Example sentences of "the [noun] bring down " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the verb to bring down that forges the link between the otherwise still nouns and pronoun in the sentence . |
| 2 | Yet he stressed the importance of middle-class religion and family life to the monarchy 's health : ‘ A family on the throne brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life . ’ |
| 3 | A familiar sound in the Amazonian rainforest as the loggers bring down another mahogany tree . |
| 4 | To add to this demoralising sense of isolation , the tenacious curtain of smoke from the bombardment meant that the front line frequently could not see the supporting troops behind ; nor , worse still , could their rockets of supplication asking for the artillery to bring down a barrage , or cease shelling their own positions , be seen at the rear . |
| 5 | We know , for example , that for much of that period , places such as the lower Ouse Valley and the lower Arran and Ada Valleys were in fact flooded arms of the sea and that the sediment brought down by the rivers of Sussex from inland , along with deposition by the sea in the quiet waters within those estuary-type areas , has gradually in-filled them . |
| 6 | The treaty was eventually ratified but the crisis brought down the Kishi government and produced the most widespread political protests of the postwar years . |
| 7 | But one key question is — what will the waters bring down with them ? |
| 8 | ‘ We intend to have the barrier brought down to block off the car park at nights , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Just the thing to bring down the evil empire . |
| 10 | The goalkeeper brought down John Hendrie as the winger moved to his right to prepare to shoot for goal after pouncing on a back pass . |
| 11 | But is it also part of the push to bring down inflation , to curb credit ? |
| 12 | Mr Sillars accused the leadership of unravelling ten years of work by party activists — a reference to the SNP decision to vote with the Tories to bring down the Labour government in 1979 which led to the taunt ‘ Tartan Tories ’ . |