Example sentences of "bring [det] [noun] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pearson , who appears at the Wine Garden , Alton , on Tuesday , of of the 1960s decade of British blues musicians , acknowledged to be coming of age in the 1990s — their mature talents now best equipped for the task of bringing that conviction to their music that only age and experience can provide . |
| 2 | Yesterday the shop stewards ' convener , John Kydd , promised : ‘ We can bring this company to its knees ; it is a choice the company has to make . |
| 3 | Now he fears proposals to build a new road linking the M40 to Aylesbury will bring another motorway to his doorstep . |
| 4 | In a constructive spirit , I certainly would wish to help them to find work and I am sure that the hon. Gentleman would too , if he will bring those individuals to our attention . |
| 5 | She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees . |
| 6 | While bringing many qualities to his new post , Mr Snyder could not be said to possess great insight into the subject — in fact he did n't possess any sight at all ; the new chairman was registered as blind . |
| 7 | Now just to complicate the issue who probably probably is the oldest person in the village I 'm note sure , erm has brought another name to my attention . |
| 8 | What we have agreed not to accept are the sort of damaging laws that nearly brought this country to its knees when we last had a Labour Government . |
| 9 | It is only justice to state that , while France has had the merit of inaugurating the industrial production of aniline red , England may , thanks to the activity , science , and untiring efforts of Mr. Nicholson , claim the honour of having brought this manufacture to its present high degree of perfection . |
| 10 | So now the children of the dispossessed were attacking the children of those who had brought such misery to their Palestinian parents . |
| 11 | We were one of the first credit information providers to computerise our data resource and our understanding of technology has brought many benefits to our customer . |
| 12 | The French have brought many advantages to our country as you no doubt have already seen . " |
| 13 | And of course the maid , Celeste , who brought some order to my chaotic existence . ’ |
| 14 | Rampant inflation , excessive public expenditure , lack of private investment because of ex excessive tax burdens , and to top it all , an industrial relations policy that brought this country to its knees , making it the subject of derision throughout the world . |
| 15 | The member who brought this matter to our notice stated that had he known about this in one particular case , a capital gains tax assessment due by a client would not have become payable in consequence of the option available to pay at one-half the taxpayer 's rate of income tax . |
| 16 | Her soft , polite greeting brought both men to their feet , with impeccable breeding . |
| 17 | That prompted a musical u-turn akin to Clannad suddenly embracing thrash metal and ‘ Screamadelica ’ brings that reappraisal to its logical conclusion . |
| 18 | She also enjoyed taking on occasional press and public relations assignments , and brings that experience to her present work . |
| 19 | It is important , but less important than keeping the boundaries , that 's only my view , and he along with Malcolm here , suggests that either myself or the Council or the Chairman of Council , somebody writes to the appropriate Secretary of State , to bring these matters to their attention . |
| 20 | History has brought them together as a phenomenon without compare , and it is Pakistan 's good fortune that they are surviving fitness scares long enough to bring many honours to their country . |
| 21 | Wood has been able to bring several skills to his work — his Ordnance Survey abilities , learnt during his army service , and various mapping techniques — which must have proved invaluable . |
| 22 | By seven , after more coffee and a cigar , he had still not been able to bring any order to his confusion of thoughts . |