Example sentences of "brought about the " in BNC.
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1 | It was the same story which brought about the downfall of another huge yard — Tyne — in October 1989 . |
2 | But it was not Mr Kinnock whose speech brought about the miraculous change of heart on unilateralism . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | This is explained in terms of the nature of the Germanic invasions which brought about the destruction of the Roman Empire and is dealt with in Chapters 7 and 8 . |
5 | That split ended an era , but brought about the birth of real political parties . |
6 | To deal with the blood differential first : according to the later thinking of the tannaim ( rabbis of the first centuries AD ) , the reason for the Levitical laws of menstruation and childbirth was as punishment for the sin of Eve who brought about the death of Adam . |
7 | These changes show how financial pressures brought about the collapse of the early Roman coinage system ; so much so that it seems that for a time the Roman state had to fight the war on credit given by some of its citizens . |
8 | That threat of invasion was , however , removed , in 1805 , by the great naval victory at Trafalgar , in which Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet at the cost of his own life , This was followed by General Arthur Wellesley — who later became the Duke of Wellington — leading British troops into the Spanish Peninsula against Napoleon , who then began to experience considerable defeats , not the least of which was his retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812 , and the following year saw the Duke of Wellington taking the war into France culminating in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 , which brought about the final defeat of Napoleon . |
9 | The suggestion book also spawned the idea for two divisions , 1–10 and 11–18 , and brought about the reduction in the price of a ‘ splash ’ to 1d. ‘ as in the best Henley Hotels ’ . |
10 | Many countries who received aid to introduce the Green Revolution had repressive regimes , whose policies had in the first place brought about the poverty . |
11 | At a recent press conference in Lahore , Nawaz Sharif claimed that it was his peace mission which brought about the joint US-Soviet communique which embarrassed the Bush government on the eve of Bush 's ‘ State of the Nation ’ address . |
12 | Fanatical warriors inspired by a new and militaristic religion , Islam , brought about the final break between East and West . |
13 | Most of the mining remains to be found date from the nineteenth century , during the last period of activity before cheaper foreign copper brought about the decline and fall of the local industry . |
14 | The collapse of the export market for Yorkshire coal brought about the decline of the port . |
15 | Good fortune brought about the appointment of a new cook-supervisor : a chef from a successful local restaurant looking for more social hours , better pay and a challenge . |
16 | Certainly , it brought about the beginnings of an emotional freedom I had not known , and a deeper commitment to radical politics . |
17 | Attrition , bribery and plain common sense brought about the fall of Kyrenia a few weeks after Nicholas returned there , and although Carlotta , kept in ignorance , might have been devastated by the news , it held no surprises for the people of Cyprus . |
18 | It 's about a decade since the launch of the Karrimor K-SB3 , which brought about the so called lightweight boot revolution , and the last ten years have been the ideas evolve in a very effective manner . |
19 | SAC announced a requirement for some 250 B-70s , but on August 10 , 1959 the Air Force announced the cancellation of the highly expensive boron fuel , which in turn brought about the demise of the GE YJ93-5 engine . |
20 | The Soviets produced a highly accurate radar network and this , linked with improved surface-to-air missiles brought about the downfall of the concept of a manned , intercontinental , high altitude bomber . |
21 | Pius X opened his pontificate ( 1903–14 ) amid an uproar which brought about the end of the Napoleonic concordat ( 1905 ) . |
22 | But what was it that brought about the return of the question of the enlightenment to contemporary philosophical enquiry ? |
23 | In this context it is ironic that it was a structuralist critique of Sartre 's claims for history that , in historical terms , brought about the abrupt intellectual demise of existential Marxism itself . |
24 | Fears that the US occupation would wreak vengeance on those who had assisted the war effort , brought about the sabotage of industrial plant and industrial output fell to less than a third of pre-war levels . |
25 | This chapter begins by considering the circumstances that brought about the so-called imperial presidency . |
26 | Although the conference brought about the first international agreement on a multilateral adjustment in exchange rates , it did not prevent the collapse of the adjustable peg system . |
27 | These moves brought about the suspension of the official convertibility of the dollar into gold and the eventual adoption of floating exchange rates . |
28 | Was it heroism or was it , as Marlow suggests , ‘ his exalted egoism ’ that brought about the death of Lord Jim ? |
29 | There are those who argue that it was the desperate attempts made by the Soviets in the last decade and a half to match the US , especially in Star Wars research and development , which brought about the economic collapse that dismantled the communist monolith . |
30 | Radical reform of the legal system brought about the implementation of new civil and criminal codes modelled on European lines and Western-style judicial procedures . |