Example sentences of "be [verb] bear [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I believe that Community Hospitals Group provides effective safeguards to protect the interest of its shareholders through a motivated and strong team of independent directors and a committee structure through which their objectivity can be brought to bear on executive decisions , ’ declares Sir Peter . |
| 2 | Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development . |
| 3 | Where there was reluctance — as in Britain — middle-class pressure had to be brought to bear in order to convince the politicians that something ought to be done . |
| 4 | Secondly , the quality and quantity of Nizan 's output must be judged bearing in mind not only the ideological but also the practical implications of his membership of the French communist party during the 1930s . |
| 5 | The Lecture should be read bearing in mind this qualification . |