Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] about a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no attempt to bring about a complete switch-over . |
| 2 | Any attempt by the administration to bring about a comprehensive lifting of sanctions before all US conditions were met had long been expected to meet strong opposition in Congress . |
| 3 | Ever since 1914 , when the great majority of the leaders of social democratic parties in Europe supported the war effort of their own nation states — under a variety of influences , one of which was undoubtedly the nationalist fervour of the peoples involved — the capacity of the socialist movement to bring about a new kind of political relationship among the peoples of the world has seemed more questionable ; and the doubts have multiplied not only as a result of the course taken by the revolution in Russia , culminating in the project of building ‘ socialism in one country ’ , which eventually led to the identification of socialism with the national interests of the Soviet Union , but also in the light of the actual relations that developed between the communist countries in the postwar period . |
| 4 | The Council referred to the need , in the context of European integration , to " give equal weight to social aspects and to economic aspects " in order to bring about a genuine improvement in employment and in living and working conditions . |
| 5 | It was time for the socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 6 | It was time for the Socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 7 | We came home , Tod flooring the accelerator to bring about a violent halt . |