Example sentences of "[vb pp] about by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fings are changin' now though , an ? it 's not come about by the kindness o' the employers . |
| 2 | He suggests that this has come about by the make-up of the international selectors , two of them coming from Belfast , two from Dublin and only one from the North-West and Munster . |
| 3 | He suggests that this has come about by the make-up of the international selectors , two of them coming from Belfast , two from Dublin and only one from the North-West and Munster . |
| 4 | Ernest Long summarised the change snappily in his note to the Authority 's accountant when they were working out the implications in 1954 : ‘ instead of being messed about by the long-haired boys at the Treasury we are now dealt with by the Finance boys — and we much prefer it that way ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ The real problem to be tackled is inadequate powers for the police and the public being messed about by the court system , as well as an escalation of the number of people who think they can get away with crime , ’ said Mr Marwick . |
| 6 | He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit . |
| 7 | Other movements brought about by the pecs are shoulder flexion , which draws the arm forwards and upwards , and shoulder extension , which draws the arm down and forwards . |
| 8 | At the same time , it was accepted that all the talks , petitions , donations and arguments had been brought about by the imminence of the Commonwealth Conference , where the Secretary-General , Sonny Ramphal , has warned that Britain may find itself in a minority of one over South Africa . |
| 9 | The second factor was the change in the Ministry of Defence 's decision-making processes brought about by the increasing complexity of Defence issues . |
| 10 | The Socialist Government might have survived the crisis had it not been for the internal rift within the Labour Party that was brought about by the Cabinet 's decision to impose charges for medical prescriptions to curb excessive waste in the newly established National Health Service . |
| 11 | These have been driven up , first , by a labour shortage , brought about by the ending of free immigration from China in 1980 , and now by increasing emigration from Hong Kong ; and , second , by the colony 's swift move up-market as manufacturers have relocated low-wage factories to southern China , leaving higher-paid jobs in Hong Kong , where their influence has pulled up wages in what would otherwise be poorly paid jobs . |
| 12 | Another seldom-mentioned change in the Polish standard of living is the increase in dollar purchasing-power brought about by the newly stable zloty . |
| 13 | However the disparity between the three jurisdictions became marked in the course of the present century , and a reorganization was brought about by the Administration of Justice Act 1970 . |
| 14 | Some new measures had , of course , been necessary , but on the whole changes brought about by the war were less incisive than they had been in 1914 . |
| 15 | The extreme anti Jewish sentiments expressed in letters from soldiers at the Front , though evidently a small minority of the overall services ’ mail , also sometimes included direct references to Hitler 's stance on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , interpreting the war in classical Nazi fashion as a struggle brought about by the Jews and destined to end in their destruction . |
| 16 | It had been an unexpected meeting with her , brought about by the Geneva Summit of 1985 . |
| 17 | Despite the desire of some supporters to ‘ take advantage of the condition of the Public mind , brought about by the … |
| 18 | He is convinced , though , that the water vole would have withstood the pressures on it brought about by the mink had the vole 's habitat been less degraded . |
| 19 | Mr and Mrs Widdups ' reluctant change of heart was brought about by the prospect of trying to farm in the middle of a housing estate . |
| 20 | This is partly brought about by the theoretical writings of Constantin Stanislavsky who confounds the issue for us by bringing emotional expression back onto the stage . |
| 21 | The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training . |
| 22 | ( Montgomery 1983 : 78 ) Since far more attacks were brought about by the government 's death squads than the left , Romero 's vast audience soon became aware of what was happening in their country . |
| 23 | The characteristic feature of this sector is its heterogeneity , brought about by the changes of the last few decades . |
| 24 | The brutish , uncaring nature of the staff was conveyed as almost an inevitable necessity brought about by the institutionalisation of working in such a place ; just as the public will accept that prison warders will overstep the line from time to time because of the people they are dealing with . |
| 25 | Changes brought about by the National Curriculum and Local Management of Schools have altered the content and balance of the curriculum and brought about a radical revision in the style of school management . |
| 26 | But again , this imbalance is a new historical phenomenon , brought about by the uneven advances in medicine and the lesser exposure of this particular generation of women to health hazards such as smoking or industrial injury . |
| 27 | The civil rights initiative was put in the context of a changed situation brought about by the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement and the moves to join the EEC . |
| 28 | For a Christian , it should be almost impossible to judge which changes have been brought about by the marriage and which have been brought about by the love of God . |
| 29 | For a Christian , it should be almost impossible to judge which changes have been brought about by the marriage and which have been brought about by the love of God . |
| 30 | It is a dynamic system of continuous progressive changes due to external environmental conditions and to the processes of synthesis and decay brought about by the living organisms within the soil itself . |