Example sentences of "bring [noun sg] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , it would not work because the arrangement 2x + y does not provide a means of bringing accountability to bear on the performance of management : for it is highly improbable that a group of people which is primarily a derivative from two opposed and irreconcilable interests can effectively be called to account by either ; and the addition of a third group accountable to no one further confounds the confusion . |
| 2 | I hope your excellent paper will bring pressure to bear on the media and make April 23 a special day , and make the English realise they want to be ruled by their own countryman . |
| 3 | Payne Stewart , not wearing his usual football colours or his regular cap as he was playing for his country , brought emotion to bear on the contest . |
| 4 | It needs to be seen as part of the renewed offensive launched by militant evangelicalism in the 1880s , which influenced a whole range of single issue campaigns and brought pressure to bear on the Liberal Party hierarchy . |
| 5 | On his eastern border , Ine brought pressure to bear on the eastern Saxons who were sheltering exiles from his kingdom . |
| 6 | All the organisations interested in penal reform are disappointed that the Criminal Justice Bill did not pass into law before the outbreak of war and will immediately on the termination of hostilities in Europe bring pressure to bear on the Government to reintroduce that Bill , with or without amendment . |
| 7 | Decisions therefore can be influenced by these active movements , e.g. greens , peace , and feminists , which highlight issues and capture the public 's attention and thus bring pressure to bear on the government during inter-electoral periods . |
| 8 | The Club obviously preferred to have a public supply but this did not seem easy to arrange for the Minutes frequently talk about ‘ bringing pressure to bear on the Water Companies ’ . |
| 9 | The European settlers gradually increased in numbers and additionally brought over slaves from the Guinea Coast thus bringing pressure to bear on the already sparse natural vegetation . |
| 10 | As customers if they do n't get the quality that they want they need to bring pressure to bear on the in-school supplier . |
| 11 | The attitudes of governors to the mass media vary , but most are reported to bring pressure to bear on the press , radio and television . |
| 12 | For most of the membership the purpose of doing so , however , was not to build a new political party , but to bring pressure to bear on the Government to conduct the war in a more radical spirit . |
| 13 | It took some years for a lobby to emerge , strong enough to bring pressure to bear on the scandal of the continuing presence of the nineteenth-century slums . |
| 14 | Elected to Parliament in 1885 , Wilson was able to bring pressure to bear on the Liberal Party , both for repeal and for a wider programme of moral reform and social disciplining . |
| 15 | But as a as a member of his club you should be able to you should you should be able to bring power to bear on the er the top bod should n't you ? |