Example sentences of "a cause for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a cause for chagrin , not satisfaction , that Serafin has rejected all his advice . |
| 2 | For most of us , hopefully , the outlook is better , but that should not be a cause for complacency . |
| 3 | The idea of a siege as a ritual conducted according to well-defined rules is clearly illustrated by the answer of the commander of the Spanish garrison at Gaeta in southern Italy when faced in the 1730s with an Austrian demand for surrender : ‘ It is not yet time , since no batteries have been formed and no cannon are yet in place which would be a cause for surrender . |
| 4 | It was unreasonable to feel shocked by this , I thought , watching them from the edge of the terrace as they sat at our table and Richard ordered drinks : a young woman with an older man is not even a cause for surprise . |
| 5 | She says the crucial issue is not in how many cases was she right or wrong , but are doctors allowed to raise a cause for concern ? |
| 6 | The Agriculture Minister , Mr John Gummer , said : ‘ This is obviously a cause for concern . |
| 7 | The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now . |
| 8 | He was a quiet baby , watchful , with a stillness about him which , if he had not been able to crawl and stand and almost walk , would have been a cause for concern . |
| 9 | Although , as suggested in Chapter 1 , not a major development problem , rapid population increase is a cause for concern in the region . |
| 10 | It must be a cause for concern to those of us in the public sector that in the period 1979–90 the percentage of children receiving private education increased from 5 per cent to 7.8 per cent a growth of over 50 per cent . |
| 11 | But although the first ground for the granting of warrants is , as drafted , the most troubling , the second ( for preventing or detecting serious crime ) is also a cause for concern . |
| 12 | What makes a child a cause for concern is the severity and persistence of the . |
| 13 | This is quite normal , and not a cause for concern , unless the shrinking and polyp retraction is prolonged , in which case something is amiss with the water quality . |
| 14 | BUT IF BRAND LOYALTY can indicate age , the type of game you play is also a cause for concern . |
| 15 | While the general behaviour of some dogs on the beach can be a cause for concern , the main reason why they are banned from some beaches and other public places is because of the danger of contamination by their excrement . |
| 16 | A cause for concern ? |
| 17 | The passivity of the electorate , so far from being a cause for concern or even regret , was viewed with positive approval : " The belief that a very high level of participation is always good for democracy is not valid " , Lipset magisterially announced . |
| 18 | Since he does 90 per cent of the filming , and is astonishingly blind , the loss or breakage of his optical eccentricities is a cause for concern . |
| 19 | She was diabetic and a cause for concern . |
| 20 | However , one attempt to test the extent of misreporting ( Martin/Butcher , 1982 ) found that , in general , it was not so great as to be a cause for concern . |
| 21 | However , there are a number of areas that are a cause for concern . |
| 22 | As ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic its uncontrolled use in social settings is a cause for concern , although there is little documented evidence , as yet , that its non-medical use has greatly increased as suggested by media reports . |
| 23 | Director Brian Waller said the letters would warn the authorities that the named individuals who worked in child care during the Beck years may be a cause for concern . |
| 24 | Why was Turkey a cause for concern ? |
| 25 | A cause for concern ? |
| 26 | A cause for concern ? |
| 27 | None of these individual factors is proof of addiction but any of them can be a cause for concern and a repeated pattern of one or more factors is an indication that professional assessment is indicated . |
| 28 | The social isolation of women is not nearly as popular a cause for concern as it was in the 1970s . |
| 29 | However , this need not be a cause for concern in the circumstances . |
| 30 | There was n't any trouble from ticket touts which was a cause for concern . |