Example sentences of "it [modal v] cause a [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 While it may cause a degree of hypoalbuminaemia through an intestinal leak of plasma , it is not a blood-sucker and consequently is of little pathogenic significance in dogs , causing only mild digestive upsets and occasional diarrhoea .
2 This is something that happens in both children and adults , and it may cause a continuation of the diarrhoea if milk is consumed after an infection .
3 It should cause a fall of around 0.5 degrees Centigrade , taking average temperatures back to those of the 1950s and 60s .
4 It used to cause a hell of a me a hell of a draft .
5 This would result in muscular development up to the clavicles for a man , preventing a ‘ droopy ’ looking chest , while for a woman it would cause a build-up of tissue leading into her cleavage , thus emphasising her bust .
6 ‘ You will find , ’ Colonel Richardson of Quindale House had said , not unsympathetically , ‘ that it would cause a lot of resentment .
7 If we used tractors on here continually pulling out timber , it would cause a lot of damage to the ground structure and would reduce the number of flowers .
8 It can cause a lot of hurt , ’ Canon Rutter says with regret .
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