Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] about a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lawyer might be encouraged to work for , say , professional arrangements which opened up the profession 's services to the general public ; or a chemist might seek to reduce the impact of the chemical industry on the environment ; or a doctor might act to bring about a new balance between preventive and restorative medicine , as practised by the profession . |
| 2 | She longed to say it to his face , but somehow she could n't quite bring herself to do so , especially as they had just agreed to try to bring about a better working relationship . |
| 3 | They helped to bring about a severe crisis of authority at the end of Alexander 's reign , they laid the foundations for the major radical parties of the twentieth century , including the Bolshevik Party , and they provided the country 's leadership in the early Soviet period . |
| 4 | All of these factors taken together helped to bring about a national sense of economic and political malaise . |
| 5 | A transitional season designed to bring about a 10-10-18 system in the 1994/95 season is accepted as being necessary . |
| 6 | On receiving a petition it is the function of the Commission to ascertain the facts and seek to bring about a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the human rights set out in the Convention ( Art.28 ) . |
| 7 | How do we attempt to bring about a generic capacity for change amongst staff ? |
| 8 | This must be removed to bring about a permanent cure . |
| 9 | oh he , he likes to mess about a little bit first yeah , well |
| 10 | Anybody trying to bring about a major transformation in a science must direct attention to the facts as he sees them : to a herbalist in the tradition of Culpeper it was an important fact that a particular herb was collected under a waxing or a waning moon ; for one of Liebig 's pupils analysing it this was not a relevant fact at all . |
| 11 | Management consultancy Kinsley Lord , which has made a study of empowerment , recognises that a major effort is required to bring about a fundamental change of attitude . |