Example sentences of "bring to [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pope died in exile ; the emperor had been " humbled " at Canossa ; and other rulers , the Normans , had been brought to prominence by the papacy . |
| 2 | Certain schools of thought hold , for instance , that the ancient Greek art of ‘ pankration ’ , brought to China by the invading armies of Alexander the Great , along with the martial art of Graeco-Roman wrestling , gave birth to some forms of kung fu . |
| 3 | The woodcut reproducible illustration , and even wooden letters for printing , made their first appearance in China , but it was as late as the fourteenth century in Europe before paper ( brought to Europe by the Arabs in the late twelfth century , when the traditional material of parchment was in short supply ) began to be extensively used for the new technology of xylography : repeatable woodcut designs in fabrics extended to rapidly reproducible illustrations . |
| 4 | Gothic architecture was brought to Poland by the monastic orders , firstly the Cistercian , then the Dominicans and Franciscans . |
| 5 | This is an excellent example where both the overall and shorter phrase rhythms are explicitly brought to life by the dance design ( see page 68 ) . |
| 6 | On my last full day in Sligo Town , I decided to take a taxi southeasterly into County Leitrim , and if possible see Woodbrook , the house brought to life by the able pen of David Thomson . |
| 7 | In this enchanting corner of the Park they are brought to life by the magic of Disney . |
| 8 | The whole picture surface is brought to life by the interaction of the angular , shaded planes . |
| 9 | THE story of the North Wales slate industry is told by special audio and video presentations at the Welsh Slate Museum at Gilfach Ddu , Llanberis , and brought to life by the museum 's own craftsmen . |
| 10 | The Scottish Cup remains the Pittodrie side 's only chance of a trophy this season and no doubt the sponsor , Tennents , will welcome their participation in the penultimate stage of a tournament which was brought to life by the courageous display of Clydebank , who had seemed crushed and then reshaped into tigerish opposition . |
| 11 | Finally , Abdulkarim Faraj was a descendant of a slave brought to Huaiwiri by the Bu Matari lineage . |
| 12 | Ground elder is said to have been brought to Britain by the Romans as a remedy for gout and has plagued us ever since . |
| 13 | Almost certainly brought to Britain by the Romans , it is now occasionally found growing wild , and can easily be confused with cow parsley when the latter is young . |
| 14 | To them its power to revive tired bodies and falling spirits , to drive out the chill and rekindle hope was a gift direct from God … which may not be entirely fanciful , since the art of distilling is said to have been brought to Scotland by the first Christian missionary monks . |
| 15 | One of the matters brought to light by the plans to operate trolleybuses , was the need to rationalize electric current supply and with that in mind a new agreement was drawn up with Croydon Corporation . |
| 16 | Mary Hume-Rothery , for example , stressed that the sexual oppression of poor women brought to light by the acts was all the more reason to give women the vote and extend their educational provision , so that they could exercise formal political power . |
| 17 | The welfare state was brought to fruition by the establishment of the National Health Service ( NHS ) in 1948 , entailing the nationalization of hospitals and the provision of free medical treatment , and by the passage of the 1945 Family Allowance Act , the 1946 National Insurance Act , and the 1948 National Assistance Act . |
| 18 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |