Example sentences of "[vb pp] about [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revolution in New Testament scholarship which had come about during the hundred years before he wrote The Problem of Pain appears to have passed him by . |
| 2 | Development planning first became widely known about in the 1950 's and since then various attempts have been made to help women , specifically , in underdeveloped countries with varying degrees of success . |
| 3 | Notice that the slope of the consumption line measures the increase in consumption brought about by a one pound increase in income — this is called the marginal propensity to consume ( mpc ) . |
| 4 | Similarly , the slope of the saving line measures the increase in saving brought about by a one pound increase in income — this is called the marginal propensity to save ( mps ) . |
| 5 | This is , I suspect , the beginning of a process that will lead to much the same outcome as was brought about by the hundreds of Government amendments — sometimes running into four figures — that have been tabled to similar Bills . |
| 6 | Had the changes brought about by the 1980 Social Security Act not taken place , the maximum payment in 1981 would have been £19.25 . |
| 7 | Administrative reforms brought about by the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act merely consolidated the already established authority in West Ham . |
| 8 | As several hon. Members have said , the changes brought about by the 1988 |
| 9 | Two other changes brought about by the 1988 Act make it important that other aspects of policy are also managed in as full and collegial a manner as possible . |
| 10 | Tossed about between the two , he lacked a stable background , a circumstance which was aggravated by the changes in the fortunes of the Bonaparte family as a whole . |