Example sentences of "be to bring [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess one option would be to bring Strach in for Fairclough , but presumably that would mean Speed ( or somebody ) playing a more withdrawn role . |
| 2 | As the hon. Gentleman implied by his question , the Government 's central purpose must be to bring terrorism to an end . |
| 3 | Silvestri 's role will be to bring focus to a task that Sun has previously handled only on an ad hoc basis . |
| 4 | It is one among many ‘ heavyweight ’ events being introduced into the festival by organisers who are trying to gain credibility in the science community , their main aim being to bring science to the people , mostly Scottish . |
| 5 | Here were the two developments , the use of the longbow and the adaptation of the traditional use of cavalry , which were to bring victories to the English in a number of foreign fields in the coming century or so . |
| 6 | This phrase comes from the prophet Jeremiah and means that the disciples were to bring people back to God . |
| 7 | The division of labour between them is not entirely clear , but their overall task is to bring actions against infringement of the provisions of the relevant Acts . |
| 8 | The aim is to bring calm to the streets and reduce the death toll on the roads which costs millions of pounds every year . |
| 9 | The problem is to bring resources to focus on these problems . |
| 10 | Thus one important target for a regulatory agency is to bring prices closely into line with costs . |
| 11 | He went on : ‘ Our overriding aim is to bring terrorism to an end so that the people of Northern Ireland may live in peace and stability and be able to take decisions about their own future in accordance with the principle of democratic consent and without fear or coercion . ’ |
| 12 | The theatre company which is to bring Roald Dahl 's The BFG , the Big Friendly Giant , to Darlington Civic Theatre has issued an appeal for corgis . |
| 13 | So we really do have to fight fiercely , and to do that , of course , erm one of the things that we do I think most effectively is to bring waves of foreign journalists here to write about how beautiful erm Britain is and indeed into your area , into the Oxford area , erm we 've got the Canadian T V crew coming next week , who 'll be filming and erm making erm documentary films for Canadian T V , which should be screened fairly quickly . |
| 14 | The stated aim is to bring product engineering closer to customers ; the Wall Street Journal quotes a senior DEC manager saying president Ken Olsen feels DEC is not getting an adequate return on its $1,600m annual investment in product engineering . |
| 15 | FRS 2 , Accounting for Subsidiary Undertakings ( see also this issue , p 124 ) , is an unusual standard in that its main function is to bring SSAP 14 into line with the 1989 Companies Act . |
| 16 | Our aim is to bring BP Oil 's refining capacity more into line with its sales in core markets . |
| 17 | Does the Prime Minister accept that one of the great achievements of the Olympic movement is to bring nations together in sporting endeavour and excellence and that similarly , despite the forthcoming general election , all political parties are brought together to support this country 's bid to host the Olympic games in the year 2000 ? |
| 18 | The aim of socialization is to bring children to a point at which they are no longer dependent on their senior relatives . |
| 19 | ‘ For people to suggest that to intern is to bring people on to the streets casts doubts on the integrity of the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | The purpose of this workshop is to bring people together who have been working in the area of users with special needs or disabilities . |
| 21 | His vision is to bring soul music to Dublin , and he sets out to bring together a band with raw potential and rough and ready talent . |
| 22 | ‘ We can only stress that such information from the public is vital if we are to bring people like Watson to trial . |
| 23 | But during the last decade the challenge of achieving expanding opportunities for the many has been ignored — instead , the priority has been to bring benefits only to the few . |
| 24 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 25 | The object of these letters was to bring Vial 's plan of 18 March 1790 to the notice of the influential readers of The Gentleman 's Magazine . |
| 26 | One of the few recommendations of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report of 1989 into the supply of beer that was adopted by the government was to bring tenants under the protection of the Landlord and Tenant Act . |
| 27 | The original purpose of this measure was to bring order to the gas industry but these controls subsequently had an adverse effect on exploration activities and in the 1970s , demand began to exceed supply . |
| 28 | Mission Volga 's main purpose was to bring hope to people in the midst of hopelessness in a country of continued political unrest and financial chaos . |
| 29 | The purpose was to bring Red Sea capacity to 1.6 million b/d , making 4.9 million in all , ignoring the Syrian line which seems unlikely ever to be reopened . |
| 30 | Thousands of young people were drafted into the ‘ Army of Knowledge ’ which was to bring literacy into the countryside . |