Example sentences of "[noun sg] bring about [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people believe we are heading for environmental catastrophe unless we radically change the way we live , and the programme is a practical bid to bring about that change in urban areas . |
| 2 | Feeling euphoric at having won this ‘ victory ’ , they decided to extend their actions in a campaign to bring about more liberty and democracy in other areas of social life . |
| 3 | The end of that war brought about many changes in Europe , one of which was the creation of a new mid-Europe nation which was originally named the ‘ Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes ’ , but which formally changed its name in 1929 , to Yugoslavia . |
| 4 | But it can be argued that we should not view rights in this way , and that when their use has adverse effects on third parties , rights should not be treated as signifying a moral entitlement in the right-holder to bring about those effects . |
| 5 | It is saying too little in that to ask for the reason for the validity of a consent to certain normative consequences is the same as to ask for the reason for recognizing a person as holding a certain right to bring about these consequences . |
| 6 | It is , though , more overtly apparent when he attempts to limit the damage to the atmosphere of the conversation caused by McKendrick 's accusation of his insincerity when praising Stoke university : Rather than make a straightforward denial , Anderson tries to diffuse the tension with humour by playing on the literal sense of McKendrick 's accusation. his display of urbane wit brings about some laughter from McKendrick but it also elicits a sardonic comment which is a valid observation on Anderson 's character . |
| 7 | Legislation clearly was seen as the only way to bring about that objective quickly . |
| 8 | The basis for education 's ability to bring about this process of social reproduction lies in what Bourdieu terms cultural capital . |
| 9 | Since surface enterocytes were positive for MHC class 2 display , it is possible to infer that T cells in gluten sensitive mucosae were activated in order to bring about this effect , possibly via IFN-γ , and because surface cells in normal colon , are generally negative for these alloantigens . |