Example sentences of "[vb infin] brought [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought the bumpy flight must have brought on a bout of air-sickness , but it was not so . |
| 2 | If Golding had replaced bushes by reeds , or river by pond , these would not have been stylistic variants , but would have brought about a change in the fictional world . |
| 3 | Cattle theft must also have brought about a measure of loss equal to the gain of those who profited . |
| 4 | Although the Schlieffen Plan , if faultlessly executed , might just have brought about the fall of France , in the event it failed because Moltke depleted , rather than strengthened , his right flank , and because , at the crucial moment , he lost his nerve . |
| 5 | Yet it does not occur to them that God might have brought about the defeat as an act of judgement upon them , and unlike Joshua and the elders in the story of Ai in Joshua 7 , they do not bother to turn to God to discover his mind . |
| 6 | The trio were modifying the trolley with implements they must have brought in the pockets of the golf-bags . |