Example sentences of "would cause [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , plans for a slaughterhouse were turned down , the site being too near to residential property and in the opinion of the chief environmental health officer , would cause environmental problems including obnoxious odours . |
| 2 | he observed : ‘ It would cause administrative chaos if , before any decision , those adversely affected were required to be consulted . ’ |
| 3 | What was certain was that an announcement of the take-up rate would cause Blue Arrow 's share price to fall , and would probably damage County 's reputation . |
| 4 | It is probable that the colonic ulceration in this model and the larger size of the colonic pool of endotoxin would cause higher concentrations of systemic endotoxin than the acute model of iv serotonin and ig endotoxin . |
| 5 | Any higher yield on one type of asset would cause financial institutions to adjust their ‘ portfolios ’ in favour of that asset . |
| 6 | Furthermore , rivals may , owing to the different combination of activities in their groups , not be able to bear initial losses , which would cause financial distress rather than lead to balanced growth . |
| 7 | ‘ Heaven knows , when I agreed to this I 'd no idea it would cause such anger — ’ She gave Peter a reproachful glance . |
| 8 | This had been achieved following lengthy negotiations with the Post Office and would cause minimal disruption and considerable savings over the current system . |
| 9 | Tory councillors attempted a similar move 18 months ago , but gave it up after a panel reported that any reorganisation would cause 10 years of disruption . |
| 10 | Izvestiya warned that the Civic Union 's programme would cause spiralling inflation which could only be broken by " strict , consistent monetary-credit and financial policy , the policy from which the government is retreating under pressure " . |
| 11 | Similar theoretical studies have been made in other countries such as that by Professor Norman Rasmussen in the United States , who concluded that the worst possible reactor accident would cause 3300 deaths , 45,000 illnesses , and 1500 fatal cancers which would appear decades later ( Hawkes et al. , 1986 ) . |
| 12 | This , if allowed to continue , would cause chronic back pain in later life . |
| 13 | If the employer can demonstrate that the proposed accommodation would cause undue hardship to the operation of the business , a failure to provide accommodation is not discriminatory . |
| 14 | Where transfer is indicated on other grounds it may be denied if this would cause undue delay which would be prejudicial to the child . |
| 15 | They were , moreover , quite convinced that the Clow differential would cause greater problems than the committee realised . |
| 16 | Yet when such annoyances are compounded by the strains of family living , what would cause one family annoyance might easily add up to long-term unhappiness in another family . |
| 17 | If unpredictable changes in aggregate demand occur , disequilibrium results : for example , an unexpectedly high level of aggregate demand would cause excess demand to arise . |
| 18 | It also confronted them with the disagreeable fact that at any moment some disorder in their own sensory apparatus would cause that universe , ostensibly so orderly and so stable , to disappear . |
| 19 | Section 4 may last up to 72 hours , and may be made only when admission is of urgent necessity and complying with the provisions of section 2 would cause undesirable delay . |
| 20 | Option 1 : upgrade the A701 at a cost of £12.1 million which would cause extensive traffic delays . |
| 21 | While the company was not against improving the town centre for shoppers , the new scheme would cause serious problems for delivery vehicles . |
| 22 | Movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage of our L of C … we are approaching 12 Army Gp immediately with request that they accept concentration … 3 . |
| 23 | Robertson confirmed in the second paragraph of his signal that " movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage on our L of C. He therefore informed McCreery that AFHQ would be " approaching 12th Army Group immediately " to ask them to accept all German surrendered personnel from 5 Corps , with the exception of " arrestable categories " , such as SS . |
| 24 | Where a chief police officer believed that a march would cause serious disorder which would not be amenable to control he could seek a ban through the local authority to the Home Secretary . |
| 25 | Is my hon. Friend aware that that bizarre proposal , tucked into the back end of a newspaper on25 January by an Opposition spokesman , would cause total chaos and huge problems for companies making such a change , particularly small companies ? |
| 26 | Analysts said last night that oil prices could stabilise at present levels of around $18 a barrel if OPEC could prevent ‘ leakage ’ which would cause total cartel supply to rise above 24 million bpd until the end of June . |
| 27 | Even where there is an absolute right to legal advice , the suspect can be questioned before that advice is given if he consents , or where , to wait , would cause unreasonable delay or hindrance . |
| 28 | Empirical evidence on aggregate investment tends to confirm that it is indeed inversely related to the rate of interest , but most evidence suggests that the relationship is a fairly weak one — for example , M. Evans estimated ( for United States data ) that a 25 per cent fall in interest rates would cause net investment to rise by 5–10 per cent over a two-year period after a one-year lag . |
| 29 | As the Law Commission recommended in 1976 , the test should be whether the granting of relief to an applicant who has delayed would cause substantial prejudice or hardship to any person or would be detrimental to good administration . |
| 30 | If it were introduced before that , it would cause absolute mayhem in town halls . |