Example sentences of "to bring some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His ideas appeared to bring some benefits : he lived to the age of 94 and at 87 married a young wife .
2 Mrs Browning , who looks weak and I believe has hardly moved from her room all winter , though she has ventured on a carriage trip or two since spring arrived , is excited by the promise Cavour has made to bring some statesmanship into this affair and hopes much from him .
3 ‘ She traded with them in an attempt to bring some prosperity to the region — ‘
4 She now washed her face and hands ; then stopping , she looked in the dressing-table mirror at the pale face confronting her and she nipped at her cheeks to bring some colour into them .
5 Beneath her window she could see the white humps of the pot in her backyard — pots that in summer she filled with geraniums and petunias in an effort to bring some colour to the uniform greyness , beyond them the wall that bordered the yard was also white-crusted .
6 So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’
7 Though it hardly seems possible , spring-flowering bulbs are on sale again , and if we want to bring some winter cheer to the home we should be planting them now .
8 Another possibility for the seminar is that if you want to bring some notes along to a sort of , if you show me a if you dream up hypothetical questions and then put a plan to answer them so that I can skim down it in about a minute or two .
9 However strong and loving the bond between carer and dependant may be , constant long-term caring is likely to bring some frustrations and difficulties .
10 Once , a message had been sent to Ford in Hollywood , entreating aid for the Navahos after a hard winter , and the director had found a Western script to make in Monument Valley simply to bring some money to the tribe .
11 Tyson 's lawyer wanted to bring some women in or summat , these three women what would say what other , like go against her to say erm that she wou just wanted him
12 The legislative programme should have included a criminal justice Bill to prohibit conviction on confession evidence alone , to bring some consistency into a chaotic sentencing policy and to give statutory rights to the victims of crime .
13 One of the ideas of the C E C setting out guidelines is in order to bring some consistency to proceedings .
14 One of the successful aspects of the work of the Enterprise Centre has been to forge new and strong links between staff from different faculties and departments and to bring some departments that have previously played a peripheral role into the mainstream of the University 's activities .
15 In an attempt to bring some order to this crazy world , two consortiums have been formed .
16 For social research workers to derive the maximum amount of benefit from published data they need to bring some order into their understanding of it , and for this some classification of documentary sources is needed .
17 Since the 1950s and 1960s there has been a weakening of the norms of ‘ good ’ congressional behaviour which , by obliging most members to conform , had in the past helped to bring some order into the legislature .
18 Cayley 's work soon encouraged many mathematicians to invariant theory , described by Sylvester as " the essence of modern algebra " , and so many invariants were found that , to bring some order to the subject , minimal systems of invariants were sought in terms of which all others could be expressed .
19 ‘ So now , ’ she concluded , ‘ I 'm trying to bring some order and beauty to the garden at the back of my flat , as you know .
20 Theresa rubbed her hands together to bring some life back into them and bent over the sheets of paper laid out on her work table , trying to forget the cold and concentrate on her designs .
21 But we 'll have to bring some hack today .
22 The therapist encouraged Tony to look back at what had and had not changed , and stressed the efforts Tony had made to bring some structure and pleasure to his weekly routine , and to pursue his search for a job .
23 He directed them to the Fish , took over the chaise from them before they entered the village , drove it across the meadow to the edge of Burtness Wood , calling , on his way , to the potboy to bring some oats .
24 I believe it 's a necessary reform , it 's a pity that the government have not taken the opportunity of change in the number of seats to bring some measure of proportionality to the British European elections .
25 He had promised , Mr Sands said , to bring some friends with him , but by four o'clock there had been no sign of them , until , suddenly , there was an immense bustle outside , and Mr Sands , rushing out , came back to announce triumphantly that Cousin James had arrived — ‘ Better late than never ’ being his unoriginal version of the truth , and the Hon.
26 Precisely because it is seeking to bring some awareness of spirituality to those mostly brought up in a spiritual desert , great care is needed to avoid conveying misleading impressions .
27 We hope to bring some unity to the industry . ’
28 And one of the things we set out to do was to bring some stability to the industry because everyone was trying to carve prices up .
29 David Kemp today joined the coaching staff at Crystal Palace as new manager Alan Smith attempts to bring some stability to the relegated club .
30 The desire to bring some regulation into internal conflict by imposing duties as well as rights upon individuals justifies Article 3 and Protocol II .
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