Example sentences of "bring home the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if , to the youth , ‘ living was more important than education ’ , engaging in competitive sport can bring home the new realization that achieving results in education can be important to living . |
| 2 | These examples should bring home the great difference that there is for Moore between intrinsic good and bad and anything of the nature of pleasure or pain . |
| 3 | Rumour had it that , particularly towards the end of the financial year when sales targets were a few thousand off and hopes of bonuses were beginning to fade , the sound of the office globe could be heard spinning as anxious sales staff searched the world for the magic market that would bring home the bacon . |
| 4 | We doubt whether the shock-horror TV advertising campaign will directly stop youngsters sniffing solvents , but it should bring home the horrors of the practice to those who can do something about it parents . |
| 5 | They bring home the inequality of material conditions : at the one extreme old men in filthy lodgings chopping a few sticks to keep warm , and at the other the lady of the manor supported by servants and a companion in her immaculate drawing-room . |
| 6 | But above all they bring home the fragility of human power to rescue us from despair and the absence of hope . |
| 7 | As I revise this chapter , celebrations of the anniversary of the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688 once again bring home the fact that while other nations trace the origins of their freedom and identity to popular uprisings , the British happily attach the word ‘ revolution ’ to a mere coup d'état . |
| 8 | Bring home the bacon . |
| 9 | Bring home THE BACON |
| 10 | His answer is immediate and emphatic a good hunter , he says you know what a woman wants in a , in a husband is a man who can you know bring home the bacon literally , er it 's not smoked of course , but it 's fresh ! |
| 11 | Vietnam 35 years later , moving images and sounds bring home the horror of a napalm attack . |
| 12 | Bringing home the exiles is a possible option ( James Whitaker , Bill Athey , Steven Rhodes ) but players of this class will not be lured back easily , for the reasons above . |
| 13 | It 's not a big deal in the scheme of things but you get an awful lot of hassle when all your mates are going to university , or start bringing home the bacon . |
| 14 | ‘ If a woman is n't working , her husband 's bringing home the pay cheque and it 's seen very much as ‘ his money ’ , compulsive spending can be a way of getting back at him if she 's angry , ’ explains Simon Gelsthorpe . |
| 15 | Mr Paul Wolfowitz , under-secretary for defence policy , warned against trying to cash in the potential defence savings too early , by bringing home the troops and scaling down the armed forces before the situation in Europe had stabilised to the point where a sensible long-term policy could be drafted . |
| 16 | Mrs Imelda Marcos , widow of the late President Ferdinand Marcos , hopes to resuscitate her ailing political campaign by bringing home the body of her late husband on April 12 . |
| 17 | No wonder , he 's just bringing home the British Open champion . ’ |
| 18 | It was those two who invariably forgot to comply with Judith 's requests , while John and I usually showed up with the items , literally bringing home the bacon . |
| 19 | All of this suggests that our owners and trainers need to provide much better — and probably longer — preparation if they are really intent on bringing home the richest prizes in their sport . |
| 20 | By bringing home the pick-ups he despises |
| 21 | Bringing home the bacon |
| 22 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |
| 23 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON … |
| 24 | There 's bringing home the bacon … and then there 's bringing back the ham . |
| 25 | Dead Certain 's win yet again brought home the fact that there is life after the Maktoums . |
| 26 | Mr Plowden added : ‘ Last year 's forecasts of a 66 per cent rise in demand over the next 20 years brought home the enormity of the environmental threat posed by current minerals policy . ’ |
| 27 | Whether offensive or defensive strategies are being reassessed , the Gulf War has brought home the fact that automation has become the cornerstone of virtually all new military systems — so much so that we are moving steadily towards a fully automated battlefield . |
| 28 | The sheer impact of The Lost Houses of Wales had really brought home the message . |
| 29 | Informal meetings with 100 carers also brought home the reality of mutual abuse , with roughly half saying they were abused , though it still has to be determined what part physical abuse played . |
| 30 | Moreover , the war rudely brought home the military cost of social and economic backwardness . |