pot immersed in a shallow tank and bring it up to a reasonable size .
29 they do n't talk so the language changes all the time , and each time they bring out a new d dictionary they try to say erm this is the way people talk , and bring it up to date so that we 're not all talking in the past .
30 Please ensure that you check your list and bring it up to date now and return to the Office .
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