Example sentences of "brought on by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the place to outline these in detail but , to put it simply , in the late 1970s the record industry faced a ‘ crisis ’ ( a stagnation in record sales after twenty years of expansion ) brought on by two simultaneous developments : on the one hand , an economic recession which hit particularly hard the most important sector of the record buying market , working-class youth ; on the other hand , technological developments in the leisure industry which meant either new sorts of competition for people 's leisure resources ( home computers and video recorders become as significant in young people 's lives as record players , for instance ) or disrupted record companies ' profit-making routines ( home taping thus became the industry 's chief bogey ) . |
| 2 | Many more will have suffered from cancers brought on by one of the radioactive substances released . |
| 3 | Labour Governments are always constrained by cost considerations and by the financial disasters brought on by all the spending commitments that they claim are priorities and then have to jettison one by one . |
| 4 | His actions were ‘ brought on by all three incidents running together , ’ he said . |
| 5 | In 1589 he was nominated by Lord Burghley for a position of a Judge , an office he humbly declined , giving as his reason failing eye sight which hampered his work , a condition brought on by continuous study of old documents . |
| 6 | The reproductive role of women exposes them to many health problems , including diseases associated with malnutrition , infections and diseases brought on by inadequate prenatal care . |
| 7 | The N A S U W T says about a quarter of its teachers face problems brought on by poor pay and extra responsibilities . |
| 8 | It can also be brought on by incorrect or over-feeding , low oxygen levels or sudden temperature changes . |
| 9 | The move reflected a growing interest in share trading among the Gulf Arab states as their economies recovered from recession in the mid-1980 's brought on by lower oil prices . |
| 10 | It has been reported that spontaneous cell mediated cytotoxicity brought on by mononuclear cells can be inhibited by SASP but not by corticosteroid , and that ADCC is not influenced by SASP or corticosteroid . |
| 11 | It 's brought on by repetitive typing on a computer or word processor keyboard . |
| 12 | In just one year , 1986 , over 88,000 children and 63,000 adults in the Romanian town of Giurgiu were treated for lung diseases brought on by rampant air pollution . |
| 13 | An inquest has heard that former Oxford United footballer Tommy Caton died from a massive heart attack brought on by chronic alcohol abuse . |
| 14 | He flips way off the handle , often too ridiculous for his own good , but his unfaltering sincerity and self-belief is steadying and dispels any giddy embarrassment brought on by such behaviour . |
| 15 | I had learned by now that an upsurge in Mr Singh 's libido was usually brought on by some other outside circumstance . |
| 16 | ( Presumably his fatal illness was brought on by severe shock . ) |
| 17 | ( 1987 ) found at least 76 per cent of depressive illness in the general population to be brought on by severe events or major difficulties . |
| 18 | Much has changed in Miami since the ‘ anti-bilingual law ’ was passed by referendum in 1980 amid the tension brought on by tens of thousands of Cubans and Haitians pouring into the city . |
| 19 | Results of surveys taken in recent years in AIB have indicated that staff morale is low — as it is in all banks — and this can certainly be said for those in Britain where members have had to endure in the past five years a two year period of unreal thinking , the additional pressures brought on by the recession , the pressures brought on by short staffing and on top of all that the lack of recognition in monetary terms for their efforts in ‘ keeping the ship afloat ’ . |
| 20 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |
| 21 | They felt that a good deal of the South Western Board 's troubles were brought on by excessive expenditure and inadequate tariffs , and Steward found little sympathy from the other Boards , since some of them had equally serious system extension , reinforcement and standardisation problems , and were financing them by adequate tariffs . |
| 22 | The floods were brought on by three days of continuous torrential rains in the north which had begun on Sept. 8 , and spread quickly through parts of the Punjab and Sind , threatening sites of historic interest , engulfing thousands of villages and inundating vast acres of cropland . |
| 23 | The revival of the 1930s and early 1940s was temporary , brought on by extreme hardship , the temporary decline of the market economy in some rural areas , and the inability of an administration in the last stage of colonial rule to adjust . |
| 24 | An attack can be brought on by sudden exposure to very cold air but as long as you take your usual medication/inhaler ( with a spare refill ) along with you , there is no reason why you should get into any trouble . |