Example sentences of "[noun] wrought [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is damage wrought on the international competitiveness of American firms that really gives pause for thought . |
| 2 | However , it was only when the driver turned to the left up the quays that the real damage wrought by the 1916 rising could be clearly seen . |
| 3 | In need of a cheap , large labour force after the economic and social havoc wrought by the Second World War , migration from the Caribbean and other ‘ New Commonwealth , countries was encouraged by both commercial and public sector British employers . |
| 4 | The social panic surrounding the emergence of the Teddy Boys formed part of a much wider structure of feeling in 1950s Britain that the social changes wrought on the postwar world were destroying the old ‘ British way of life ’ and the former civility of the British people , and the Teds were understood to be symptomatic of these social alterations . |
| 5 | Because of the political changes wrought in the nineteenth century , they are by convention responsible now also to Parliament . |
| 6 | Likewise , there is no single aspect of English Nonconformist life where the changes wrought by the nineteenth century are more obvious than in the position of ministers . |
| 7 | But the Conservatives are bracing themselves for a map of somewhat different complexion on Friday morning , if the opinion polls ’ verdicts prove true , with most of the changes wrought by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 8 | If the changes wrought by the Glorious Revolution in England seem , by contrast , much more limited , it would be wrong to react too far and suggest that very little of significance was achieved by the events of 1688 – 9 . |
| 9 | However , according to some scientific reports , the devastation wrought by the recent floods could soon be overshadowed by the effects of global warming , which , it was feared , might completely submerge vast expanses of low-lying land ( see pp. 36783-84 ) . |
| 10 | On May 1 the Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia appealed for international aid , saying that " the magnitude of devastation wrought by the latest cyclone is so great that Bangladesh can not face it alone " . |
| 11 | Professor Miller proceeded to the changes in psychology wrought by the Second World War , which was interesting . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the destruction wrought by the Iraqi forces on Kuwait 's oilfields and refineries had been devastating and would take years to rectify . |