Example sentences of "come about [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fears of a revival of the Cultural Revolution were borne out in some local areas where over-zealous and ‘ leftist ’ oriented cadres interpreted the words of the Party directives too literally , trying to eliminate anything new which had come about since the open-door policy was introduced . |
| 2 | The most rapid decline in employment among elderly people has come about since the Second World War , with the proportion of men over 65 in employment falling from 30 per cent to 10 per cent between 1951 and 1981 , although , because of a rise in married women 's employment , the proportion of the female population over 60 in employment was about the same in 1981 ( 8 per cent ) as in 1951 . |
| 3 | This came about because the general feeling in the European capitals was that France was a victim of Prussian provocation and that the candidature should be withdrawn . |
| 4 | It all came about when the eleventh hole was accidentally built nearly twenty metres closer to the house than intended . |
| 5 | In particular , how does it come about that the imprecise quantum world yields a precise answer when it is experimentally interrogated ? |
| 6 | A commonly recognised problem is a lack of coordination in conservation policy which comes about because the wide-ranging issues implied in its brief are traditionally dealt with by separate ‘ line ’ ministries . |
| 7 | Pellet formation takes place in the stomach , and it comes about because the small size of the pyloric opening connecting the stomach to the rest of the digestive tract and its high placement prevent the passage of larger particles into the intestines ( Reed & Reed , 1928 ; Grimm & Whitehouse , 1963 ) . |