throw light upon
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The object of this meeting is to explain the general situation of the eight-hour movement and to throw light upon various incidents in connection with it.”
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
“It is only to ask you if you saw or heard anything last night that may throw light upon this matter.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets—anything that might throw light upon the past had been systematically altered.
From "1984" by George Orwell
“That certainly should throw light upon the matter. An extraordinary country America.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Observation in old belfries, or illustrations in old books, would possibly throw light upon my Query, which is, What were the modes of hanging church bells for ringing, prior to the invention of the bell-wheel?
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
