Example sentences of "[noun pl] brought [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some Sri Lankans were able to take advantage of employment opportunities brought about by increased government expenditure , but the high inflation rate of the war years cut the standard of living of many Sri Lankans . |
| 2 | This is usually due to fuel shortages brought about by excessive exports of Romania 's home-produced oil . |
| 3 | Many more will have suffered from cancers brought on by one of the radioactive substances released . |
| 4 | By the 1850s the tensions brought about by social , economic and political change were already beginning to pose a serious threat not merely to the rule of the Tokugawa but to the system itself . |
| 5 | In rural districts the banks ' main purpose was the receiving of bills brought in by local traders and farmers . |
| 6 | An increased awareness of potential stressors brought about by better education and an understanding of individual and group responses to it can help to prevent stress from becoming unmanageable and overwhelming . |
| 7 | It is possible to attempt to justify poor practice by claiming that it 's response to parents wishes : silent classrooms brought about by severe discipline , numerous paper exercises completed to provide evidence of industry and antiquated forms of behaviour paraded as good manners are just some examples . |
| 8 | The N A S U W T says about a quarter of its teachers face problems brought on by poor pay and extra responsibilities . |
| 9 | This long-term change was far more striking than short-term cyclical variations brought about by political tensions or fluctuations in the general level of economic activity . |
| 10 | For example , a child who is experiencing language difficulties brought about by severe environmental deprivation will be saved from further harm if removed to another , more stimulating , environment . |
| 11 | It enables the counsellor to focus upon the changes brought about by changing diet , medication , or social and psychological circumstance . |
| 12 | Disraeli 's Government of India Act of 1858 was introduced as a direct result of the Indian Mutiny , and as a consequence of the administrative changes brought about by that Act , Scott 's brief was considerably extended . |
| 13 | However , the foundation of a new settlement/cemetery may be the result of shifting patterns brought about by such things as soil exhaustion and plague , or they may be new settlements caused by a growth of population . |
| 14 | The original study , which covered 114 households in depth , examined the nature of the local labour market , the sexual division of labour within households , the financial contribution made by women , the authority structure within families and the changes in family and kinship patterns brought about by increasing involvement in the urban wage economy . |
| 15 | The transformation in earlier health patterns brought about by social and medical change is obvious , and can be expected to continue . |
| 16 | The second force defining the modern West has been the intensive and intense encounter with other cultures brought about by imperialist expansion . |
| 17 | Results of surveys taken in recent years in AIB have indicated that staff morale is low — as it is in all banks — and this can certainly be said for those in Britain where members have had to endure in the past five years a two year period of unreal thinking , the additional pressures brought on by the recession , the pressures brought on by short staffing and on top of all that the lack of recognition in monetary terms for their efforts in ‘ keeping the ship afloat ’ . |
| 18 | This apparent conflict is resolved only by the application of materials and techniques brought about by scientific developments and , in this context , cleaning is a science . |
| 19 | During this period the PCF was to undergo major changes and reversals brought about by dramatic socio-political events . |
| 20 | Labour Governments are always constrained by cost considerations and by the financial disasters brought on by all the spending commitments that they claim are priorities and then have to jettison one by one . |
| 21 | And the Beaubourg gallery has recent assemblages by the French sculptor César until 7 November : cut-out , compressed , superimposed statues of Communist leaders brought down by last summer 's events in Moscow and entitled ‘ Ave Lenin ’ . |
| 22 | He suggests that gradual movements in share prices caused by insider dealing are preferable to the erratic jumps in prices brought about by enforced disclosure . |
| 23 | The data indicate that dimorphism in adult size may be associated with mortality bias differences brought about by dissimilar adult life styles . |
| 24 | In just one year , 1986 , over 88,000 children and 63,000 adults in the Romanian town of Giurgiu were treated for lung diseases brought on by rampant air pollution . |
| 25 | The reproductive role of women exposes them to many health problems , including diseases associated with malnutrition , infections and diseases brought on by inadequate prenatal care . |
| 26 | The 300 surviving Uru Eu Wau Wau Indians , whose lands were opened up to outside exploitation by the road project , are said to be suffering from diseases brought in by illegal miners . |
| 27 | Controlling the aircraft in moderate turbulent thermal activity , combined with out-of-trim forces brought about by asymmetric wingtip incidences , would have demanded considerable physical activity . |
| 28 | In other words , the stress forces of the Earth , in particular stresses brought about by severe changes in climate , and the changing chemical nature of the surface , may have contributed to the great expansion , and occasional contraction , of species within narrow phyla that evolved from the recognizable solid life in the oceans ( oceanic life started , probably , in the Algonkian period , somewhere between 670 million and 600 million years ago ) . |
| 29 | Only among the poor , the retainers who had accompanied their masters and later fallen from favour , or among the half-caste children brought up by superstitious mothers true to their old faith , did the little goddess of love and war retain a true following . |
| 30 | Visa restrictions brought in by foreign governments in co-operation with the Chinese authorities in March and April of 1988 did little to reduce the queues of hopefuls in the embassy districts of Beijing and Shanghai . |