Example sentences of "has come about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus has come about the present status of evolution of which man is the apparent culmination but not the real summit ; for he is himself a transitional being and stands at the turning point of the whole movement . ’ |
| 2 | What progress we have enjoyed has come about either as a result of skilled , painstaking experimental work or inspired guesses about how the brain works . |
| 3 | Often the most exciting work has come about precisely because those assumptions have been rejected . |
| 4 | Critics say , however , that the commission failed to obtain the views of those outside the academic and political establishment and that any progress has come about independently of its work . |
| 5 | This has come about partly because of low rates of building in the past ( owing to a relatively small effective demand ) and partly because of stringent planning controls , which have restricted the rate of growth of new housing particularly in national parks and other scenically attractive areas ( see chapter 7 ) . |
| 6 | Given , therefore , that the company has come about essentially through private means , it must be understood as a private body , to be run by the corporators for their own self-selected purposes , and without any obligation to further the greater good . |
| 7 | The answer to all of this is surely that it is not the legal qualities of limited liability or separate personality in themselves that justify intervention , but the concentration of power in private hands that has come about partly as a result of their existence . |
| 8 | It has come about entirely as a result of privatisation . |
| 9 | This has come about partly as a result of research over the last 10 years or so into various forms of involvement in the teaching of reading . |
| 10 | This has come about partly because our main brand , Guinness stout , is able to complement the lager type beers of our brewers partners . |
| 11 | I think it is fair to say that this act has come about more as a result of the conduct of estate agents in the South . |