Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] cause [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provision has caused a great deal of controversy since different countries have classified certain jobs as public functions , which they may not be in other countries , and this domestic classification has been used as a bar to foreign nationals applying for those jobs . |
| 2 | It is equally true to say that the advent of the impending change has caused the behaviour in just the same way as an itch causes a scratch . |
| 3 | This is one series of numbers in which recession has caused no blip . |
| 4 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 5 | The worldwide recession has caused the value of sales to decline over the past three years , with a resultant drop in profits . |
| 6 | If there is uncertainty as to whether the defendant 's negligence has caused the damage , it has to be determined what degree of probability of damage occurring has to be established by the plaintiff . |
| 7 | ‘ The industry has caused the perception of Unix fragmentation itself , yet it takes only days or a week to port between an IBM and HP machine ’ . |
| 8 | Mr Smith said it was a ‘ curious coincidence that the prospect of political defeat has caused a revisal of the legal opinion ’ . |
| 9 | Perhaps the company is fat and flabby and this weight has caused the sag . |
| 10 | At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . |
| 11 | Though their functions were only 200 yards apart , the thorny issue of who will attend the royal wedding has caused a huge gulf between them . |
| 12 | She dwelt on this potential disaster so often , and with such emotion , that eventually a freak electrical fault did cause a fire . |
| 13 | When we take a belief , desire , or intention to have caused an action , as we commonly do , we are not thereby explaining the action by referring to other actions , let alone mere movements . |
| 14 | His , left , faction of the party had decided on Jan. 24 to " go into opposition " by withdrawing from all leadership posts after centre-right elements of the DC within the Palermo administration had caused the mayor of that town , Leoluca Orlando , to be removed from office . |
| 15 | Archaeological discoveries in the latter half of the nineteenth-century had caused a considerable stir in Europe . |
| 16 | This experimental law has caused the biggest outcry even before it has been played . |
| 17 | Resident spokesman Richard Hazlehurst said : ‘ This plan has caused a lot of concern regarding the amount of recreational space provided in the area . |
| 18 | Soil compaction by vehicle tyres in recreation areas of the Californian Desert has caused a reduction in the population of annual ephemerals by reducing water penetration that is essential to remove germination inhibitors from the soil seed bank ( Webb 1982 ) . |
| 19 | Taylor was the first to realize that , on linguistic grounds , Swahili-land should be studied as three regions ; he was the first to study in depth the phenomenon of aspiration in Swahili ; he was the first and ( with the exception of H. E. Lambert ) the only European to compose and publish Swahili poetry ; he is the only European to have caused a new genre to be introduced to Swahili poetry , ‘ mahadhi ya Tela ’ ( Taylor 's tune ) . |
| 20 | It is easy to imagine the conclusion that would be drawn : that the broken home had caused the child to become emotionally disturbed . |
| 21 | He appealed to Croll 's theory of the ice ages to explain how , at certain points in time , the amount of water locked up as ice had caused a lowering of the sea level and hence the opening up of land connections . |
| 22 | Harry Wills ' campaign had caused a lot of soul searching . |
| 23 | The first seven days of heavy fighting and shelling have caused a large number of casualties ; the Commando units in some instances are down to less than half strength . |
| 24 | Declining productivity levels and environmental degradation have caused a widespread exodus of people to centres of economic activity . |
| 25 | Her appearance on the cover of the NME sans chemise has caused no end of consternation and misguided comment . |
| 26 | The nature and services of advertising are always evolving , and today 's approach to marketing has caused the role of the planner in agencies to become more and more important . |
| 27 | Mudhoney 's move from hardcore grunge to quite melodic ( with a serrated edge ) pop has caused a few followers to bail out in search of more ‘ serious ’ stuff . |
| 28 | An official inquiry by the Pakistan military and US army experts determined that sabotage had caused the crash and that Zia 's pilots had been knocked out by a poisonous gas . |
| 29 | The German general had caused the Allies to retreat some forty miles , losing 400,000 men while another 80,000 were captured . |
| 30 | A DRC theologian had caused a sensation the previous day by openly confessing to a sense of sin and guilt over the church 's support for apartheid . |