Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] the cause " in BNC.
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| 1 | God , I love them all so much , I hate being the cause of their distress . |
| 2 | The surgeon 's face appeared on a level with my own : ‘ We 've found a tumour in your spinal cord which we think is the cause of your troubles . ’ |
| 3 | After a while I decided it was best to try and help her get on better with her father , and now by interfering between them I 've been the cause of her being kidnapped . |
| 4 | This is somewhat ironical in that , as we shall see , it is Engels 's anthropological enthusiasm and his trust in Morgan which has been the source of many of the points in his work which appear now as unacceptable to anthropologists and which have been the cause of some of the most damaging objections to his theories . |
| 5 | EC plans for a carbon tax have been the cause of prolonged infighting within the commission and several member states as well as European industry . |
| 6 | these forms are less common than the B strain in the UK , but have been the cause of epidemics in other areas such as Sub-Saharan Africa . |
| 7 | Recognising factors in sudden infant death is also very important in eliminating ‘ old wives tales ’ about cot death ; some of these superstitions have been the cause of great suffering for the families involved . |
| 8 | ‘ Doctors have been the cause of many people dying . ’ |