Example sentences of "[noun sg] brought on by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or maybe she was experiencing a sort of nightmare or hallucination — some kind of unfortunate delusion brought on by the overwhelming stress and strain of her job … ? |
| 2 | In part , McKenna sees this as a natural reaction to the ecological crisis brought on by the modern era . |
| 3 | This drably official account of the matter was not welcomed by the media of the day , who looked for more exciting explanations , such as a double suicide brought on by the well-known English affliction of ‘ spleen ’ , or a murder of Mrs Pattison by Mr following his discovery that she was pregnant by a young ‘ Milord ’ . |
| 4 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 5 | I could never get over the transformation of the vast auditorium by the dimming of the lights , the beautiful changes of colour on the curtains , and the anticipation brought on by the roaring lion , the muscle man with his gong the snow capped mountain , the searchlights probing the 20th Century . |