Example sentences of "[vb infin] to a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closure of the Strait of Hormuz will bring to a stop the wheels of Western industries . |
| 2 | It may also bring to a head a number of crucial questions about spreading priorities — for example , defence versus social security spending — when the oil revenues begin to decline over the coming years . |
| 3 | And it would bring to an end a promising era of Security Council co-operation . |
| 4 | It would bring to an end a long and glorious chapter in the history of humanity 's intellectual struggle to understand the universe . |
| 5 | What Pepper v Hart does is bring to an end an anomaly most lay people would not have believed existed : that the courts , when trying to interpret the meaning of statutory provisions , have not been allowed to take into consideration Parliamentary debates and the legislators ' intentions during the passing of a Bill . |
| 6 | At first Christians looked upon the risen Jesus as the Messiah whose return was imminent and would bring to an end the existing world-order . |
| 7 | It would transfer supervision of the areas from the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) to the National Parks Service and would bring to an end the existing cattle ranching , mining activity and off-road vehicle use . |
| 8 | The end of the Persian War did not bring to an end the Athenian Empire , though the existence of the confederacy was now harder to justify . |
| 9 | These examples are tolerably plain , but it must depend to a large extent on the facts of each case whether the law will attribute to a person the immediate right to possess . |
| 10 | The computer can record input and present analyses to a high level of detail , and can also dictate to an extent the order in which mathematical tasks are performed , e.g. estimation before computation . |
| 11 | For instance : how does one convey to an audience the notion of a ship travelling in time ? |
| 12 | But if the puffin is aware of the pirate in good time , it can accelerate to a speed the skua can not match . |
| 13 | Although I remained resolute that my partnership with Charlie would come to an end the moment I was offered a place at university , I still believed that with his energy and drive , combined with my level-headed approach in all matters financial , we would surely have impressed my father and perhaps even Granpa Charlie . |