Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comes in response to comments made recently by the chairman of the SIB , Andrew Large , that the PIA , if set up , must bring about a ‘ step change ’ in regulatory standards . |
| 2 | Thus the death of his father is not an event that impinges on a child only at one particular point : it may go on producing shock waves through its continuing effect on the mother , which in turn may bring about a different relationship with the child ; in addition there may be economic difficulties as a result of which the mother has to go out to work , a new home has to be found , and an altogether new lifestyle adopted . |
| 3 | Furthermore , a two-party system may come to resemble a system with several parties if each of the parties involved is itself a relatively loose assemblage of diverse groups without strict voting discipline , and on the other side , in regimes with several parties , electoral alliances may bring about a situation which is close to a two-party system , as has been the case in France in recent years . |
| 4 | In a mass item , although a high standard is looked for , the large number required may bring about a variation in levels of performance and the contents needs to allow for this ( e.g. working in sections ) . |
| 5 | In brief , the mechanisms through which policy makers might bring about a reduction in classical unemployment have not been systematically worked through in most models of temporary equilibrium . |
| 6 | The support of business could bring about a review of 16–19 education with the intention of integration of the pre-vocational and applied together with the academic curriculum . |
| 7 | Dover 's crucial insight was the surprising realisation that the slow , gradual homogenisation of a gene family by these internal mechanisms could bring about a more or less synchronous genetic change in a sexually reproducing population . |
| 8 | Moreover , the President believed that the time had come to use the great power of the USA not only to end the war but to ensure , through a place at the Peace Conference , that he could bring about a " just peace " . |
| 9 | This was outside the framework of the Community institutions established by the Rome Treaty , but it was hoped that it could bring about a common European attitude to international problems . |
| 10 | If the forces unleashed are sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia and corruption they could bring about a transformation which will have even greater impact and importance than the development of the NHS in Britain . |
| 11 | On Aug. 13 , 1989 , Richard Darman , head of the administration 's Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) , publicly warned that high interest rates could bring about a recession , but such differences of opinion were played down on Oct. 13 by the Secretary of the Treasury , Nicholas Brady . |
| 12 | To think that you could bring about a utopia , and perfect human nature in one way or another , is really a wildly er , optimistic and er , is in itself , er , some kind of illusion . |
| 13 | Various happenings that could bring about a shift into Creole were mentioned , including " talking to my Grandma about some of these teachers " . |
| 14 | And there was little hope that government intervention would bring about a more flexible cinema industry . |
| 15 | Legislative change would bring about a positive re-assessment of the social role of older people . |
| 16 | Instead of diminishing the richness of broadcasting , the ‘ fully developed broadcasting market ’ would bring about a wider ‘ range , quality and penetration of the best ’ . |
| 17 | Bacon and Hobbes , Bodin and Spinoza , and even Machiavelli insisted that some sort of inanimate force , such as reason , natural law , or enlightened self-interest would bring about a self-restraint . |
| 18 | The loss of our semi-professional status would bring about a mass exodus of players as many of them rely on their match fees to bolster dole cheques . |
| 19 | He could see that refrigeration would bring about a complete change in people 's lifestyles and in 1880 he took over the patents of the Bell–Coleman cold-air machine and developed what was known as the dry air refrigerator . |
| 20 | There is unlikely to be any external set of circumstances ( other than a revolution ) that would bring about a collapse of this type . |
| 21 | In conclusion , I would like to reiterate my earlier remarks concerning our own enthusiasm for your project and indeed would look forward to being part of the team that would bring about a successful conclusion to your plans . |
| 22 | It was calculated that the measures contained in the 1992 budget would bring about a reduction of 3-4 per cent in the real incomes of many workers and pensioners , as anticipated increases in wages and in pensions were equivalent to half of the inflation rate ( expected to be 12.5 per cent ) . |
| 23 | The system would bring about a close association between the Council itself and the institutions in which academic strength would be recognized and aspirations for academic freedom met in a way different from the traditional one of creating wholly autonomous chartered institutions . |
| 24 | Earlier we noted that , in the absence of cost changes , it was not necessary to be able to actually measure the abstract concept of surplus in order to form the conclusion that monopoly would bring about a reduction in it . |
| 25 | The acceptance of the first of the three premises , that the god to be worshipped is not to be identified with the power which is assumed to have created the universe , will bring about a change from long established practice and is of great importance . |
| 26 | Sometimes a mood , or a phase of the menstrual cycle , will bring about a definite aversion to keeping up appearances . |
| 27 | If the Vance-Owen plan is to survive , its one chance is that sanctions will bring about a change of mind among the Bosnian Serbs . |
| 28 | To be sure working with a narrower aperture will decrease Ap but it will bring about a compensating uncertainty Ax in the electron 's position . |
| 29 | In such conditions , one important prediction is that the weakening of norm-enforcement mechanisms will bring about a reduction in the everyday functional value of the use of in-group linguistic variants . |
| 30 | The poll tax will bring about a significant redistribution of income between different households and individuals within those households . |