Example sentences of "[be] [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In consequence , hitherto untouched lands are now being exploited ; and more intense land-use pressures coupled with an increased demand for fuelwood are bringing about environmental change at an unprecedented rate . |
| 2 | ECMT papers report that existing and planned emission controls are bringing about significant reductions in air and noise pollution levels . |
| 3 | Here again , developments in computers are bringing about rapid changes . |
| 4 | recent Government White Papers are bringing about fundamental changes in many areas of further education , the most obvious being the upgrading of polytechnics to university status , together with the disbandment of the Council for National Academic Awards through which polytechnics awarded their degrees . |
| 5 | Falling rolls and rapid technological and social change are bringing about constant adjustments and shifts in the secondary school curriculum , demanding in turn a degree of flexibility and adaptability on the part of the teaching force . |
| 6 | From the st survey I 'm doing about spoken English . |
| 7 | The internal market is bringing about profound changes in the NHS . |
| 8 | If the former Soviet Union and all the republics are ever to put the situation right , the most urgent job is to bring about economic reform . |
| 9 | The aim of management control systems is to bring about organisational conformity and to achieve the goals of the organisation . |
| 10 | Gorbachev noted that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) was bringing about rapid and unforseen changes which placed " new demands on state and public institutions " , especially the CPSU , which needed " drastically to restructure itself " , to rid itself of authoritarianism , bureaucratism and ideological dogmatism , and to " master the art of political work in present-day conditions " . |