Example sentences of "that brought about " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , he maintains , the complete reversal in the manufacturer-retailer relationship where design is concerned that brought about the high-street revolution for which Habitat was largely responsible . |
| 2 | The pressures that brought about last year 's downgradings will intensify , says Vickie Tillman , Standard & Poor 's managing director responsible for municipals . |
| 3 | It was this that brought about John 's separation from his mother . |
| 4 | No one was sure whether he had deliberately set a trap , or whether it was merely a chance remark that brought about such astounding results . |
| 5 | The other is Penny 's husband , Duncan , who indulged in the affair that brought about her death . |
| 6 | But what was it that brought about the return of the question of the enlightenment to contemporary philosophical enquiry ? |
| 7 | This chapter begins by considering the circumstances that brought about the so-called imperial presidency . |
| 8 | Was it heroism or was it , as Marlow suggests , ‘ his exalted egoism ’ that brought about the death of Lord Jim ? |
| 9 | In Newport it was the Licensing Act of 1921 that brought about this decision , but in other places it was India , or Ireland , or public spending . |
| 10 | Gradually , he led her through the centuries to later years , years that brought about the attempt to overthrow the Faith by the English under Henry , and of the increasingly repressive measures that had been taken by the Lord Deputies under Elizabeth in the last fifteen years . |
| 11 | It was perhaps the influence of the three ladies that brought about a re-casting of five-part writing : two sopranos , alto , tenor , and bass supplanting soprano , alto , two tenors , and bass . |