Example sentences of "about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , they were tending to the view that the very change in law brings about a change in the nature of society and human relationships within it . |
| 2 | In a separate publication1 , I feel that I have shown that the inter-reaction processes involved when two dominant forms of ion are present can cause one ion form to screen the geomagnetic field effective on the other form to bring about a resonance at a frequency of up to 1.5 times higher that that for a single ion . |
| 3 | But I want a Labour Britain to play its full part in bringing about a nuclear-free world , ’ Mr Kaufman said . |
| 4 | Today 's run in a handicap is a step up in class , but David Chapman , who trains at Stillington , North Yorkshire , has clearly brought about a change in the colt 's attitude since acquiring him from a Lambourn yard just two months ago . |
| 5 | Above all , though , glasnost and greater contact with the West have brought about a fait accompli . |
| 6 | In the meantime , the commission will consider the merits of the case with a view to bringing about a private , ‘ friendly ’ settlement with the Government . |
| 7 | Until now Mr Honecker has rejected any idea of change , but Kurt Hager , 77 , East Germany 's oldest and most authoritative Communist ideologue , said yesterday that the party 's immediate task was to work out ‘ a precise idea as to how to bring about a necessary renewal ’ . |
| 8 | IN A CHANGE of policy designed to help bring about a ceasefire in Angola , John Major , the Foreign Secretary , will today hold talks with Jonas Savimbi , the leader of the Unita rebels , writes John Bulloch . |
| 9 | A £19.95 investment in a Blackjack putter is the catalyst which has brought about a change in fortune for Davies . |
| 10 | OUT AND ABOUT a walk and an activity centre in every region |
| 11 | There was , indeed , a broad sense that the gloomy seventies had brought about a transformation not only in Britain 's external status but also in the main instrument and agents of planning and social policy , after the oil-price explosion , the IMF crisis , and the winter of discontent . |
| 12 | If the foreign and defence policy-makers may be accused of insufficient attention to the economic aspects of their policies , it is far from clear that the economic arguments were pressed in a manner most likely to bring about a re-assessment of overseas commitments . |
| 13 | The resulting report , Engineering our Future brought about a minor revolution in the profession . |
| 14 | But modern refinements and materials have brought about a resurgence of the supercharger , making it a credible alternative to the turbo . |
| 15 | So you went on ahead and maybe you hung about a bit under the trees . ’ |
| 16 | If there was any substance in the argument that high quantity was necessary to bring about a certain level of quality , this retrenchment would have been disastrous . |
| 17 | And there was little hope that government intervention would bring about a more flexible cinema industry . |
| 18 | This has little to do with a conditioned eye , influenced by architectural orders , and more to do with a basic and instinctive feeling that lifts the spirit and brings about a sense of harmony between the scale of the house and the human frame . |
| 19 | Their influence declined only slowly after the war because British military operations continued around the world as Britain at first struggled to retain her empire , and then , after Suez , fought to bring about a prudent and dignified withdrawal from colonial responsibility . |
| 20 | Self-interest , if nothing else , brought about a genuine change in American attitudes . |
| 21 | Other varieties were made on farms in small quantities and were usually for home consumption only , but the resurgence of interest in farmhouse foods coupled with milk quotas that forced farmers to look for ways of using their surplus milk , has brought about a revolution in British cheesemaking , which is all to the good for the cheese eating public . |
| 22 | One way is by bringing about a once-and-for-all transformation in the structure and strategy of a business unit . |
| 23 | In effect , its tight-money policy is intended to bring about a shift in the domestic economy that might have happened in the early 1980s but which kept being postponed . |
| 24 | So it is not implausible for critics to say that the solid-state detectors are unreliable and somehow bring about a sharp distortion in the spectra . |
| 25 | I knew that I was alone , and I found myself saying over my name to myself to intensify my individuality to bring about a conviction that though alone I was strong . |
| 26 | Logie , however , was dropped on 17 and , with Hooper , set about a rescue . |
| 27 | Michell embarks upon a spot of literary detective work , which brings about a meeting with flaxen-haired Dr Maud Bailey of Lincoln University . |
| 28 | Bunker 's early efforts to bring about a settlement had been angrily brushed aside by Clasper , who told the regional officer in no uncertain terms that his help was not needed . |
| 29 | To bring about a death-bed conversion was the highest accolade an active Evangelical could win . |
| 30 | Where a clear case of mercy killing emerges in practice , the usual response is that ‘ legal and medical consciences are stretched to bring about a verdict of manslaughter by diminished responsibility ’ . |