Example sentences of "[to-vb] about [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a mood it is inevitable that the Government 's attempts to bring about change through legislation and increased prescription will be generally felt to be yet another attack on autonomy and yet another indication of a lack of trust in teachers ' judgement and their ability to do a good job . |
| 2 | This leavening of men and women who had worked abroad for a number of years provided a yeast which helped to bring about change within the island . |
| 3 | Many in both parties now recognise this , and that unity to bring about change in the way Scotland is governed is the only way forward . |
| 4 | What the counsellor has to do is to provide counsellees with the necessary knowledge and information to enable them to bring about change in their own lives . |
| 5 | Like other movements to bring about change in the same period antislavery had to find ways of attracting the attention and gaining the support of those who could advance the cause . |
| 6 | He genuinely wanted to bring about change in a country where tens of thousands of its people had been tortured or murdered under his father 's regime . |
| 7 | The Marshall case also serves to show how a case decided in the European Court may become a force to bring about change in national law within member states . |
| 8 | The aim of the projects is to bring about change in the degree curriculum which will encourage students to develop qualities and skills which extend beyond the specialised knowledge of their degree courses . |
| 9 | The law is in need of reform to bring about consistency between tenants and licensees . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it ‘ will not join in and will seek to prevent efforts by others to bring about consideration of proposals which it and Israel agree are detrimental to the interests of Israel ’ . |
| 11 | Since most of those involved in organising these commemorations were also involved in NICRA , and both were initiated by the Wolfe Tone Societies , the events illustrate how deep-rooted was their belief that it was possible to bring about unity between workers in both communities in Northern Ireland , provided the right political formula could be found . |
| 12 | Bob works relentlessly for one purpose ; that his music could change mankind 's thinking to bring about unity among the races , and more so for the oppressed people . |
| 13 | Diplomatically the Avignon popes gave more to Edward than they gained from him , and by their intervention , first to save his favourites and then to bring about peace with Scotland and with France , the terms of which were not relished by the people , the papacy went further towards gaining that ill-reputation which dogged it in fourteenth-century England . |
| 14 | Knowing that the more treaties he himself signed , the greater would be the King 's suspicion , Rodrigo did his utmost to bring about peace between Moslem lords and Christian princes . |
| 15 | But just let's have a look at some of the things that have caused fires or cause us to bring about legislation in fire . |
| 16 | Although Henry 's desire to have a new wife and greater control over the English church was the primary incentive for the schism , Cromwell and the members of Anne Boleyn 's faction were also keen to bring about reform of the church ( see Chapters 4 and 6 ) . |
| 17 | In the strict or dictionary sense The Lord of the Rings evades that concept totally , for according to the OED ‘ defeatism ’ is a straight borrowing from French défaitisme , recorded in English for the first time in 1918 and meaning ‘ Conduct tending to bring about acceptance of defeat , esp . |
| 18 | It concludes by drawing lessons for effective policy to bring about equality of opportunity for each sex , and by reviewing the evidence for effects of the changes to date on family formation in Britain . |
| 19 | Added to complaints by women 's organisations about the screen 's increasing sexuality ( for that era ) , the Arbuckle scandal helped to bring about censorship by the Hays Office , a self-regulating body set up by the big studios in 1922 , under lawyer Will H. Hays . |