Example sentences of "about by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The video identifies four types of stress : stress through clients ; stress through organisations ; personal stress ; and stress brought about by fellow staff . |
| 2 | I would say from personal experience that the most debilitating stress is the stress brought about by fellow staff , particularly if a person is living in the residential situation . |
| 3 | In the early 1970s this led Weiskrantz and Warrington ( see Parkin 1987 ) to argue that the human deficit was not a failure of memory as such but a deficit in retrieval brought about by undue interference from incorrect items at the time of recall . |
| 4 | This refocusing could come about by individual students following particular pathways determined by them in negotiation , not only with teachers , but also with mentors in the business and wider communities . |
| 5 | The second force defining the modern West has been the intensive and intense encounter with other cultures brought about by imperialist expansion . |
| 6 | Lexical items might be used instead so that the focusing effect is brought about by extra words . |
| 7 | This long-term change was far more striking than short-term cyclical variations brought about by political tensions or fluctuations in the general level of economic activity . |
| 8 | Some Sri Lankans were able to take advantage of employment opportunities brought about by increased government expenditure , but the high inflation rate of the war years cut the standard of living of many Sri Lankans . |
| 9 | We and our EC partners have repeatedly made it clear that we will not recognise changes in Yugoslavia 's internal borders unless they are brought about by peaceful negotiation . |
| 10 | The Pacific War was viewed less as a failure brought about by long-term institutional factors and class and other divisions within society . |
| 11 | The existence of rumours of a conservative-reformist struggle received official acknowledgement for the first time on July 6 when the official -People 's Daily stated that they were being spread about by unnamed people " more poisonous than poisonous snakes " . |
| 12 | Hence the viscous dissipation is associated with high wavenumbers ; i.e. it is brought about by small eddies . |
| 13 | Wing movements are brought about by powerful muscles , the depressor and elevator pectoral muscles . |
| 14 | The tremendous increase in our powers of destruction brought about by modern science and technology , however , has made aggression a very dangerous quality , one that threatens the survival of the whole human race . |
| 15 | The carnage endured in the last 20 years or so has mainly arisen not from what we from the mainland have done and/or been alleged to do , but from the conflict brought about by ineradicable sectarian fears and ambitions . |
| 16 | Additions to a cluster can of course come about by internal investment in greenfield projects ( such as an accountancy firm starting up its own insolvency practice ) , as well as by acquisition or merger . |
| 17 | These improved rates have been brought about by increasing school enrolment . |
| 18 | The original study , which covered 114 households in depth , examined the nature of the local labour market , the sexual division of labour within households , the financial contribution made by women , the authority structure within families and the changes in family and kinship patterns brought about by increasing involvement in the urban wage economy . |
| 19 | It 's brought about by confusing situations , conflicts and problems . |
| 20 | A person who is mentally ill has a temporary ailment , a condition brought about by emotional stress . |
| 21 | It enables the counsellor to focus upon the changes brought about by changing diet , medication , or social and psychological circumstance . |
| 22 | Changes in water quality brought about by changing land use may thus not be seen for decades . |
| 23 | ‘ There does n't seem to be any safety net for laying people off and there is the belief put about by certain politicians that full employment would cause inflation to rise . |
| 24 | In the case of the Colleges , the increased delegation of responsibilities bought about by new legislation warranted the introduction of new endeavours , or changes to existing ones , and the analysis helped to identify where these were required at all levels . |
| 25 | MANKIND 'S eternal quest for knowledge about the Universe has been fired afresh in recent years by the spectacular revolution brought about by new astronomy and space technology . |
| 26 | Underlying all four scenarios is a pessimistic view of the economy 's ability to create jobs at a fast enough rate to match the growth in productivity brought about by new technology . |
| 27 | NEGLIGENCE — causation — subsequent events brought about by reckless driving release 105 |
| 28 | And he was fain to acknowledge the tenant 's insistence that the bargain was sacrosanct : ‘ I can not much saie against that ; but yet I perceaue I shalbe a losser still by this bargaine , thowghe I can not tell the reason why ’ More prosaically , landownership was hedged about by varying degrees of limitation resulting from the security of customary tenures , accompanied as often as not by inelasticity of rents . |
| 29 | And finally , product diversification and development , brought about by technological change or competitive pressures . |
| 30 | Male homosexuality is still hedged about by legal considerations . |