Example sentences of "[vb pp] about by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggests that this has come about by the make-up of the international selectors , two of them coming from Belfast , two from Dublin and only one from the North-West and Munster . |
| 2 | He suggests that this has come about by the make-up of the international selectors , two of them coming from Belfast , two from Dublin and only one from the North-West and Munster . |
| 3 | Fings are changin' now though , an ? it 's not come about by the kindness o' the employers . |
| 4 | ‘ The real problem to be tackled is inadequate powers for the police and the public being messed about by the court system , as well as an escalation of the number of people who think they can get away with crime , ’ said Mr Marwick . |
| 5 | He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The relaxation of east-west tensions brought about by the ending of the cold war has meant that the fear of nuclear war has receded from public consciousness . |
| 9 | The massive changes brought about by the ending of the cold war and by the collapse of state mechanism in some Eastern European countries opens up a significant opportunity to undertake work in the very near future . |
| 10 | The first step in crystallite formation is the creation of a stable nucleus brought about by the ordering of chains in a parallel array , stimulated by intramolecular forces , followed by the stabilization of long range order by the secondary valence forces which aid the packing of molecules into a three-dimensional ordered structure . |
| 11 | In the ‘ humanistic ’ view , learning is also brought about by the promotion of experiential well-being , but in this case by affective self -regulation . |
| 12 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 13 | The decline of hunting was brought about by the digging of the chalk quarries as there was always the danger of hounds being led over the edge . |
| 14 | It is the landscape of the cloth industry in the neighbourhood of Halifax before the revolutionary changes brought about by the invention of power-driven machinery : |
| 15 | Couturier is more convincing in his demonstration of how the increase in available textual material brought about by the invention of print led to new strategies for incorporating one text into another without overt plagiarism ( 48 ) . |
| 16 | Before dealing with this submission , which seems to us a powerful one indeed , it is necessary to consider shortly the added dimension to this case brought about by the appellant 's implied undertaking . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Next month we will look at the packaging revolution brought about by the advent of self service , and the requirements of extensive pre-packaging of food for this style of shopping . |
| 19 | This is partly due to the greater sophistication of the instruments , but it is also due to the variety of contracts brought about by the range of exercise prices , which adds an extra dimension to contract specification . |
| 20 | The major saving from the line-out system came from the enhanced production stability brought about by the release from the inflexibility of line-working the system brought . |
| 21 | Perhaps some may have enjoyed their brief flirtation with notoriety , some may even have gained financially , but others may regret the publicity , possibly suffering from poison-pen attacks brought about by the exposure by the press of names and addresses of those who were victims of sexual attacks ( but not raped ) by The Fox or who were unlucky enough to be associated by both , marriage or friendship to this man . |
| 22 | No resolution was found during November to the crisis brought about by the resignation of the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) government in late October [ see p. 39151 ] . |
| 23 | This has been brought about by the increase in unemployment and the abolition of the statutory minimum wage , together with a programme of Government ministers exalting employers to reduce wage settlements , particularly for the low-paid . |
| 24 | My Bill also seeks to right the serious and indefensible wrong brought about by the abolition of free eye and dental tests ; and free prescriptions would be available to all over the age of 60 . |
| 25 | Aitken 's prosecution under the Official Secrets Act — alongside Mr Brian Roberts , the much-respected editor of the Sunday Telegraph — was brought about by the publication in that paper in January 1970 of an article quoting extracts from the Scott Report . |
| 26 | The great demand for executive talent brought about by the wealth of opportunities created under the post-war Pax Americana soon exhausted the supply . |
| 27 | The threat of greater competition brought about by the trend towards government curtailment of professional monopolies and relaxation of advertising rules means that refusing to contemplate the idea of incorporation could entail a heavy loss of business . |
| 28 | Furthermore , the " crisis " brought about by the discovery that unc is not a rational number clearly called for rigorous investigation : after all , the intuitively " true " had been proved false ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Regeneration ’ describes the new beginning and permanent change brought about by the presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the person who has responded by faith to Christ . |