To bring about the desired result vs To bring the desired result

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'To bring about the desired result' is more commonly used when talking about causing or making something happen to achieve a specific outcome. 'To bring the desired result' is less common and may imply a more direct or immediate achievement of the desired outcome.

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To bring about the desired result

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when describing actions or efforts that lead to the achievement of a specific desired outcome.

Examples:

The new marketing strategy will bring about the desired result.
Hard work and dedication will bring about the desired result.
The negotiations finally brought about the desired result.

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There is no point inflicting a lesser degree of pain or indeed any suffering at all if the measures implemented do not bring about the desired result.
There is no point in inflicting a lesser degree of pain or indeed any suffering at all if the measures implemented do not bring about the desired result.
My comment concerning the critical dialogue does not, and should not be construed as meaning that the critical dialogue applied up to now was a misguided policy. No: it is a policy that did not bring about the desired results.
Lastly, the Commission believes that the current level of investment in training and awareness needs to be intensified in order to bring about the desired outcomes.
Mr President, the current European economic and social model has unfortunately not brought about the desired results.
By now it has become clear that last year's lifting of the coercive measures taken against Cuba failed to bring the desired results, and it only prompted the Cuban Government to step up oppression.
A policy of agreement and tolerance could not bring about the desired effect.
Although the prescription didn't bring the desired results...
In this context, I should like to emphasise how sorry we are that, because of the open issue of the name, the latest negotiations have failed to bring the desired results.
I would hope that this integrated and longer-term planning perspective will bring about the desired level of economic policy coordination between the Member States.
It's the only way to bring about the second Rising.
There was only one way to bring about The Golden Path.
For the future a truly comprehensive approach is therefore needed to bring about the necessary cooperation with DCs.
This activity will also seek to bring about the full integration of women into the scientific world.
This reform helps to bring about the necessary changes in attitudes within institutions.
We have an opportunity to bring about the completion of the internal market.
Candidate countries were given powerful incentives to bring about the necessary changes.
We are working day and night to bring about the political will.
Please also explain what alternative measures are available in national legislation to bring about the recovery of the aid.
We must have more cooperation between the US Congress and the European Parliament in order to bring about democratic accountability and the desired goal of a transatlantic Schengen-type zone.

Alternatives:

to achieve the desired result
to accomplish the desired result
to realize the desired result
to produce the desired result
to lead to the desired result

To bring the desired result

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

This phrase may imply a more direct or immediate achievement of the desired outcome, without the connotation of causing or making something happen.

Examples:

His actions will bring the desired result.
The changes in policy are expected to bring the desired result.

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By now it has become clear that last year's lifting of the coercive measures taken against Cuba failed to bring the desired results, and it only prompted the Cuban Government to step up oppression.
In this context, I should like to emphasise how sorry we are that, because of the open issue of the name, the latest negotiations have failed to bring the desired results.
Although the prescription didn't bring the desired results...
We express our urgent expectation that future talks will bring the desired results.
For example, against this background a European framework directive on the protection of soil is counterproductive and will not bring the desired results.
Secondly, I would like to say that it is important to aim for two-way mediation between large and small systems, because concentrating on large systems will not bring the desired results.
Resources should be allocated to specific headache/migraine research, as further research into chronic pain will not bring the desired results for the 60 million people in the European Union who suffer from migraine.
Should pre-notification contacts not bring the desired results, the Commission services may declare the pre-notification phase closed.
The recent summit of the Arab League, held in Damascus at the end of March, regretfully did not bring the desired results required for the resolution of the situation.
Should pre-notification contacts not bring the desired results, the Authority may declare the pre-notification phase closed.
There is no point inflicting a lesser degree of pain or indeed any suffering at all if the measures implemented do not bring about the desired result.
There is no point in inflicting a lesser degree of pain or indeed any suffering at all if the measures implemented do not bring about the desired result.
My comment concerning the critical dialogue does not, and should not be construed as meaning that the critical dialogue applied up to now was a misguided policy. No: it is a policy that did not bring about the desired results.
I hope these efforts will produce the desired result and bring the eurosceptics of the Crimean Peninsula closer to the European Community.
Clearly, to attain the desired results, a general effort is needed from every single member of society, whilst educational measures are needed from school - or better still pre-school - age to raise awareness and bring people on board.
The current text is very restrictive and will have a negligible impact on the desired result.
An optimal industrial structure is needed to achieve the desired results.
...really produced the desired results.
Such approaches have been successful in some cases in achieving the desired result.
The settings vary according to the producer's equipment and know-how and the desired result.

Alternatives:

to achieve the desired result
to obtain the desired result
to realize the desired result
to secure the desired result
to reach the desired result

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To bring about the desired result vs To bring the desired result