Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] to bring " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision whether to bring such proceedings is a matter for the discretion of the S.I.B . |
| 2 | Hopefully , he can use the creativity which exists between the experiential inside view and observational outside view of a cultural system to formulate an ethnography which incorporates ‘ a continuous dialectical , tacking between the most local of detail and the most global of global structures in such a way as to bring them into simultaneous view ’ ( Geertz ibid. 235 ) . |
| 3 | Making the reasonable assumption that Sue wanted , for professional reasons , to be " identified with " her clients , we have here evidence that she did adjust her linguistic behaviour in such a way as to bring it closer to that of a group with which , at the time in question , she wished to be identified . |
| 4 | Polybius gives his reasons for reporting the figures : " so that it may appear from actual facts what a great power it was that Hannibal ventured to attack , and how mighty was that empire boldly confronting which he came so near his purpose as to bring great disasters on Rome " ( 2.24.1 ) . |
| 5 | I do not know whether Conservative Members have given any thought to what the present discount system is likely to do — it is more likely to accelerate the disintegration of the family than to bring people together . |
| 6 | We used to go to bed earlier the day before , not so much to please mother as to bring to-morrow a bit sooner . |