Example sentences of "brought [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , the results of an autopsy carried out by an Israeli and a US pathologist on Feb. 7 indicated that whilst Akawi had been beaten he had died as a result of a " cardiac insufficiency " brought on by a serious heart condition . |
2 | Depression is sometimes brought on by a sudden change in one 's life , such as coming into a Home . |
3 | His intellectual and emotional itinerary between 1924 and 1927 is the record of a deepening crisis brought on by a growing realisation of the political and social dimension of his current lifestyle , an awareness that his pursuit of academic excellence and success had implicated him personally in a way of life that contradicted , subverted and emasculated the values and beliefs of his own social origins . |
4 | Some are looking to sell their practices or merge their way out of problems that have been brought on by the severest recession the UK has experienced since the 1930s . |
5 | Or maybe she was experiencing a sort of nightmare or hallucination — some kind of unfortunate delusion brought on by the overwhelming stress and strain of her job … ? |
6 | Rachel , who had already been battling with unpredictable sensations brought on by the close proximity of David clad only in his brief black swimming-trunks , felt her cheeks flame and could n't bring herself to look at him . |
7 | In part , McKenna sees this as a natural reaction to the ecological crisis brought on by the modern era . |
8 | I could never get over the transformation of the vast auditorium by the dimming of the lights , the beautiful changes of colour on the curtains , and the anticipation brought on by the roaring lion , the muscle man with his gong the snow capped mountain , the searchlights probing the 20th Century . |
9 | This drably official account of the matter was not welcomed by the media of the day , who looked for more exciting explanations , such as a double suicide brought on by the well-known English affliction of ‘ spleen ’ , or a murder of Mrs Pattison by Mr following his discovery that she was pregnant by a young ‘ Milord ’ . |
10 | Early autumn , and still no sign that the new-route boom , brought on by the very un-Chamoniard weather , is over . |
11 | These bunkers , beautifully trimmed around the edges and beautifully raked , looked innocent and defenceless — an illusion , as I knew , brought on by the fresh and shining morning . |
12 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
13 | Social injustice is brought on by an economic policy perpetuated by the Tories and their . |
14 | The ‘ bad mood ’ syndrome brought on by an offensive odour and the resulting symptoms of annoyance can lead to antisocial behaviour ; relationships with family , friends and others become strained , the persons most affected perhaps blaming other members of the family for the position in which they find themselves and which they consider intolerable , leading in extreme cases to marriage problems or at least much unhappiness . |
15 | There 's a school of thought that Hanley should be given a spot on the bench and brought on in a game-breaking role . |
16 | Yes , and an astute decision by Milton 's manager , Keith Stocks , saw substitute Brian Marlan brought on in the sixty eighth minute and two minutes later he was all smiles as he headed home Nigel Mott 's cross to break the deadlock . |
17 | John Walford 's fate spoke powerfully of life 's arbitrary horror , and of destruction brought down on a good and generous man who had done a terrible thing , but ‘ without fore-intending it ’ . |
18 | Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down . |
19 | Schools should be able to request more frequent inspections so that the best practice of a few is not brought down to the standard practice of the many . |
20 | The two men combed the moors , squelching through the soggy ground until they were satisfied that all the sheep had been rounded up and brought down to the lower pastures to safety . |
21 | Beattie was taken back to the cell and shortly afterwards brought down to the main police office where the other men who had been arrested were being assembled . |
22 | So , Lessing maintained , the first kind of truth can not be demonstrated by the second , nor brought down to the same level . |
23 | Some experienced foilers hold onto the spar end of a Flexifoil , shaking it while nearly vertical then when air-filled , it is brought down to the horizontal for the assisted launch . |
24 | It was he whom Matthew had brought down in a flying tackle . |
25 | Cremonese dominated the first half and were unlucky not to get a penalty when winger Massika Lombardini was brought down by a joint tackle from Osman and Gerry Harrison . |
26 | Hendrie was brought down by a clumsy Kevin Jobling challenge just inside the area . |
27 | If Haser could be brought down by the Swiss for money-laundering , so the theory went , then he would have no reason to dig the hole he was in any deeper by embarrassing the CIA with gratuitous revelations about the agency 's arms deals with Saddam Hussein . |
28 | Mrs Thatcher was not technically brought down by the formal election processes . |
29 | Shortly before the first autumn snows the flock is brought down from the high pastures . |
30 | Otherwise the tt building will have deemed to not comply to B one of the building regulations which I do n't want to go into too much detail but basically what it is that with effect from nineteen ninety one the smoke alarm smoke detector bill came into er operation and it was brought in into the nineteen ninety two building regulations when they were amended from the nineteen eighty five regulations that states now any new build homes shall have and be fitted with a mains operated , with battery backup , smoke detection system . |