Example sentences of "brought about by the " in BNC.

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1 Other movements brought about by the pecs are shoulder flexion , which draws the arm forwards and upwards , and shoulder extension , which draws the arm down and forwards .
2 At the same time , it was accepted that all the talks , petitions , donations and arguments had been brought about by the imminence of the Commonwealth Conference , where the Secretary-General , Sonny Ramphal , has warned that Britain may find itself in a minority of one over South Africa .
3 The second factor was the change in the Ministry of Defence 's decision-making processes brought about by the increasing complexity of Defence issues .
4 The Socialist Government might have survived the crisis had it not been for the internal rift within the Labour Party that was brought about by the Cabinet 's decision to impose charges for medical prescriptions to curb excessive waste in the newly established National Health Service .
5 These have been driven up , first , by a labour shortage , brought about by the ending of free immigration from China in 1980 , and now by increasing emigration from Hong Kong ; and , second , by the colony 's swift move up-market as manufacturers have relocated low-wage factories to southern China , leaving higher-paid jobs in Hong Kong , where their influence has pulled up wages in what would otherwise be poorly paid jobs .
6 Another seldom-mentioned change in the Polish standard of living is the increase in dollar purchasing-power brought about by the newly stable zloty .
7 However the disparity between the three jurisdictions became marked in the course of the present century , and a reorganization was brought about by the Administration of Justice Act 1970 .
8 Some new measures had , of course , been necessary , but on the whole changes brought about by the war were less incisive than they had been in 1914 .
9 The extreme anti Jewish sentiments expressed in letters from soldiers at the Front , though evidently a small minority of the overall services ’ mail , also sometimes included direct references to Hitler 's stance on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , interpreting the war in classical Nazi fashion as a struggle brought about by the Jews and destined to end in their destruction .
10 It had been an unexpected meeting with her , brought about by the Geneva Summit of 1985 .
11 Despite the desire of some supporters to ‘ take advantage of the condition of the Public mind , brought about by the
12 He is convinced , though , that the water vole would have withstood the pressures on it brought about by the mink had the vole 's habitat been less degraded .
13 Mr and Mrs Widdups ' reluctant change of heart was brought about by the prospect of trying to farm in the middle of a housing estate .
14 This is partly brought about by the theoretical writings of Constantin Stanislavsky who confounds the issue for us by bringing emotional expression back onto the stage .
15 The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training .
16 ( Montgomery 1983 : 78 ) Since far more attacks were brought about by the government 's death squads than the left , Romero 's vast audience soon became aware of what was happening in their country .
17 The characteristic feature of this sector is its heterogeneity , brought about by the changes of the last few decades .
18 The brutish , uncaring nature of the staff was conveyed as almost an inevitable necessity brought about by the institutionalisation of working in such a place ; just as the public will accept that prison warders will overstep the line from time to time because of the people they are dealing with .
19 Changes brought about by the National Curriculum and Local Management of Schools have altered the content and balance of the curriculum and brought about a radical revision in the style of school management .
20 But again , this imbalance is a new historical phenomenon , brought about by the uneven advances in medicine and the lesser exposure of this particular generation of women to health hazards such as smoking or industrial injury .
21 The civil rights initiative was put in the context of a changed situation brought about by the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement and the moves to join the EEC .
22 For a Christian , it should be almost impossible to judge which changes have been brought about by the marriage and which have been brought about by the love of God .
23 For a Christian , it should be almost impossible to judge which changes have been brought about by the marriage and which have been brought about by the love of God .
24 It is a dynamic system of continuous progressive changes due to external environmental conditions and to the processes of synthesis and decay brought about by the living organisms within the soil itself .
25 structural changes to the social and health services brought about by the NHS and Community Care Act and changes to GP contracts are monitored to ensure that they do not adversely affect older people ;
26 American studies on skin health have indicated that the over-use of steam treatments ( more than twice a week over many months ) can cause ‘ jungle acne ’ — a disorder brought about by the presence of excess moisture in the skin .
27 Changes of character brought about by the fluctuation of material conditions were so marked that they were noticeable even at the time from within the camp .
28 Moreover , the largest areas that are affected ( Table 7.1 ) are rangelands where overgrazing is the major culprit though , as Cloudsley-Thompson ( 1988 ) has discussed , this is often brought about by the encroachment on grazing lands by cash-crop farmers .
29 Thus microclimate effects can have major short-term implications for local populations ( such as those brought about by the photochemical smogs of Los Angeles ) , are often applicable only over areas of a few hectares or less and may operate on a diurnal cycle .
30 Part of her annoyance was brought about by the fact that she had never met nor heard of Mary Brown but part of it was fuelled by the fact that her son had broken with the faith .
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