Example sentences of "[noun sg] was brought to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever a young colt was brought to the smithy for its first shoeing few people would be found to stand around . |
| 2 | The car was brought to a sudden halt ; an inertial throw , catch , jerkiness unsettled the passengers ; fortunately their bodies responded safely . |
| 3 | In October 1879 the headings from the English and Welsh sides were only 138 yards apart when a great inrush of water occurred , and the work was brought to a standstill . |
| 4 | In August 1870 Nietzsche 's work was brought to a temporary halt by the Franco-Prussian war , which had begun in July . |
| 5 | Her work was brought to the notice of Dr Trew , who produced an enlarged edition under the name Herbarium Blackwelliarum ( 5 vols. 1750–56 ) with five hundred hand-coloured etchings . |
| 6 | Provided that the proprietor shall not be entitled to the protection of this subsection unless , at the time when the property in question was brought to the hotel , a copy of the notice set out in the schedule to this Act printed in plain type was conspicuously displayed in a place where it could conveniently be read by his guests at or near the reception office or desk or , where there is no reception office or desk , at or near the main entrance to the hotel . |
| 7 | In any case the sooner the war was brought to a satisfactory conclusion the better . |
| 8 | A general armistice was signed on 4 December and by the treaty of Brest-Litovsk the war was brought to an end . |
| 9 | So many people attended his funeral in Cheltenham , that the town was brought to a standstill . |
| 10 | The meeting was brought to a fitting climax by Professor Brian Johnson ( Edinburgh ) , who gave a highly entertaining lecture on how studies of metal clusters are providing an intriguing insight into the interfacial region between solution and solid state reactivity . |
| 11 | Soon a dozen or so hands were raised and after their names had been written down and details of what their duties would involve the meeting was brought to a close . |
| 12 | Finally the Meeting was brought to a close by the new chairman , Hilda Lodge , who made a presentation on behalf of the Society to June Bascombe in recognition of all her hard work over the last four years . |
| 13 | The cheap energy era was brought to an abrupt end with a resultant shock to the international economic/monetary system . |
| 14 | Before this phase of the process was brought to a conclusion , however , an event occurred — in September 1978 — which heightened the sensitivities involved in some of the debates . |
| 15 | A bomb was brought to the house which Butler shared with Stephen Hill , and there Butler showed his co-accused how the device worked . |
| 16 | On May 27 , 1990 , a major rail strike was brought to an end following the intervention of Walesa , who urged strikers to negotiate a return to work . |
| 17 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
| 18 | As the argument was brought to an end by Dubroca 's resignation , Ferrasse enraged his countrymen by revealing that one of the English IRB representatives , Albert Agar , had demanded that Dubroca be brought before the Board to account for his behaviour . |
| 19 | Traffic was brought to a standstill on a busy stretch of the M-one today after cars and lorries became stuck in tar . |
| 20 | He was run over by at least twelve wagons before the train was brought to an halt . |
| 21 | When news was brought to the hotel that the general had , ‘ passed on to that great trout loch in the sky ’ , people were genuinely saddened because the general had been a much-respected member of the community . |
| 22 | Edwina was brought to the surgery about three months ago after being hit by a car . |
| 23 | His latest success winning a £1.8m contract for his DMB Contractors to re-paint and refurbish London 's Tower Bridge was brought to the public 's attention courtesy of the Government 's Central Office of Information . |
| 24 | His strong and aggressive displays were a feature of Palace 's progress back to Division Two , but his playing career was brought to a premature end by a troublesome eye complaint and his final match with us was the 6th round FA Cup-tie against Leeds ( 0–3 ) on 10 March 1965 . |
| 25 | Fred continued playing until October 1949 when his career was brought to an abrupt end by a dreadful head injury incurred at Bournemouth . |
| 26 | The region remained peaceful during the Crimean War , however , and Shamil 's twenty-five-year career was brought to an end in 1859 ( five years after Vorontsov retired ) . |
| 27 | Finally , on 30 August , the long and divisive debate was brought to an end when the French Assembly refused to ratify EDC . |
| 28 | Based on the example of the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal palace , the Paris venture was an enormous success and the splendid summer season was brought to a brilliant close by the State Visit of Victoria and Albert . |
| 29 | A 33-year-old man was brought to the emergency room in coma . |
| 30 | Tradition has it that the infliction was brought to the village in a parcel of clothing sent to a local family , the Beevers , one of whose members had died from the plague in London . |