Example sentences of "[adv] be brought [adv prt] by " in BNC.

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1 A change in this situation can only be brought about by a change in attitude throughout the profession .
2 Obviously , the hoped-for benefits such as reduced waiting lists can only be brought about by an absolute increase in available services or by a transfer of resources from other services .
3 This clearly has to be remedied by repeated reminders that change can only be brought about by the counsellee 's efforts and that consequently , the only part that the counsellor can play is to help decide what is to be done , how , and when .
4 Such a transfer could and would only be brought about by a bourgeois-democratic revolution .
5 It is usually assumed that although the ever-increasing indebtedness of the USA can not continue indefinitely , the elimination of the imbalance should not be brought about by sudden and severe adjustment .
6 They can not be brought about by force .
7 Reports suggested that senior figures in the ANC had sought to prevent a top-level meeting until it appeared that a cessation of violence could not be brought about by any other means .
8 The accidental factor , that belonged to the past , was the leadership of the aristocracy : in the later nineteenth century the sans culottes of Madrid streets could not be brought out by the traditional symbiotic relationship of aristocratic employers and plebeian clientele .
9 It can also be brought on by incorrect or over-feeding , low oxygen levels or sudden temperature changes .
10 Of course changes in national income can also be brought about by variations in the proportion of national income that is taken in imports and saving .
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