Example sentences of "was bring [adv prt] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 2 | But mother-of-two Mrs Spence said her sick leave was brought on by the stress of overwork . |
| 3 | Rob Allen , 41 , is thought to have suffered a heart attack which his wife believes was brought on by the strain of their daughter 's condition . |
| 4 | An alternative explanation is that the figure indicates the existence of an important fertility bull cult at Stamford which was brought over by the Myceneans . |
| 5 | In the thirty fifth minute , City got their second , when Williams going for goal , was brought down by the keeper . |
| 6 | The one on Parson 's Green was brought down by the ARP boys and packed tidily away , and then we were granted an AA gun , all to ourselves . |
| 7 | The whindust was brought in by the dumpers . |
| 8 | The drawing was identified as a Rembrandt by Christie 's Old Master drawings expert , Hugo Chapman , when it was brought in by the owner for valuation . |
| 9 | In 1572 he was brought in by the musician , Alfonso Ferrabosco [ q.v. ] , to design the tournament staged to greet the French embassy in June of that year . |
| 10 | It may be , then , that the idea of the circular tombs was brought in by the immigrants who arrived in Crete from Anatolia at the beginning of the bronze age . |
| 11 | Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the King 's officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money , the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied the chest and carried it back to its place . |
| 12 | Any theme or emphasis on medium , subject matter or style was brought out by the selectors and was not imposed by the organisers in any way . |
| 13 | Instead , the evidence strongly suggested that the higher imprisonment rate in England and Wales was brought about by the courts ' decisions to commit a greater number of people to prison , both on remand and also under sentence . |
| 14 | Aitken 's prosecution under the Official Secrets Act — alongside Mr Brian Roberts , the much-respected editor of the Sunday Telegraph — was brought about by the publication in that paper in January 1970 of an article quoting extracts from the Scott Report . |
| 15 | The decline of hunting was brought about by the digging of the chalk quarries as there was always the danger of hounds being led over the edge . |
| 16 | This was brought about by the award of a number of complimentary contracts in the UK and overseas . |
| 17 | A further change in the law since the case of Nash v. Inman was brought about by the Family Law Reform Act 1969 which reduced the age of majority to 18 so that only people under that age enjoy the privileged status of minor . |
| 18 | The eventual destruction of Jerusalem was brought about by the Romans to crush the rebellion of Bar Kokhba who was styled by the Akiba , the most famous rabbi of the time , as the Messiah . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Part of her annoyance was brought about by the fact that she had never met nor heard of Mary Brown but part of it was fuelled by the fact that her son had broken with the faith . |
| 22 | Although this was brought about by the Gulf War and the subsequent world recession , it is certainly now exacerbated by an unrestrained and reckless war of attrition in which dollars are hauled over the top of the grain of a few inches of market share . |
| 23 | The scheme was brought about by the need to replace dying trees and a desire for a comprehensive improvement scheme . |
| 24 | The worst case of decline , that of Boston , was brought about by the decline of the wool trade , on the export of which it had grown , and its failure to secure any substantial share of cloth exports . |
| 25 | An important change in the balance within the industrial movement , and hence within the Labour Party , was brought about by the decline in numbers and influence of the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain . |
| 26 | 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 . |