bring one’s mind to something—direct one’s attention to smth.:
- Again, Phillips cannot bring his mind to touch the issue squarely; it keeps shying into side issues.
bring something to mind—make a person recall smth.:
- It brought to mind an experience I had in Labrador this past summer when I was up there fishing.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase bring something to a head—
1. bring smth. to an end; complete smth.:
- This brings to a head and culminates all the nameless massacres in Asia Minor.
2. cause smth. to reach a critical stage:
- Matters have been brought to a head in the peace talks; tomorrow they will either succeed or fail.