Example sentences of "be bring [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 Rents needed to be brought up to a realistic level , housing stock modernized , particularly in some of the rundown areas of Kennington , and surplus sold off , without souring relations with his tenants .
2 ‘ are significant improvements in watercourses either because one has managed to get a discharger to cause his discharge to cease or to be brought up to a standard where a very significant polluting input has stopped , and there is a corresponding improvement in the overall river system .
3 All cameras sold prior to these improvements will be brought up to the new specifications entirely free of charge .
4 The idea was that , by raising the standards of these deprived areas , the children in them would be brought up to the levels of those in more privileged communities , and would then be able to compete with them on equal terms later in their educational careers .
5 In short , all existing and future minerals planning permissions must be brought up to the environmental standards expected today , and provision must be made for a regular upgrading of standards in the future .
6 New workstations installed after 1st January 1993 must comply fully from the outset , and all others must be brought up to the standard by December 31st , 1995 .
7 All new workstations installed from 1st January 1993 will have to comply with the Regulations from the outset , and pre-existing workstations must be brought up to the standard by the end of 1996 .
8 While Annie put on her cloak and bonnet , Jonadab called for the pony and trap to be brought round to the door .
9 She drew on sensible boots and a warm woollen cape and called for the carriage to be brought round to the front .
10 Lancelot , although befriended by a hermit , can not be brought back to a normal state of mind because the hermit is too poor to feed him properly , and ‘ for defaute of sustenance he waxed more wooder than he was aforetyme ’ , and became violent , breaking the legs and arms of those who tried to help him .
11 Nonetheless the 1991–92 figure clearly needed to be brought back to a more affordable level , and during the ‘ star chamber ’ exercise in the spring to which referred last year , the contract with Westminster Strategy ( our PR consultants ) was renegotiated , and the budgeted figure for the current year has been reduced to £170,000 .
12 Emphasis is put on the fact that learned skills such as shorthand are never forgotten and can soon be brought back to the standard required .
13 Other , more local , axes in , for example , Northumberland , have also been suggested , and can be brought down to a very local level .
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