I assume that this sentence is correct:
They brought the full force of the law to bear on anyone who criticized the government.
But is this one correct as well?
They brought to bear the full force of the law on anyone who criticized the government.
I couldn't find the latter usage in the dictionaries, but I found one on this page. What's more interesting to me is to know whether we should follow the dictionaries or we can be creative with the order of "something"/"somebody" in similar phrases.