Example sentences of "brought [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kevin Gallacher , brought on as a substitute in Berne , should be in the starting line-up against Portugal . |
| 2 | ( i ) As a result of the progress of medical science certain conditions are now so easily diagnosable and treatable , that , although they once carried a mortality , it can no longer be said that they do , unless that mortality is brought on as a result of some wholly unexpected and exceptional circumstance , for example gross negligence on the part of the doctor treating the patient . |
| 3 | He had been brought on to the board of the Citizens Theatre , Glasgow , by its founder , the playwright James Bridie . |
| 4 | During debates in the House , the offending Mapplethorpe photographs were not brought on to the floor lest they offend the ‘ decorum ’ of the House . |
| 5 | Outside contractors are not brought on to the University 's premises except by prior agreement with the University ; |
| 6 | It is undeniable that consumers have the capacity to resist the blandishments of advertisers , as borne out by the failure of many products brought on to the market . |
| 7 | Brothers Jan and Roger Rowe have changed their farming policy because of TB which was , they think , brought on to the farm by badgers and then picked up by grazing dairy cows . |
| 8 | Outbreaks of violence were common , usually brought on by a mixture of glue and alcohol . |
| 9 | In 1974 his property and investment group also faced problems brought on by a credit squeeze and downturn in the building market . |
| 10 | Her triumph in securing Dombey as a husband for Edith is dashed by Edith 's unconcealed contempt and resentment after the marriage , and she dies in confusion of mind and physical incapacity brought on by a stroke . |
| 11 | ‘ A deficient libido brought on by a set of socio-physical determinants manifesting in a psycho-sexual syndrome , whereby you can only achieve sensual gratification through the experience of pain . ’ |
| 12 | And medical experts say the horrific condition may have been brought on by a paracetamol tablet . |
| 13 | We are being taken to the ‘ limits of pain ’ brought on by a means of transport which is too loud , ugly , congested , dirty , dangerous and expensive . |
| 14 | It is argued that although cattle stealing was affected by administrative arrangements , particularly in the twentieth century , it was more sensitive to economic influences , especially changes in land use brought on by the expansion of plantations . |
| 15 | And despite massive obstacles — the destruction caused by the First World War , the ravages of a civil war brought on by the support that foreign capitalists lent the savage counter-revolutionary efforts of Russia 's defeated classes , international isolation in the inter-war period , the appalling destruction wrought by Hitler 's rapacious invasion , the sustained hostility of the capitalist West — a socialist society was built . |
| 16 | But mother-of-two Mrs Spence said her sick leave was brought on by the stress of overwork . |
| 17 | The aggression may spring from the threat to my inner peace and well-being brought on by the anxiety which I impose unconsciously on the situation . |
| 18 | But there is also a vociferous minority that sees the paper as ‘ unrealistic ’ , ‘ impractical ’ and ‘ an overreaction ’ to pressures brought on by the recession and the corporate collapses that have come in its wake . |
| 19 | Results of surveys taken in recent years in AIB have indicated that staff morale is low — as it is in all banks — and this can certainly be said for those in Britain where members have had to endure in the past five years a two year period of unreal thinking , the additional pressures brought on by the recession , the pressures brought on by short staffing and on top of all that the lack of recognition in monetary terms for their efforts in ‘ keeping the ship afloat ’ . |
| 20 | Lately he had been troubled by rheumatism brought on by the damp in the house , and his doctor had set him up in sleeping quarters on the ground floor with independent heating arrangements . |
| 21 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 22 | She had run to the door after seeing McAllister walk up the front path , and greeted her with a wide grin , brought on by the sight of McAllister 's sailor outfit . |
| 23 | It occurred to him that Newley might have died a perfectly natural death — a heart attack , perhaps , brought on by the blackmail . |
| 24 | And , in the heightened mood brought on by the success of his performance , it was an invitation he felt inclined to take up . |
| 25 | There have been a number of unfortunate and avoidable confrontations over the years , brought on by the profanities bellowed out by climbers having a hard time on the shady cliff . |
| 26 | But knowing , as I did , that there was little to return to in England , and buoyed up by the sense of adventure and risk brought on by the thought of joining the Legion , I knew I would be staying . |
| 27 | But a doctor did n't arrive for another hour and a half , by which time Mrs Johansen had died from a heart attack brought on by the fracture . |
| 28 | The second unscheduled diversion was to Southern Carburettors in Hersham , brought on by the Caterham 's refusal to idle at less than 4000rpm . |
| 29 | A recession brought on by the disruption of war and revolution lasted into 1908 but thereafter swift industrial growth coincided with a series of generally good harvests . |
| 30 | It was something that he did regularly , a habit brought on by the onset of old age . |