Example sentences of "he [vb past] to bring the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Above all , he sought to bring the headmen , or ‘ village police ’ , fully into a police structure which would cover the entire island .
2 It was in this mood that he decided to bring The Criterion to an end .
3 Accordingly , he decided to bring the contest to a speedy conclusion .
4 No , the problem which really preoccupied him , which he kept returning to from one direction after another , and one in which he never seemed to make headway , was how to use the information he had to bring the conflict between Copt and Moslem to an end .
5 In a surprise move on Jan. 17 Judge Hoeveler stated that he wanted to bring the Noriega case to trial " very quickly " , and set a trial date for March 5 .
6 The governing principle , therefor , in Britten 's operas is the musico-dramatic thrust , and the words he set to bring the opera about are stepping-stones to the final product .
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