Example sentences of "brought to [pos pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be the moment when this Government is finally brought to its senses . |
| 2 | The monarchy has been rocked to its foundations and a Government still basking in the glow of re-election has been brought to its knees by a series of disasters . |
| 3 | Our motor industry has been brought to its knees with redundancies at Rolls-Royce and Ford . |
| 4 | For those daft enough to have missed the last issue , Black Night is a twopart text driven adventure game , in which a peaceful medieval village was brought to its knees by an evil warlord . |
| 5 | The trade unions have sustained the Labour party over all these years and Labour gave the trade unions the appalling powers which were so badly abused in the run-up to the 1979 election when , as we all know , the country was brought to its knees by a new strike almost every week . |
| 6 | As it happened , the Club paid £10 and in addition had water brought to its tees . |
| 7 | His words brought to her eyes the same look that is in an eagle 's eyes as she flies again above moorland of the Western Isles and watches , far below , her own shadow flighting across the wild moorland wastes of Callanish . |
| 8 | She was afraid he might see the colour he had brought to her cheeks . |
| 9 | The stability Royal Mail contracts brought to their operators — particularly the smaller ones — enabled them to offer jobs to newly-qualified CPLs in a segment of the industry which traditionally been the first step in an aviation career . |
| 10 | Lord Diplock also pointed out that the only case brought to their Lordships ' attention in which an appellate court had actually excluded evidence on the ground that it had been unfairly obtained by a trick was Reg. v. Payne [ 1963 ] 1 W.L.R. 637 . |
| 11 | They are tired of the disruption the affair has brought to their lives and would like to take their money and forget all about criminal charges . |
| 12 | But a great many more , both public and private were brought to their knees and many well known names eventually disappeared through acquisition or merger . |
| 13 | But the people of Scotland and Britain will never forget the sad 13 years in which people have been brought to their knees . |
| 14 | Prior to his arrival Sotheby 's ( still specialising heavily in books at this date ) had an unwritten agreement with Christie 's that they sent them any pictures brought to their offices and in return Christie 's sent them any books they received for sale . |
| 15 | He 'll be brought to his senses . |
| 16 | Alarm rose in response to the dark , angry glitter her defiant claim brought to his eyes , and as he began to move towards her , Maria also moved , whirling past him as he came round the desk . |
| 17 | She bit her lip , watching his face for that familiar , fleeting shadow of pain , which mention of Ryan always brought to his features — and waiting , feeling suddenly tense , for the bitter attack on her that invariably followed it . |
| 18 | A woman wants a man to be strong , and then some perversity in her enjoys seeing him brought to his knees — was that it ? |
| 19 | I hope that it is not too perfunctory a way of dealing with this interesting point to say that in my opinion it is comprehensively answered by the judgments in Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd. v. Maxwell [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 991 which Mr. Rawley , for the defendants , brought to your Lordships ' attention . |
| 20 | For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig . |
| 21 | When the members of the Tizard Mission brought one to America in 1940 , they carried the most valuable cargo ever brought to our shores . |
| 22 | On the following day the little Englishman … had his violin brought to our rooms and played the whole afternoon , Wolfgang accompanying on his own . |