Example sentences of "[was/were] brought in [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Great consternation was felt in banking circles , who felt they could be implicated , and less draconian measures to deal with the matter were brought in under the CJA 1988 , which allows the waiving of civil liabilities if banks inform the police of suspicions of fraud or drug trafficking in good faith .
2 The directives were brought in at the beginning of the year in response to EC directives .
3 Northumbrian villages , though protected to some extent by castles and garrisons such as those at Carlisle , Naworth , Harbottle and Norham , tended to be built in a sort of miniature bailey around a large square green which could be gated when cattle were brought in for the night .
4 ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table .
5 Tory Peter Jones said it was time South Africa was brought in from the cold .
6 The drawing was identified as a Rembrandt by Christie 's Old Master drawings expert , Hugo Chapman , when it was brought in by the owner for valuation .
7 In 1572 he was brought in by the musician , Alfonso Ferrabosco [ q.v. ] , to design the tournament staged to greet the French embassy in June of that year .
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