Example sentences of "[pron] brought to light " in BNC.

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1 The People even financed a year-long secret investigation of football in the early 1960s which brought to light a gambling-ring betting on the results of two or three games , which they ‘ fixed ’ by bribing players .
2 There are now also dated mosaics from the Gloucester excavations of 1968-1973 ; from the excavations of the North Hill and Middleborough sites at Colchester ( appendix E ) ; and from further excavations in Verulamium , ( for example chose which brought to light the now famous Lion and Stag mosaic : pI .
3 She brought to light a slim black volume and tossed it to Rex .
4 For my part it brought to light fascinating aspects of English language use about whose existence I had previously been quite unaware — or , perhaps better , about whose extent I had previously been quite unaware .
5 Public prosecutor Andrei Makarov declared afterwards that it had been significant " not so much because it punished Ostashvili , but because it brought to light the forces standing behind this small figure and exposed the fascism which is growing in society " .
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