Example sentences of "bring about [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a society in which people feel secure in their peer groups can bring about such mass action from below . |
| 2 | You certainly appear to be experiencing dramatic alterations in the working pattern of your life and the Full Moon on September 5th may well bring about another major change or sizeable upheaval . |
| 3 | A more critical approach would inevitably bring about this desirable consequence ; it would improve communication . |
| 4 | VAT must now be charged on repairs , reconditioning or any other work on a customer 's goods subsequently removed to another European Community country that does not bring about any fundamental change in the nature of those goods . |
| 5 | Well , we were helped initially by a professional fund raiser who was concerned of our lack of money and our lack of funding by er the arts bodies , and gave me this er contact really in the form of Michael Meyer to er arrange and er bring about these three artists . |
| 6 | I would hope for a little bipartisan support for the sort of work done , for example , by our drugs liaison officers abroad , who have brought about such successful seizures of heroin and other drugs in recent months . |
| 7 | Several factors had brought about this new attitude . |
| 8 | What ever had brought about this strange union ? |
| 9 | In conclusion , it seems that the increasing incidence of audit committees has not yet brought about any significant improvement in perceptions of corporate accountability and has not restored confidence in financial reporting . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In practice this ordinance brought about little immediate change because it was introduced piecemeal into various districts . |
| 12 | And it finally brought about many long anticipated changes , like the decline of America 's auto industry , and the counterbalancing rise of Japan 's . |
| 13 | These culminated in the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act , which brought about some radical changes in the treatment of young offenders . |
| 14 | Bradford , who forced 11 corners in the game , became more and more desperate and resorted to throwing crosses into the box which brought about some desperate defending at times , but Quakers could have made the game safe after 79 minutes when Cook found David Cork unmarked inside the box , but the striker , after turning well , shot straight at Tomlinson . |
| 15 | The two Education Acts of 1986 and 1988 brought about some revolutionary changes in education — nowhere more so than in the role of governing bodies . |
| 16 | Erm I can only say that I believe that there should be an examination of them erm we need to know exactly erm what brought about these tremendous floods . |
| 17 | But what brought about this remarkable transformation ? |
| 18 | The role of migration in bringing about these rural changes was decisive . |
| 19 | The increase in wages , however , seems to have persisted even in periods when there was a dearth of money , and Hatcher is prepared to accept the general line of the arguments put forward in Postan 's pioneering article of 1950 that population decline was the greatest single factor in bringing about these economic changes ( 75 , pp.47–54 ) . |
| 20 | It means helping counsellees to become aware of repeating patterns of relationships which have led to unhappy situations throughout their lives and recognizing the part they themselves play in bringing about these recurring patterns . |
| 21 | The theme , the Mirror went on , ‘ is the rising cost of living , the inability of the masses to meet the increases and the part played by the speculator in bringing about this unfortunate condition ’ . |
| 22 | It is doubtful whether such social occasions bring about any lasting reconciliation between the two groups . |
| 23 | Thus our next problems are to understand what principles govern the establishment and modification of the interconnections between unimaginable numbers of nerve cells , how these interconnections endow us with higher mental functions , and the cellular mechanisms that bring about these remarkable processes . |
| 24 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 25 | The slaughter on the Somme and at Passchendaele had helped to bring about these conflicting pledges , just as a far more terrible massacre would in the second great European war virtually guarantee the creation of the Jewish state in Palestine . |
| 26 | A report on " measures to bring about more effective co-ordination and on priorities for action by the Community member states " was to be prepared for the June summit . |
| 27 | Whilst a patent will be refused for a computer program simpliciter ( or any of the other exceptions in section 1(2) for that matter ) it will be allowed if the purpose of the program is to bring about some practical effect and it is that effect which is the subject matter of the patent application . |
| 28 | Rauschning had tried to bring about some sensible appreciation of Danzig 's rapidly fading monopoly position vis-a-vis Polish trade and to effect a policy whereby the city would realise its unique position on the Baltic by quietly penetrating the Polish , Lithuanian and Russian markets . |
| 29 | Community work is essentially concerned with affecting the course of social change through the two processes of analysing social situations and forming relationships with different groups to bring about some desirable change . |
| 30 | Instead , there would be a greater awareness of how the social construction of criminal definitions and the criminal justice system operate to bring about this misleading image of serious criminals . |