Example sentences of "[vb pp] about by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ernest Long summarised the change snappily in his note to the Authority 's accountant when they were working out the implications in 1954 : ‘ instead of being messed about by the long-haired boys at the Treasury we are now dealt with by the Finance boys — and we much prefer it that way ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Larrain 's first point is that Marx approaches the concept of ideology on the basis of the contradictory character of social reality ‘ which is brought about by the restricted productive forces and the division of labour ’ ( Larrain 1979 : 45 ) . |
| 4 | Part of the Webster ruin was brought about by the fifth baronet 's attempts to reroof many of the derelict Battle Abbey buildings in 1812 — 13 . |
| 5 | I think this ought to be thrown out not necessarily on the rights or wrongs of fox hunting but on a procedural thing that you 've brought about where a dictatorial attitude is brought about by the Labour party that have the right apparently to say exactly what 'll happen on someone else 's land . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The detailed dynamics are uncertain , but , presumably , the situation is analogous with the energy cascade ; although the spreading is brought about by the small eddies its rate is governed by the larger eddies . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The factor k is a parameter of the motor and depends on the ratio of the magnet flux linking the phase winding to the flux linkages brought about by the winding current . |
| 10 | This is brought about by the spiralling levels of taxation upon the private sector . |
| 11 | But before that stage was reached , the far-reaching social and economic changes brought about by the post-emancipation process of modernization , industrialization and the growth of capitalist relationships in Russia also found their idiosyncratic expression in Siberia , newly enlarged by the territory of the Amur and Ussuri regions which were incorporated into the empire at China 's expense by the visionary efforts of the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia , N.N. Muravev-Amurskii ( treaties of Aigun , 1858 , and Pekin , 1860 ) . |
| 12 | One is the change in product mix brought about by the changing relative price of products which have had microelectronics incorporated into them . |
| 13 | The family member tends to react to crises brought about by the addictive disease as if addiction were just like any other acute disease . |
| 14 | The result of this is that when line ‘ C ’ is fixed , the rate of turn brought about by the lateral position of the connecting ring is reduced when the ring is moved up , and increased when the ring is moved down . |
| 15 | Benefits of this system include an improvement in urban fuel economy of between 8 and 14 per cent , remarkably stable idling with a reduction from 900 rpm to 825 rpm and a consequent gain in comfort and also a reduction in pollution brought about by the lower fuel consumption . |
| 16 | Richard Johnson in his essay on the early nineteenth-century radical educators emphasised the relationship between the activities of the latter and the tremendous social , economic and political changes brought about by the industrial revolution . |
| 17 | Whatever the economic benefit , the political repercussions of steps such as de-collectivisation would be far more unsettling than those brought about by the limited de-Stalinisation of the 1950s . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The second factor was the change in the Ministry of Defence 's decision-making processes brought about by the increasing complexity of Defence issues . |
| 20 | This is a condition brought about by the combined effect of evolution and civilisation and for everyone it is quite unavoidable . |
| 21 | In the centre of the layer this transport is brought about by the first term of eqn ( 22.11 ) : essentially just the fact that rising currents in the convection are typically hotter than falling ones . |
| 22 | In an effort to avoid delays brought about by the technical procedures of the district courts , police court decisions were not subject to appeal and lawyers were barred from appearing in trials . |
| 23 | None the less , it is clear both that they are substantial and that they have to be offset against any putative gains in efficiency brought about by the internal market . |
| 24 | It is the drastic reduction in kinship links , and especially those supporting the elderly , consequent upon the fall in fertility brought about by the one-child policy , which makes the project significant to the ageing process in the world 's oldest political society . |
| 25 | Had the changes brought about by the 1980 Social Security Act not taken place , the maximum payment in 1981 would have been £19.25 . |
| 26 | This too was specially brought about by the Holy Spirit ( Matt 1:18,20 ) . |
| 27 | When it comes to faith , we are left in no doubt that this is a gift of God brought about by the Holy Spirit . |
| 28 | Administrative reforms brought about by the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act merely consolidated the already established authority in West Ham . |
| 29 | The mechanism of the process is brought about by the initial ionisation of water and the subsequent production of free radicals . |
| 30 | By comparison , the Athens of Aristophanes ; own day , at the end of the century , was a city fallen from greatness , and not only because of the protracted destruction brought about by the Peloponnesian war . |