Example sentences of "[was/were] brought to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the four years 1522–5 the King may have got as much as £100,000 per annum from forced loans and subsidies , but his foreign adventures were brought to a sudden and ignominious halt by the refusal to pay the ‘ amicable grant ’ . |
| 2 | But her thoughts were brought to an abrupt end , as she descried two figures on their way up the path , and knew she must vacate the viewpoint for Rosie and her Francisco . |
| 3 | In August 1870 Nietzsche 's work was brought to a temporary halt by the Franco-Prussian war , which had begun in July . |
| 4 | Based on the example of the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal palace , the Paris venture was an enormous success and the splendid summer season was brought to a brilliant close by the State Visit of Victoria and Albert . |
| 5 | His strong and aggressive displays were a feature of Palace 's progress back to Division Two , but his playing career was brought to a premature end by a troublesome eye complaint and his final match with us was the 6th round FA Cup-tie against Leeds ( 0–3 ) on 10 March 1965 . |
| 6 | Beset with cooling and undercarriage problems , the Keiun made one flight only , on May 8 , 1945 and this was brought to a premature close by high engine temperatures . |
| 7 | The party had to end eventually , of course , and it was brought to a full stop by one man — Ken Bates . |
| 8 | In any case the sooner the war was brought to a satisfactory conclusion the better . |
| 9 | The car was brought to a sudden halt ; an inertial throw , catch , jerkiness unsettled the passengers ; fortunately their bodies responded safely . |
| 10 | The whole subject was brought to a sudden climax when Hilbert in 1888 showed that for a form of any degree in any number of variables a finite " basis " always exists — and this without giving any indication of how to find such a set in any particular instance ! |
| 11 | This highly successful phase in communist party history was brought to a sudden end by Stalin 's rigorous application of realpolitik in September 1939 . |
| 12 | The meeting was brought to a fitting climax by Professor Brian Johnson ( Edinburgh ) , who gave a highly entertaining lecture on how studies of metal clusters are providing an intriguing insight into the interfacial region between solution and solid state reactivity . |
| 13 | The cheap energy era was brought to an abrupt end with a resultant shock to the international economic/monetary system . |
| 14 | Fred continued playing until October 1949 when his career was brought to an abrupt end by a dreadful head injury incurred at Bournemouth . |
| 15 | With the restoration of the monarchy and established church in 1660 , this doctrinal and liturgical Babel was brought to an abrupt end . |
| 16 | The international pre-eminence the country had enjoyed since defeating Napoleon in 1812 was brought to an abrupt end by the Crimean War ( 1853–56 ) . |
| 17 | Indeed HMI 's influence in the debate has been cumulative , insistent and strong : it began with a briefing paper from Sheila Browne , the Senior Chief HMI , at the time of the Callaghan Ruskin speech , which on a political front launched a debate on education which seemed to run and run , until it was brought to an unexpected denouement and an abrupt closure with the Education Reform Act of 1988 . |