Example sentences of "[to-vb] about a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At the end of the day the whole community has to know what this is all about , but let me stress , there is no threat in this process that is being proposed , to bring about a total cessation of violence , there is no threat to any section of our community , none what so ever . |
| 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 | If there was any substance in the argument that high quantity was necessary to bring about a certain level of quality , this retrenchment would have been disastrous . |
| 5 | This has in fact occurred in the advanced capitalist countries , and one main consequence has been to limit industrial conflict primarily to economic issues , as against larger issues of the control of the enterprise , and to bring about a substantial degree of integration of workers into the existing mode of production . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , the success of Houston and the failure of Wegg Prosser , coupled with the emergence of East End populist orators like E.G. ‘ Mick ’ Clarke , combined with increased hostility by militant working-class and Jewish elements to bring about a rapid reversal of policy . |
| 10 | All of these factors taken together helped to bring about a national sense of economic and political malaise . |