Example sentences of "[conj] brought about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what was it that brought about the return of the question of the enlightenment to contemporary philosophical enquiry ? |
| 2 | Was it heroism or was it , as Marlow suggests , ‘ his exalted egoism ’ that brought about the death of Lord Jim ? |
| 3 | It was , he maintains , the complete reversal in the manufacturer-retailer relationship where design is concerned that brought about the high-street revolution for which Habitat was largely responsible . |
| 4 | Gradually , he led her through the centuries to later years , years that brought about the attempt to overthrow the Faith by the English under Henry , and of the increasingly repressive measures that had been taken by the Lord Deputies under Elizabeth in the last fifteen years . |
| 5 | The decision to invade Korea was overruled when the members of the Iwakura Mission , now convinced that domestic development had to precede foreign adventures , returned to Japan during 1873 , but the disagreement split the government and brought about the resignation of several of its leading members , including Saigó and Itagaki . |
| 6 | The suggestion book also spawned the idea for two divisions , 1–10 and 11–18 , and brought about the reduction in the price of a ‘ splash ’ to 1d. ‘ as in the best Henley Hotels ’ . |
| 7 | That split ended an era , but brought about the birth of real political parties . |