Example sentences of "about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Prime Minister has clearly stated her intention to bring about the industrial regeneration of Britain to correct the decline of the last few years , ’ he said vigorously . |
| 2 | By 1882 , Edison 's system of generating power in a central power station , changed industrial methods almost as much as steam had brought about the industrial revolution , and by 1885 the first internal combustion driven machine had appeared , to be followed in 1894 by the first recognisable motorcar . |
| 3 | Sir Oswald Mosley formed the British Union of Fascists in October 1932 as a vehicle for his program which was designed to bring about the economic renaissance of Britain . |
| 4 | They were designed to operate closely with local government and the private sector to bring about the economic development of the inner areas . |
| 5 | There are those who argue that it was the desperate attempts made by the Soviets in the last decade and a half to match the US , especially in Star Wars research and development , which brought about the economic collapse that dismantled the communist monolith . |
| 6 | Like the patriarchal Victorian factory owners in Britain , they resisted any measures to eliminate child labour practices and the education of the masses , they opined , would bring about the economic ruin of the country . |
| 7 | It must for example , ensure an independent judiciary , provide health and education services , basic infrastructure and maintenance and it must bring about the economic environment that allows the private sector to create jobs and growth . |
| 8 | However , the dead were also afraid of the living , who might desecrate their tombs , destroy their bodies and thereby bring about the eternal annihilation of their identities . |
| 9 | He claims that successful societal responses to crime are those which bring about the reintegrative shaming of the offender . |
| 10 | Labour will work in the United Nations , the Commonwealth , the European Community and NATO to help bring about the peaceful reunification of Cyprus , on the federal basis advocated by the sovereign government of Cyprus . |
| 11 | If we apply the equation simply to the electron by itself then the act of the microscope in determining the electron 's position has to be represented in a deus ex machina way as an external intervention bringing about the discontinuous collapse of the wavepacket . |
| 12 | As James says , anger that is left unresolved ‘ does not bring about the righteous life that God desires ’ ( Jas. 1:20 ) . |
| 13 | The conservative think-tanks set about the prevailing wisdom on welfare policy at home , detente with Russia abroad . |
| 14 | Still more damning evidence could be brought about the long-term effect of punches to the head . |
| 15 | Change , whether it be in the curriculum , in assessment , in the relationship between school and community , in resource management or in any other area of school , can not be managed effectively ( in anything other than the short term ) without also making appropriate changes to the management structures and processes which are actually attempting to bring about the substantive developments . |
| 16 | It did much to bring about the Anglo-Dutch conflict of 1780 . |
| 17 | The execution of a provo murder gang in Coagh a few months ago brought about the usual uproar from the republican politicians . |
| 18 | Kalchu , Nara and Kāli fetched the wooden shovels and , standing thigh-high in the snow , set about the long work of clearing the roof . |
| 19 | AT ABOUT this time of the year and for every year since 1973 , the Laing Construction Company has set about the long and complex business of arriving at the six illustrations that will ultimately grace its calendar . |
| 20 | To take the garbage pickers on at this rate would increase their costs and would bring about the additional cost of security benefits . |
| 21 | Firstly , there is the immediate cause , which is necessary to bring about the specific instance of conflict but which does not provide the sufficient conditions for conflict in general to occur . |
| 22 | The Phalangists stormed into Tony Franjieh 's home , murdered 32 of his supporters and bodyguards and then set about the ritual execution of Suleiman Franjieh 's beloved son . |
| 23 | Full of admiration and impressed above all by the signs of Nietzsche 's originality of mind and literary power , he saw in him a new kind of worker for the cultural cause with which he identified his own ambitions : " Now you must show what philology is for , and help me bring about the grand " renaissance " … |
| 24 | Russia 's huge wartime losses in both life and material , culminating in those sustained during the Brusilov Offensive , were instrumental in bringing about the Russian Revolution in 1917 . |
| 25 | I congratulate the Minister on his personal involvement in bringing about the increased commitment to renewables . |
| 26 | So will lower mortgage rates and house prices be enough to attract the first-time buyer back into the market and bring about the long-awaited recovery in house prices ? |
| 27 | In view of all this , one might characterize second language pedagogy as a set of activities designed to bring about the gradual shift of reliance from one systemic resource to another for the achievement of indexical purposes . |
| 28 | Nature was seen as a process of strife between divine cosmic powers and demoniacal chaotic powers in which humans were not just spectators but were obliged to play an active part in helping to bring about the required phenomena by acting in full unison with nature . |
| 29 | The problem with this reasoning is that even if we accept the narrow definition of freedom on which it relies , a system of private property , and in particular private ownership of productive assets , is not the only property system that is capable of bringing about the required dispersal of control over material goods . |
| 30 | The ACPO in Scotland , as also in England and Wales , has made a policy decision about sponsored events which has brought about the above situation . |