Example sentences of "[vb pp] to bring the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time has come to bring the two modules together in the big program called EVOLUTION . |
| 2 | We can imagine the formation of such a chemical bond as requiring that a spring be compressed to bring the substances close to one another , at which point they are held together by a catch , as the jack is held in a jack-in-the-box . |
| 3 | A further year was to be added to bring the total length of education to twelve years by having a seven-year primary cycle . |
| 4 | In the meantime , specific cost-cutting exercises need to be considered to bring the cost for the next six months down to about £9,000 . |
| 5 | The elimination for cooling requirements and the use of integrated circuit fabrication techniques to produce the image 's solid state detectors are expected to bring the costs of future models down by a factor of ten or more to under £1000 . |
| 6 | No precise numbers were given , but this was expected to bring the US presence to some 400,000 when deployment was completed in January 1991 . |
| 7 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 8 | How many times have you reached the top of a ladder , only to find that you 've forgotten to bring the power drill up with you ? |
| 9 | That I l I 've forgotten to bring the other work . |
| 10 | The C&G claims the cash distribution is merely designed to bring the reserves of the two societies in line . |
| 11 | The Conservative selection board was designed to bring the candidates ' list into the latter half of the twentieth century by including more industrialists , more women , more representatives of ethnic minorities , and reducing the number of barristers looking for a congenial second career . |
| 12 | They are designed to bring the accounting treatment of certain assets into line with the cash impact and to present a more realistic view of the balance sheet . |
| 13 | For instance , Glenn Hoddle played 53 times for England but never was a team really designed to bring the best out of his brilliant ability , albeit in a much different form to Gascoigne 's style . |
| 14 | But in reality it was a compromise designed to bring the long factional struggle about Pilger 's role to an end . |
| 15 | True , some of these seem expressly designed to bring the country into confrontation with America . |
| 16 | None of them had a coherent programme , or strategy designed to bring the mass movement into power . |
| 17 | In a referendum on June 2 , voters rejected by 790,754 votes ( 54.3 per cent ) to 664,271 ( 45.7 per cent ) financial reforms designed to bring the country 's fiscal system more in line with the rest of western Europe . |
| 18 | The changes , which were designed to bring the Hong Kong exchange into line with international practice , were opposed mainly by the smaller Chinese brokers , and supported by the larger international institutions which had moved increasingly into the Hong Kong exchange in the 1980s . |
| 19 | The championships are designed to bring the judo world together . |
| 20 | If neither of these provisions applies , the affidavit must be sworn by a person having direct personal knowledge of the means adopted for service , and must specify the steps which have been taken to serve the demand , the means whereby ( those steps having been ineffective ) it was sought to bring the demand to the debtor 's attention , and the date by which , to the best of the knowledge of the person making the affidavit , the demand would have come to the debtor 's attention . |
| 21 | Very frequently judges sought to bring the parties to an amicable settlement ( which was more likely to be observed ) rather than to pass an outright sentence . |
| 22 | In W. J. Perry 's The Origin of Magic and Religion which he reviewed in July 1924 , four months before these lines appeared , Eliot read of ‘ old stone images ’ of the Melanesians , of mana , of the handing down of rituals , and of W. H. R. Rivers 's work on ‘ an extensive literature in which attempts are made to bring the symbolism of myth and ritual into relation with modern views concerning its rôle in the dream and disease ’ . |
| 23 | Clearly , serious efforts were being made to bring the new Court up to standard , though Malmesbury thought there was still a way to go before all would be consolidated : |
| 24 | Successful efforts had been made to bring the work of the schools for pupils aged between eleven and thirteen closer together , and to encourage co-operation among the various subject specialists — most of whom eyed one another warily , hedging their bets until decisions were taken . |
| 25 | A turn to the left off the runway heading was made to bring the aircraft over land for the forced landing . |
| 26 | The purpose of the review was to identify areas in which adjustments could be made to bring the state into greater harmony with traditional social structures . |
| 27 | Many attempts were made to bring the crisis to an end by means other than war . |
| 28 | This was the phraseology employed in the Theatres Act 1968 , but when the Bill was hurriedly amended , it was decided to bring the Theatres Act terminology into line with the remainder of the Act , and substitute ‘ having regard to all the circumstances . ’ |
| 29 | The government announced on Aug. 1 that it had decided to bring the penal code in line with Islamic law by making the death penalty mandatory for anyone convicted of defaming the Prophet Mohammed . |
| 30 | The first Sealdah station of 1862 derived its prime grandeur from its engineering works : a six-mile embankment had to be built to bring the railway into the centre of Calcutta . |