Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [art] result " in BNC.

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1 Though deregulation is a difficult concept to define , the reshaping process which has developed as a result of it is readily apparent .
2 It saves you from becoming under-insured as a result of inflation , with the risk of having to find thousands of pounds out of your own pocket in the event of a serious claim .
3 It is thus automatically kept up-to-date and , providing you were not underinsured to start with , you need no longer worry about becoming under-insured as a result of inflation .
4 Adjusted to take account of interest paid — which has fallen as a result of significantly reduced borrowings — net investment income in sterling terms increased from $215.1m to $238.8m — a growth rate in original currencies of 9.1% .
5 The power plant could help dispose of the offal surplus which has gathered as a result of the BSE scare , which has led to a ban on the rendering of brains , spinal cords , spleens and tonsils into pet food or animal feed .
6 This is true in that consumer demand has collapsed as a result of the credit squeeze , the bursting of the property bubble and rising unemployment .
7 A tribe is a family which has grown as a result of births .
8 Wellcome has produced AZT , the first drug licensed for the treatment of Aids , and its share price has risen as a result .
9 The customer , of course , has suffered as a result .
10 The respect once given to older people for their knowledge and experience has suffered as a result of several factors : the decline of custom , the acceleration of change and the loss of oral traditions .
11 Chairman Mark Sweeney said : ‘ I would like to apologise personally to anyone who has suffered as a result of the actions of any of our sales people . ’
12 his magazine has adopted as a result
13 I hope that the panel will feel that it has had as a result of the position statements before it , and the discussions over the last few days , sufficient information to decide whether to exclude certain sectors .
14 In the past too much essential curriculum and materials development has occurred as a result of goodwill rather than policy and planning .
15 If it has died as a result of dog fighting then immediate action will be taken to stamp this odious business out straight away . ’
16 The criminal penalties , however , are draconian : up to twenty years imprisonment and up to $25,000 fine for each count ; provision is also made for pre-trial freezing of assets and post-trial forfeiture of any interest the defendant has gained as a result of his violation .
17 Often what has gone wrong has happened as a result of lack of communication .
18 Only one person was reported killed as a result of a collision with another skier .
19 And Scotland has prospered as a result . ’
20 It is itself a social product that has arisen as a result of political and ideological processes and institutions and its particular form has to be explained in terms of such processes .
21 I do not know whether the Minister would agree that , until now , we have heard explanations from both sides of the Chamber about the imperfect and expensive competition which has arisen as a result of the privatisation of the electricity supply industry .
22 This situation has arisen as a result of the serious manpower shortage of physicians willing to undertake these difficult and often conflicting types of care .
23 Thus in ( 191 ) , to feel evokes a new state of awareness which has arisen as a result of the combined effect on the reader 's mind of novels and tales previously selected for this purpose .
24 The operation of the electoral system has changed as a result of alterations in the level and distribution of support for the political parties , so that the value of a vote is far less for the supporters of some parties than others and in some constituencies than in others .
25 The er , the downside , is that the way of apportioning and contributions to flood defence committees has changed as a result of the introduction of the er , of the council tax .
26 The Dead Sea has receded as a result .
27 He says attendance at evening service has doubled as a result .
28 The water , containing zinc , arsenic , mercury , copper , nickel and cadmium , poured from the Wheal Jane mine after it became flooded as a result of the ending of pumping operations earlier in the year .
29 Rather than reject Marxism on the grounds that it had been disproved by history , as Merleau-ponty had done , he sought to account for Stalinism through a dialectical analysis of the specific history of the Soviet Union since the Revolution : theory and practice , he argued , had become separated with the result that the former had become ‘ sclerosed ’ while the latter had become ‘ blind ’ and ‘ unprincipled ’ ( I , 50 ) .
30 It was named after the nearby Inn , the ‘ Star and Garter Home ’ , and it still provides for the needs of such servicemen , the newer inmates generally rendered handicapped as a result of their tours or duty in Northern Ireland , also some from the Falkland conflict .
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