Example sentences of "about [art] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , the penetration of capitalism into rural areas brings about the spread of the commercial nexus , usually through the market system . |
| 2 | Having devised the SIP , the state had to present monitoring and modelling data indicating that its control programme would bring about the attainment of the primary NAAQSs . |
| 3 | You will be able to tackle and succeed in almost anything provided you set about the problem in the right way . |
| 4 | For the most part these are Tory newspapers and this enormous concentration of social power was tellingly used — most particularly by the gutterpress — to bring about the re-election of a Tory government . |
| 5 | Public disapproval had brought about the resignation of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party 's corrupt kingmaker , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 6 | Willie Carson will also resting easy after suggestions that he had been wrong to bring about the withdrawal of the red-hot favourite , Superoo , before the start of Ascot 's opening event on Saturday , having done a similar thing with the favourite , Red Paddy , before the Royal Hunt Cup . |
| 7 | Desperately deprived groups do not organize to bring about the downfall of a political system . |
| 8 | When an agreement was drawn up in 1922 between the Vatican and the Soviet government for a Catholic famine relief mission , some Orthodox leaders in Western Russia declared that the Communists hoped that Catholic propaganda would bring about the downfall of the whole Orthodox Church . |
| 9 | Most of his energies were directed to bringing about the union of the Scottish and English parliaments and he died in 1707 on the eve of his aim being realised . |
| 10 | We have helped to bring about the formation of the International Tropical Timber Organisation — to regulate the industry and to set up sustainable management . |
| 11 | On the contrary , he set about the formation of the National government with an enthusiasm which showed that the adventure was highly agreeable to him . |
| 12 | But last Thursday he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 13 | Last Thursday , however , he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre-left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 14 | The transfer of patients from St Wulstan 's to Powick , in order to bring about the closure of the former hospital , which housed a preponderance of younger long-stay patients , was planned almost in spite of the Development Project . |
| 15 | It brought about the demise of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. |
| 16 | How is it , then , that such findings have not brought about the introduction of a formal corrective mechanism ? |
| 17 | Upon his accession he set about the introduction of the Norman feudal system by dividing his realm up into feus or fiefs , and gave monopolistic trade charters to many towns on whose loyalty he henceforth hoped to rely . |
| 18 | Each change induces subtle adjustments and the heavier bat has brought about the introduction of the early pick-up with some resultant technical deficiencies . |
| 19 | Other European countries said that the new British Government would be positive and co-operative and would put forward proposals for bringing about the completion of the European Community , for which they had been working for the past 40 years . |
| 20 | It was decided to bring about the dissolution of the greater part of this library , and the library was offered for sale by Messrs Sotheby at one of the provincial salerooms they then owned , Sotheby 's Taunton . |
| 21 | Good fortune brought about the appointment of a new cook-supervisor : a chef from a successful local restaurant looking for more social hours , better pay and a challenge . |
| 22 | He argues that the arrival and conquests of the Spanish not only brought about the destruction of a sophisticated culture but also had a ruinous effect on the environment . |
| 23 | This is explained in terms of the nature of the Germanic invasions which brought about the destruction of the Roman Empire and is dealt with in Chapters 7 and 8 . |
| 24 | These moves brought about the suspension of the official convertibility of the dollar into gold and the eventual adoption of floating exchange rates . |
| 25 | He expresses no doubts , knows precisely what is required and will set about the job with the same approach as he would building a house . |
| 26 | Pius X opened his pontificate ( 1903–14 ) amid an uproar which brought about the end of the Napoleonic concordat ( 1905 ) . |
| 27 | It had , he decided , certainly brought about the death of the unfortunate buffaloes . |
| 28 | In Eastern Europe the opposition movements which began to grow rapidly in the 1980s were finally successful in bringing about the collapse of the communist regimes , but they have not yet been able to create an acceptable and stable new order ; nationalist movements have proliferated , and a new labour movement has emerged which contests the policy of restoring free-market capitalism that has so far produced only economic disaster . |
| 29 | The 14-year-old civil war between the government and Jonas Savimbi 's Unita rebels has brought about the collapse of the oil-rich Angolan economy , the story goes , and turned Luanda , once called the Rio de Janeiro of Africa , into one of the continent 's dirtiest capitals . |
| 30 | These changes show how financial pressures brought about the collapse of the early Roman coinage system ; so much so that it seems that for a time the Roman state had to fight the war on credit given by some of its citizens . |