Example sentences of "[Wh det] brought [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radio Monte Carlo reported on Aug. 29 that Syria had released Nureddin al-Atasi , President from February 1966 until his overthrow by the 1970 bloodless coup which brought Assad to power , after 22 years ' imprisonment . |
| 2 | Said Sheher , the man who organised the competition which brought contestants to Whitby from all over the United Kingdom as well as Belgium and Germany , said : ‘ Karate is a rough sport . ’ |
| 3 | The report added that human rights violations in northern Sudan had increased dramatically since the June 1989 coup which brought Bashir to power [ see p. 36728 ] , with purges in the judiciary , civil service and Army , the banning of trade unions , and the torture of hundreds of political detainees . |
| 4 | Samuel Katwere , editor of The Star , the only independent English-language newspaper , was arrested on Nov. 6 , 1989 , and held without charge over an article published in the paper on Sept. 22 , 1989 , which alleged that the managing director of the government-owned Ugandan Commercial Bank was being paid huge amounts in compensation for the death of two children during the war which brought Museveni to power , and further called Museveni a liar for defending the banker against allegations raised in parliament that he was being paid more than he was worth . |
| 5 | In April 1974 , seven months after the coup which brought Pinochet to power , he arrived at the Air Force base of Colina on the outskirts of Santiago to begin his two years of military service . |
| 6 | Joey Smallwood , during his 23 years as Liberal premier , did several dreadful deals in hopes of quick riches : from the oil refinery at appropriately named Come by Chance to the sale of hydroelectric power from Churchill Falls , which brought wealth to Quebec instead , as the middleman supplier to New England . |
| 7 | The nationwide hunt for the maker of the explosives is centred in Grampian , where detectives are also investigating a possible link with last week 's elaborate hoax which brought chaos to Aberdeen . |
| 8 | To a post-Renaissance intellectual , the Middle Ages had advanced only a small way beyond the sixth century Goths ; it was the Renaissance which brought greatness to architecture . |
| 9 | * It is also possible to put presuppositions into a sentence by just rearranging the parts , as in the following example ( called a CLEFT ) , based on " Senecan influence brought blood to Renaissance tragedy " : It was Senecan influence which brought blood to Renaissance tragedy . |
| 10 | Its headlights came on full beam , and it accelerated away with a rising roar which brought heads to windows all along the street . |
| 11 | According to Radio Française d'Outre-Mer on the nearby French-administered island of Mayotte , about 30 officers were involved in the coup attempt , led by Lt. Abderamane Abdallah and Lt. Cheikh Abdallah , sons of the former President , Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman , who was assassinated on Nov. 27 , 1989 , in the coup which brought Djohar to power [ see pp. 37033-34 ] . |
| 12 | This was n't even by the rusty old tramp which brought stores to Danu once a month , but on a smaller wooden vessel , captained by a cut-throat old Bugi from Makassar , whose bilge pumps were perpetually squirting a drooping arc of water from the sides . |
| 13 | Yet what brought Edward to heel temporarily at least — was a baronial threat that they might have to find another king if he would not keep his coronation oath , which in their minds meant observing the Ordinances . |