Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the very first tiny beginnings , the steady development of life continued , through countless aeons of time , controlled by no other influence than the ruthless laws of the survival of the fittest , and this was the process which was inexorably bringing about the development of the being which was to become man . |
| 2 | Chandra Shekhar 's minority government rested on the support of Congress — support which Mr Gandhi then chose to withdraw , thus bringing about the present election . |
| 3 | She quickened her pace , almost bringing about the catastrophe she feared , as she hurried him through a doorless opening into the outhouse beyond . |
| 4 | As would be expected , such a use would not be possible with make , since the law would appear to be actually bringing about the paying of taxes ( " concurrent causation " ) : ( 166 ) * The law makes everyone pay his taxes , With oblige , on the other hand , the tax law is depicted as simply imposing a state of obligation in the present , which leaves the future actualization of paying taxes up to each individual , who may or may not actually pay them . |
| 5 | After accidentally bringing about the death of his wife and child , he sets up his own suicide . |