Example sentences of "[noun sg] to bring [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was accorded this title in March at a meeting in Islamabad of nine warring factions called by Pakistan in an attempt to bring peace to the country . |
| 2 | On being granted freedom of the guild in 1922 Llewellyn Davies singled out three campaigns , all of which came in the second half of her term of office when the guild was emerging as an influential body and could build upon the experience of the earlier struggles — the attempt to bring cooperation within the reach of the poorest , minimum wages for women employees in cooperative societies , and reforms in married women 's lives , in particular the inclusion of maternity benefit in the 1911 National Insurance Act ( Gaffin and Thoms 1983 ) . |
| 3 | An attempt to bring Eyre to justice on a trial of murder , spearheaded by John Stuart Mill , was to prove unsuccessful in spite of the Lord Chief Justice 's eloquent support for his indictment . |
| 4 | On Sept. 10 Aquino led a " people power " rally of 100,000-200,000 people to the Senate in an unsuccessful attempt to bring pressure on senators to change their minds . |
| 5 | Although the " Peace Ballot " was ostensibly an investigation , it was regarded by its opponents and by many of its supporters as an attempt to bring pressure to bear upon the government . |
| 6 | KENNY DALGLISH has made an astonishing attempt to bring Queens Park Rangers duo Les Ferdinand and Andy Sinton to Blackburn Rovers . |
| 7 | use the handle of the club hammer to bring blocks to the same height |
| 8 | Not the proposed deal to bring Darlington 's Nicki Cusack to the Manor … that 's been put on ice … but a new contract which will keep him in charge as long he and the club want . |
| 9 | PFR Station Manager , Mr Ed Adam said : ‘ It has always been AEA 's intention to bring PFR back to power as soon as possible . |
| 10 | Amongst the issues discussed were those claims alleging negligence , those alleging product liability and the intention to bring claims in the United States . |
| 11 | It 's Jamel Mobuto 's intention to bring democracy to Zimbala . |
| 12 | But it is the most distinctive characteristic of an observant or well educated mind to bring unity to what would otherwise be a meaningless scatter of seemingly random and unrelated phenomena , and I bow to few for want of intellect . |
| 13 | That said , in its work to bring CICS over to AIX , Data Logic has provided the capability for CICS/6000 to be migrated to other platforms , meaning that , at least in theory , IBM could make the the environment available for other vendors ' machines , following the example set last week by Hewlett-Packard Co 's announcement — see page three . |
| 14 | The Russian Supreme Soviet voted out Yeltsin 's original proposal to bring Gosbank under Russian government control . |
| 15 | Sir Ian wants the court to order the Bar Council to bring charges of professional misconduct , which can lead to disbarment , against Mr Samuels . |
| 16 | Now a report from the Pensions Management Institute has suggested ways of changing the law to bring pension rights into play . |
| 17 | Some of these are indirect ways of reducing speeds , but nowhere is the direct way used ie a change in the law to bring speed limits below 50 km/h , applied street by street or across a zone , delimited by signs , enforced by the police , publicised widely , and then supported by infrastructural measures to ensure compliance as well as by environmental enhancement to reinforce perception of the changing function of the street to one of pedestrian ownership . |
| 18 | The company provided a coach to bring children back to this country . |
| 19 | ‘ Mrs Kettering , for instance … ’ she asked after Fosdyke had called the pale and sullen-looking girl wearing glasses and a blue overall from behind the zinc-covered bar to bring vino bianco to the Signora , plus ancora malt whisky con acqua . |
| 20 | With the Sparcstation 10 costing what is does , this is not the machine to bring ISDN to everybody 's desktop , however it will serve as a valuable platform for demonstrating its potential . |
| 21 | Looking ahead , Dr Ryan expected economic recovery , together with the cutback in production of aircraft and the retirement of old equipment to bring supply and demand back into balance . |
| 22 | For many , judicial review is the final stage in a lengthy battle to bring authorities to book , following complaints procedures , tribunals , and health or local government ombudsmen hearings . |
| 23 | The campaign to bring Blair Peach 's murderer to justice and the demand for a full public inquiry into the events of ‘ 79 has been mounted for nine and a half years by the Friends of Blair Peach Committee . |
| 24 | These indicators of the native film industry 's weakness encouraged The Federation of British Industries to intensify its campaign to bring attention to the way in which the disappearance of British films from the world 's screens impacted on ‘ the prestige of the country as a whole , and thereby the prestige of British industry also ’ . |
| 25 | Of course , we do n't have to have experienced the suffering in question to bring comfort . |
| 26 | The reason for this lay not in any assessment of the rival claims , but in his unwavering determination to bring Normandy under his rule . |
| 27 | In the meantime , we have the capacity to bring coherence and organisation to a whole range of activities , further consolidating the institutional linkage between the people in the occupied state and the PLO leadership . |
| 28 | " A banking plan to bring America 's financial system into the 21st century , so that our banks remain safe and secure . |
| 29 | Mr Major 's appeal to the rest of the EC came as he launched a late plan to bring Denmark back on board by allowing them a range of opt-outs from the Treaty — without altering the terms of the agreement itself . |
| 30 | The decision follows Wednesday 's conditional acceptance by Egypt of a US mediation plan to bring Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table in Cairo to discuss holding elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip . |