Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did the experience of plenty bring about a fundamental change in the American or British character ? |
| 2 | The reported comments among Leipzig workers also hinted at a possible prolongation of the war through the entry of America into the conflict , and it was seen as vital that the Führer bring about ‘ a lightning quick destruction of England — with gas if necessary ’ . |
| 3 | In the end , however , the Ukrainian decision to vote for full independence left him with little alternative but to withdraw from the USSR and in effect bring about its demise ( see pp. 179–85 ) . |
| 4 | I 've followed the events of of this erm unhappy but hardy perennial some time now erm I 've found it unusual because there was no Liberal volte face until now and er quite a lot of things happened where the Liberals changed their mind and I naturally started to wonder what has happened to make this change of mind come about and all I 'll say is I hope that it does n't have much to do with events in other counties or with any by-election . |
| 5 | How did the Ford advert come about ? |
| 6 | It describes the process whereby oppression and prejudice come about and is therefore , like the term ‘ special needs ’ , an attempt to bring together a number of behaviours such as sexism , racism , disablism and homophobia . |
| 7 | These replications of conventional psychology 's misogyny come about because feminism finds it difficult to articulate links between subjectivity and political change . |
| 8 | We have chosen the traditions which most Western students of religion learn about — Judaism , Christianity , Islam , Hinduism and Buddhism . |
| 9 | How , then , should a court confronted with the issue go about classifying a function as public or not ? |
| 10 | So all through the anxious days of incubation until the dull-plumaged infants are fully fledged , he and the hen move about without even a whisper . |
| 11 | Different patterns of public expenditure reflect the state 's role in the restructuring of private capital at a time of economic recession , and in the political crises which the recession and new directions of state intervention bring about . |
| 12 | HOW DID THE WOMEN 'S GROUP COME ABOUT ? |
| 13 | How has this failure come about ? |
| 14 | The problem of cell cycle control can thus be re-phrased in more precise terms : how do growth factors acting at the cell surface bring about the onset of DNA synthesis by stimulating its promoting factor in the nucleus ? |
| 15 | But cash alone can not repair the personal or community battering that closures of this magnitude bring about . |
| 16 | Rises of 1p a pint seem about as likely as getting a full pint from a hand-pulled dispenser . |
| 17 | In the previous section , it was argued that major contributions to the growth of scientific knowledge come about either when a bold conjecture is confirmed or when a cautious conjecture is falsified . |
| 18 | Research processes vary between and within discipline ; most really significant advances in knowledge come about through the application of several techniques . |
| 19 | ( v ) How did changes in society and the economy bring about the need for educational change ? |
| 20 | How do smaller companies meet their capital raising requirements , particularly in emergence from recession ; particularly in the face of venture capitalists , many of whom have become more renowned for risk averse than risk taking strategies ; particularly in the face of clearing banks ' policy which does not exactly involve them rushing to throw loan finance about as they emerge from one of the most traumatic periods in their history ; and particularly in the face of the closure of the Unlisted Securities Market ( USM ) with no successor currently in sight ? |
| 21 | The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government . |
| 22 | The Warden pointed out the most likely spot for short-eared owls on the hunt for stranded voles , told us that there were plenty of field fare about , and said it was a good year for ruff . |
| 23 | For instance , a child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia , which causes him to have certain childhood adjustment problems , which in turn bring about unusual family communication styles . |
| 24 | How , then , did the first National Government come about ? |
| 25 | The gas man come about and er as he went this girl come to the door . |
| 26 | Many of the deeply painful and depersonalizing situations in our society come about as the direct result of a broader but lower valuation of sex and sexual relationships . |
| 27 | We may now consider the process by which fertilisation of the ovum and development of the resulting life come about . |
| 28 | How did this bizarre situation come about ? |
| 29 | How did Buckingham 's re-involvement come about ? |
| 30 | How could long-term monetary growth come about if the government persistently ran a public-sector surplus ( public-sector debt repayment , PSDR ) ? |